RE: Pic of the Week: Subaru versus John Cleland
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I'm not sure why people think that the BTCC cars of the 90s were close to stock - they were just as highly tuned as modern BTCC cars. Have a poke around a Cavalier, Primera, Mondeo or Accord at one of the club meetings in the UK (Eurosaloons, Classic Touring Car Club for example) and you'll see all sorts of engineering going on back then. Carbon fibre everything, reversed engines tilted backwards, F1-spec dampers etc.
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I was lucky enough to have a very close look at an RML Primera, ex-Matt Neal and the thing was unbelieveable in terms of what was going on under the skin.
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I was lucky enough to have a very close look at an RML Primera, ex-Matt Neal and the thing was unbelieveable in terms of what was going on under the skin.
Rhythmeister said:
Carina II shots please, Hoy and Rouse FTW!
bit later, but my favourite carina incident: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=204659, it ended up on its roof. Must have been a frosty night in the team hospitality! Looking forward to watching my 1988 to 2000 vids as I transfer them onto dvd over Christmas!academygaz said:
I'm not sure why people think that the BTCC cars of the 90s were close to stock - they were just as highly tuned as modern BTCC cars. Have a poke around a Cavalier, Primera, Mondeo or Accord at one of the club meetings in the UK (Eurosaloons, Classic Touring Car Club for example) and you'll see all sorts of engineering going on back then. Carbon fibre everything, reversed engines tilted backwards, F1-spec dampers etc.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ge...
I was lucky enough to have a very close look at an RML Primera, ex-Matt Neal and the thing was unbelieveable in terms of what was going on under the skin.
Very true - there was feature back in the day explaining why these FWD 2.0 litre cars lapped quicker than a late 80s RS500. The author put it down to tyre technology, but I think there was a bit more to it than that!http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ge...
I was lucky enough to have a very close look at an RML Primera, ex-Matt Neal and the thing was unbelieveable in terms of what was going on under the skin.
We were at Duffus Dip (Knockhill) when Tarquini rolled his Alfa 155 in the BTCC in the 80's, I think it was Menu or Plato that had touched the back of the car as the Alfa was taking the fist bend at the end of the main straight, huge, huge incident but fortunately gabrielli walked away unscathed! Great era of BTCC that was.......
Liquid Knight said:
Playstation race car versus a true racing legend.
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