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12 Apr 2003, 11:34 (Ref:567171)
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Promec (new car)
You may know that there's a new car in FIA SCC aPromec with the same engine as Pescarolo One of the drivers is Caffi:http://www.fastdetails.com/events/pi...toril_03_3.jpg http://www.fastdetails.com/events/pi...toril_03_5.jpg
It's not a wonderfull car!!!!!  You may know them I think that last year they tested with a BMW engine but didn't race... |
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12 Apr 2003, 12:06 (Ref:567188)
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12 Apr 2003, 12:45 (Ref:567204)
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Of course but it's better when the new cars are "wonderfull"
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12 Apr 2003, 13:01 (Ref:567217)
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The car looks to be as safe as an early 1970's F1 car...
I thought that the high edge cockpits (that are supposed to minimize head and neck injuries) were mandatory for opentop cars? Last edited by ASCII Man; 12 Apr 2003 at 13:05. |
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12 Apr 2003, 14:34 (Ref:567256)
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5th in the Grid, not bad for the racing debut.
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12 Apr 2003, 14:59 (Ref:567274)
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The rest of the car would look quite stylish if it wasn't painted that awful shade of yellow Last edited by KA; 12 Apr 2003 at 15:00. |
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12 Apr 2003, 15:43 (Ref:567296)
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Body design mimics that of a cross between the front of a Lola, and aft of the driver's seat of a Courage C52 with a smaller engine cover.
It looks to me that a good number of new teams are looking to the aspects of the 3.5L forced-induction engine rather than a large displacment V8, 10, or 12. Even if there is the problem of higher rebuild costs, it balances out in the horsepower returns from the ease of adjustability. |
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12 Apr 2003, 16:57 (Ref:567334)
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The design of this car is conservative but not ugly. Only that "open cockpit" looks odd these days.
Who's behind this Italian (?) Promec team/company? Is this maybe Lavaggi's new prototype car? |
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13 Apr 2003, 08:23 (Ref:567915)
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Looks like a mid 80s low level F1 car with bodywork and a nose from the B2k/10.
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13 Apr 2003, 10:27 (Ref:567999)
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Looks alright
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14 Apr 2003, 14:38 (Ref:569099)
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On the old FIA site, they had testing pics from last year...
Can someone please post any pics from this past weekend of the Promec chassis??? I'd like to see it... |
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14 Apr 2003, 14:41 (Ref:569101)
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Sorry...it's Monday....
I just clicked the links at the top... Overall, it is not that bad...not high-tech looking, but it sure is low and fairly sleek... Anytime there is a new chassis in the mix I am pleased...the more the merrier.... That is how this sport will grow... |
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14 Apr 2003, 15:52 (Ref:569150)
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Can't agree more, Tim.
BTW, the car is not that bad, IMHO, except maybe the colour  ...
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14 Apr 2003, 18:30 (Ref:569308)
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Maybe they can mix that "Glow-in-the-dark" yellow with the new "Pescarolo Green for the fenders and the wing...
You would sure be able to see it on the track at night...  But I don't know if you could take 24-hours of those two colors together...especially on a full stomach 
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14 Apr 2003, 19:46 (Ref:569369)
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Is it just me, but doesn't it look tiny
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14 Apr 2003, 20:01 (Ref:569385)
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It looks very low to me, too....either that , or the driver should be playing basketball...
I don't think that the Promec is stunning, but it isn't ugly, either... It will be interesting to see how it ultimately runs.... |
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14 Apr 2003, 20:53 (Ref:569442)
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Promec had power problems at Estoril.
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14 Apr 2003, 21:02 (Ref:569456)
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From the looks of that car, they don't have a lot of room under the rear bodywork for a bigger Judd engine....
A top-grade chassis will still be a dog if you don't have an engine that can push it with power... Wasn't that car initally tested in early 2002 with a BMW engine in it??? Help me out here...I remember that correctly, don't I??? |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:12 (Ref:569474)
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WAKE UP!!!In fact I think it wasn't this chassis because it didn't have this look at all...I can't find any photos... |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:14 (Ref:569476)
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I have to wake up too!!!
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14 Apr 2003, 21:18 (Ref:569486)
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The only picture I could find of the chassis prior to this weekend was on the outdated FIA site...the car was still in it's unpainted carbon-fiber form....unfortunately, that photo has vanished in their "site reconstruction" that began two days before their first race...
I do remember the bodywork sitting higher behind the driver, but don't remember how much higher... |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:33 (Ref:569497)
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http://www.sportscarchampionship.com...ec+Engineering
I finally found an old photo of the car in the old fiascc site Try the link... |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:38 (Ref:569499)
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That sits noticeably higher than the current model with the Peugeot engine....
That bodywork could probably hold a Judd engine.... |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:43 (Ref:569503)
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try this link too. They are a year late!!!http://www.sportscarchampionship.com...ews.cgi?ID=301
They wanted to start last year with a 5 litres BMW and since magnycourt 2 cars with sodemos... |
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14 Apr 2003, 21:49 (Ref:569509)
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Personally, I think the Peugeot power is a mistake, but they must know what they think is best-suited to the chassis...
I hope they do have some success...they sure tired to get up front quickly yesterday, didn't they...but jumping the start only puth them in a hole to dig out of from behind.... |
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