Parity Review Has Been Called

[GTRMagic]

Mr Walkinshaw, in his latest podcast with V8Sleuth, seems to think the aero on the Mustang is ok, but the engine needs work..

WP (as opposed to WAU) has a perfectly serviceable engine shop, with a long history of supplying multiple teams and cars, and providing powerplants to a very high level of tune.. if only they had access to tender for that piece of work..

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Mr Walkinshaw, in his latest podcast with V8Sleuth, seems to think the aero on the Mustang is ok, but the engine needs work..

WP (as opposed to WAU) has a perfectly serviceable engine shop, with a long history of supplying multiple teams and cars, and providing powerplants to a very high level of tune.. if only they had access to tender for that piece of work..

The Ford engine itself has been excellent, the problem is most likely torque related due to being of a smaller displacement.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by bluesport

The Ford engine itself has been excellent, the problem is most likely torque related due to being of a smaller displacement.

Also of 4-valve design, that leads to lower torque down in the rev range, as the 4-valve design needs the airflow of rpm to come into its "sweet spot". Road cars overcome this with variable timing, which the race engines don't have.

Plus of course a much higher centre of gravity with 4 camshafts up high rather than one down low in the block.

Seems like CoG has all been sorted out and I tend to agree with you that it may be torque that is lacking in the small difference between the powerplants, however that is to be expected with a 4 valve design, which possibly has more impact than displacement on any difference.

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by Tourer

Also of 4-valve design, that leads to lower torque down in the rev range, as the 4-valve design needs the airflow of rpm to come into its "sweet spot". Road cars overcome this with variable timing, which the race engines don't have.

Plus of course a much higher centre of gravity with 4 camshafts up high rather than one down low in the block.

Seems like CoG has all been sorted out and I tend to agree with you that it may be torque that is lacking in the small difference between the powerplants, however that is to be expected with a 4 valve design, which possibly has more impact than displacement on any difference.

Agree, it will be interesting to see what transpires over the off-season as the mustangs are travelling quite nicely in Adelaide practice and it would be hard to put a case forward to make them even faster atm.

[V8 Fireworks]

Funny, how Mustang runners seem so much more competent as soon as parity is equal or better.

A lesson for those who were quick to attribute Chevrolet runners with competence and Ford runners with incompetence?

On the other hand, it is not good to have one brand 26 seconds up the road from the other brand, so the US testing will make sure everything is in order.

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

Funny, how Mustang runners seem so much more competent as soon as parity is equal or better.

A lesson for those who were quick to attribute Chevrolet runners with competence and Ford runners with incompetence?

On the other hand, it is not good to have one brand 26 seconds up the road from the other brand, so the US testing will make sure everything is in order.

Haha love your work, It was a shame to to see Giz and Brown go out so early as it would have given a better indication of where the cars are at.