RE: Subaru Isle of Man TT car - new pictures
Discussion
k-ink said:
The top end of the bikes certainly sounds higher. Which must mean the car is tearing them a new one on braking, or perhaps cornering too.
Agreed, the car must be hugely faster in braking areas and cornering to do close to a 129mph lap. Excellent performance from the Impreza. I'd love to see it break 130mph this event, that would be a huge achievement given its still an Impreza.
The Impreza is really changing everyone's ideas of what a car can do on the course.
Gypsum Fantastic said:
Max_Torque said:
The Scooby and the bikes wouldn't see which way this:
had even gone!
(1bhp/kg, 4wd, massive aero, and one Mr S.Loeb pedaling it ;-)
(Hint, check out the times up the Peak, between this and fastest bike ever run.........)
That aero would be a massive hindrance around the Isle of Man. A top speed of 150ish is a huge disadvantage when aiming for an average speed of 130ish. had even gone!
(1bhp/kg, 4wd, massive aero, and one Mr S.Loeb pedaling it ;-)
(Hint, check out the times up the Peak, between this and fastest bike ever run.........)
ZX10R NIN said:
That 128mph lap puts it on par with a 600cc Supersport bike with treaded tyres, it's still a cracking time though.
wormus said:
Bikes will do almost 200mph down there dependent on gearing.
As far as lap times go, he's almost as fast as a £25k superstock bike on treaded tyres. Not bad going.
Edit: my mistake, looking at today's speeds, he's the same as the 600cc super sport.
There's a bad echo around here tonight...As far as lap times go, he's almost as fast as a £25k superstock bike on treaded tyres. Not bad going.
Edit: my mistake, looking at today's speeds, he's the same as the 600cc super sport.
or could Wormus and ZX10R NIN be one and the same ?
Edited by Slippydiff on Monday 6th June 21:07
So they've done one hell of a job I can't fault them a flying lap of 128 is quick, the 600's didn't get close to lap record pace today but the Superstocks were on it. I've not seen the car around the circuit only along the pit straight it sounds great.
You can't take away that it's a hell of a time although the fact it took 600bhp active aero & an extreme diet to get there, it's serving three purposes.
1) To get people who don't watch road racing interested in it
2) Great PR for Subaru & Prodrive
3) Demonstrate how hard these guys are riding
You can't take away that it's a hell of a time although the fact it took 600bhp active aero & an extreme diet to get there, it's serving three purposes.
1) To get people who don't watch road racing interested in it
2) Great PR for Subaru & Prodrive
3) Demonstrate how hard these guys are riding
AntiLagGC8 said:
k-ink said:
The top end of the bikes certainly sounds higher. Which must mean the car is tearing them a new one on braking, or perhaps cornering too.
Agreed, the car must be hugely faster in braking areas and cornering to do close to a 129mph lap. 
He sure is fishing but I am not sure why. Most of us wanted the Subaru to do well, but had some sensible reservations regarding the location suiting bikes better, for reasons already discussed. Mark has done incredibly well and everyone on PH should applaud this amazing result. It takes nothing away from the bravery and skill of the bikers.
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