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Originally Posted by Tourer
not enough torque compared to current engines
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That's what a gearbox and/or non 1:1 differential is for.
If you shorten the final drive by 33% (10,000 / 7,500 = 1.33), then for an equivalent 670hp, it should make the same torque at the wheels for a given road speed (or actually more torque at the wheels, since 670 > 635 hp of current engines).
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Originally Posted by Tourer
Too expensive
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Can you really put a price on saving 100kg on a racing car? 100kg! The likes of 888 would surely gladly spend that?
Less weight makes everything better in a racing car. Isn't Supercars supposed to be a high-end category!? The ticket prices they charge make it seem that way.
Instead the crate engine plan seems as if you would go there, and watch the same engines you find driving up and down your local high street in old Commodores and newish Mustangs. That's not terribly special to justify the $200 ticket price.
At least there used to a jampacked field full of action to justify the ticket price, but now there's only 25 cars on the grid anyway.
