BTCC 2018 silly season

[knowitall]

BMR said:

I believe it will be different boost adjustments for each Honda team as the engine / chassis combo is different for every one of them.

The boost is set purely to the spec of the engine. It doesnt matter what chassis its fitted to.

[BMR]

I thought the body shape would have had an effect on performance and led to different boost adjustments?

[knowitall]

BMR said:

I thought the body shape would have had an effect on performance and led to different boost adjustments?

no. the boost has nothing to do with type of car the engine is fitted to. it’s purely based on the engine alone.

[DanielSan]

FK8 pics have been released. It looks damn good as a race car

[Allyc85]

To me, as a road car I think it looks bloody awful, but in race spec that is stunning!

[Blink982]

Totally agree. The new Civic looks sweet. The road version, not so much.

[Pericoloso]

Another the same here.

After seeing new Civics on the road ,it looks REALLY long compared to previous cars.

[Munter]

Pericoloso said:

Another the same here.

After seeing new Civics on the road ,it looks REALLY long compared to previous cars.

It is. The newest civic is replacing the civic and accord. So it's deliberately a bigger car than the old civic.

[darren9]

http://www.motorbaseperformance.co.uk/boss-blog.ht...

Dave Bartrum has commented on the Matt Jackson thing. Doesn’t say much but mentions “honesty and integrity”

[Pericoloso]

Munter said:

Pericoloso said:

Another the same here.

After seeing new Civics on the road ,it looks REALLY long compared to previous cars.

It is. The newest civic is replacing the civic and accord. So it's deliberately a bigger car than the old civic.

I was going to say it's as big as an Accord ,so I would have been more than 1/2 right.....

[Mr Red Barron]

James Cole announced as Jackson's replacement at Motorbase. So now that's confirmed, who will be in the 3rd Levorg do we think?

[bodhi808]

Mr Red Barron said:

James Cole announced as Jackson's replacement at Motorbase. So now that's confirmed, who will be in the 3rd Levorg do we think?

Ant Wharton Eales?

[Robmarriott]

I don’t think there will be a 3rd one, I reckon we’ll see another surprise announcement before media day

[MG CHRIS]

Robmarriott said:

I don’t think there will be a 3rd one, I reckon we’ll see another surprise announcement before media day

I'm thinking the same too was thinking why would bmr wait so long to announce cole if he was staying, also nothing from bmr states running 3 cars just a piece on plato joining with the team are expected to run 3 which came from the journalist.

We know that speedworks have a 2nd avensis so maybe something in line for them? There is also talk of a third Astra shell but guessing that is just for a spare.

[MagicBoyUK]

bodhi808 said:

Ant Wharton Eales?

Unlikely with Sutton there.

[sfaulds]

MG CHRIS said:

We know that speedworks have a 2nd avensis

Do we? How do 'we' know that?

[Robmarriott]

They have had for years.

http://www.touringcarregister.com/register/100/
http://www.touringcarregister.com/register/204/

The spare car is very old spec though so would need updating heavily

[rallycross]

If Matt Jackson gets another drive sorted Motorbase may as well paint one of these on the back of each car, give Matt something to aim for - just before he punts them off!

[sfaulds]

Robmarriott said:

They have had for years.

http://www.touringcarregister.com/register/100/
http://www.touringcarregister.com/register/204/

The spare car is very old spec though so would need updating heavily

They'll need to find it before they can update it - any clues where they should be looking?

[Robmarriott]

Could we drop the ‘I know something you don’t know’ charade and get to the point please?