BTCC 2018 silly season

BTCC 2018 silly season

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knowitall

67 posts

106 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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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

944 posts

177 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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I thought the body shape would have had an effect on performance and led to different boost adjustments?

knowitall

67 posts

106 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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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

18,748 posts

166 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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FK8 pics have been released. It looks damn good as a race car



Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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To me, as a road car I think it looks bloody awful, but in race spec that is stunning!

Blink982

760 posts

103 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Totally agree. The new Civic looks sweet. The road version, not so much.

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Another the same here.

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

Munter

31,319 posts

240 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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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

986 posts

194 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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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

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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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.....smile

Mr Red Barron

1,568 posts

207 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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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

211 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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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

Original Poster:

2,634 posts

157 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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I don’t think there will be a 3rd one, I reckon we’ll see another surprise announcement before media day

MG CHRIS

9,077 posts

166 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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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

42 posts

156 months

Tuesday 6th March 2018
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bodhi808 said:
Ant Wharton Eales?
Unlikely with Sutton there.

sfaulds

653 posts

277 months

Wednesday 7th March 2018
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MG CHRIS said:
We know that speedworks have a 2nd avensis
Do we? How do 'we' know that?

Robmarriott

Original Poster:

2,634 posts

157 months

Wednesday 7th March 2018
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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

12,747 posts

236 months

Wednesday 7th March 2018
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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

653 posts

277 months

Wednesday 7th March 2018
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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

Original Poster:

2,634 posts

157 months

Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Could we drop the ‘I know something you don’t know’ charade and get to the point please?