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I wonder if anyone has ever considered cadmium or nickel plating the body instead of painting? Good corossion resistance at a fraction of the weight.
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30 Oct 2011, 09:31 (Ref:2978820) | #602 | ||
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You could hard chrome too but since when does metal weigh a fraction of the weight of paint? E.g. let's assume a paint density more or less that of water, which is 1000kg/cu.m vs say steel at 7800kg/cu.m or gold which is more than twice that, etc. Would have to be a pretty light metal to be lighter than paint!
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You could be right (I am occasionally incorrect ). I was thinling the Cad. plating as in the gold coloured plateing on the nuts & bolts. You can still see the parent material thru the coating which means it must be thin.
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30 Oct 2011, 19:37 (Ref:2979143) | #604 | |
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Can imagine what these will look like on the Holdens, but will be a lot different to see it on the Ford:
http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/31/...8supertourers/ |
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all will be revealed at Big Boys Toys, in Auckland on the 18/19/20 November next [2011]. Both the the new V8ST Ford Falcon FG, and The Holden Commodore VE2, will be on display, along with most of the drivers over that weekend. Mark Petch. |
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31 Oct 2011, 02:44 (Ref:2979344) | #606 | ||
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Cool.
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http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/11/04/...tourers-drive/
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3 Nov 2011, 20:35 (Ref:2981233) | #608 | ||
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Just running a Jax Tyres store didn't seem quite like Cameron as his current schedule proves.
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5 Nov 2011, 18:30 (Ref:2981987) | #610 | |
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Anybody noticed you can buy the MRX NZV8 mule chassis for 12k on trademe?.
GT car anybody? |
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5 Nov 2011, 19:29 (Ref:2982016) | #611 | |
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it's been on there for a while
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Te Rapa-based father and son team Derek and Nick Mitchell, trading as Mitchell Race Xtreme, have won the rights to produce the Car of the Future after presenting their #001 chassis to the committee of Veega – the New Zealand V8 touring car governing body – at the Speedshow weekend in Auckland in July.
The FG Ford Falcon was unveiled by owner Andrew Mackenzie and Transport Minister Steven Joyce. Construction of the next two will get under way within the next few weeks and with any luck most of the cars taking part in the New Zealand V8 touring car section of next year’s ITM Hamilton 400 will be running the new Hamilton-built chassis. The new prototype, as a finished race car, is expected to have its first outing at Pukekohe in October or November and the aim of the new chassis is to breath new life into the New Zealand V8 touring car racing scene which hasn’t had a major upgrade for the past two seasons. Managing director Derek Mitchell said there would be a period of transition between the existing race cars and the new ones. the chassis on trademe must be #001 #001X is the Mackenzie Falcon #002X the soon to be Commodore |
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Exciting stuff, can't wait
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6 Nov 2011, 08:36 (Ref:2982166) | #616 | |
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Looks a bit like a stock car chassis.
BTW Shouldn't this be in a seperate NZV8 topic? |
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6 Nov 2011, 09:13 (Ref:2982178) | #617 | ||
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Quite right, Humphrey, quite right.
Noticed today that the NZV8 grid this season is down to just 16 cars compared to about 33 some years ago - no wonder they are worried about V8ST... |
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and how many GT3s or Minis did you count? are you going to tell us they're scared of the ST boys too LMAO
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6 Nov 2011, 15:41 (Ref:2982320) | #619 | ||
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I think it is now getting rather obvious the NZV8ST's are going to kick their butts in terms of popularity.I make the score 1-0 to V8ST's, and the V8ST's haven't even fronted up to race yet! |
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i don't think 14-15 ST (that haven't been built yet) and a bunch of Honda Civics is going to kick anyone's butt all the split has done is hurt motorsport in NZ
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6 Nov 2011, 18:57 (Ref:2982396) | #621 | ||
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I totally agreee with you Promax..
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7 Nov 2011, 01:09 (Ref:2982561) | #622 | ||
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Looks like Mr Manuell is still heavily involved. A foot on both sides of the fence or just sitting on it?
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7 Nov 2011, 04:22 (Ref:2982590) | #623 | ||
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Or getting seat time ahead of the new season? Interesting Andrew Anderson wasnt competiting either with a "look out for our 2012 return!" ....
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To be honest, I think a grid of 16 cars is far less damaging than two groups of people spruiking what is essentially the same class (Yes, motorsport nerds know different, but the general public see something that looks like a V8 Supercar and sounds grunty)... Splitting the Corporate interest, Fan interest and Media interest is bad for everyone. I just hope the sport as a whole isn't damaged because of it... |
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Yeah I know, I'd rather it was unified but I'd also rather see TMC not involved too. If the V8ST go some way to achieving that I'll be happy...
Can't believe they used the BMW's for support - great series but definitely a club sport as the cars are old. Mind you, so are pre-65's and V8 Muscle Cars and I love them... Go the Custaxi! |
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