exactly, since thats the only thing the announcer talks about, they never say we dont have the hp and torque. They really need to research into what they complain about!
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hey RC, about the video on GA. I didnt watch the last 7min of the race, so that was new to me, the #70 passed the porsche on the banking drafting off the DP? This was raised in the message board too. They were saying we just out-dragged the porsche, which is impossible to my knowledge.

In other words, we wouldnt have won without the DP there at that moment!
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A little more info on the race...

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/894#new


Enjoy,

-Bern

 

On the GA board, the original poster is obviously not a Mazda fan, but he fails to take into account things like "pit strategy/work" that won the race in Mexico, and also played a big part of the victory at Homestead. Also, he has no idea what aero configuration the RX-8 was running at Homestead, but watching the race, it looked like the SS boys went with a lower downforce set-up to make time on the speedway banking. Let the politics begin...

Sylvain, and Nick are also world class drivers... his complaints that they are not, are born out by the fact the Randy Pobst a world class sedan driver was slower than Sylvain at Daytona. Sour grapes!! They're afraid the Rotary invasion will once again beat them for years, like in the IMSA glory days! Long Live RE power!

-Bern

 

One thing to consider is that when you dont have the tires in good chape you cant have a lot of speed in the turn that means that when you get to the strait you have less exit speed and less top speed.

It is clear that the #70 dint have a lot of down force, in the last minutes of the race its *** was all over the place( that made the race even more exciting )

Ill wacht the race tonight againg and give you a better opinion, but as I remember the anouncers where saying that the porche only came in for fuel so at the end of the race they had no tires, and yet where turning better lap times

 

just wach the race againg, my take on thing is that the mazda was not running a lot of down force, but if you check the batle for 3rd one of the porche was much faster than the other one, so does it mean that that porche should get more weight?

at 5:55 the porche pass the mazda, at 5:39 the mazda pass the porche with a lot of help from a DP , would we have won without it? I dont thing so, the porche was much faster, there was a lot of locking brakes from the mazda to keep the porche begind

 

i am amazed at how much speed drafting from the DP gave the mazda, it looked like we blew passed the porsche.
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Specs on the Porsche motorsports website on the 911 GT3 CUP 997

# flat six-cylinder boxer engine
# 3,598 cc, stroke 76.4 mm, bore 100 mm diameter
# max. power: 294 kW (400 hp) at 7,300 rpm
# max. torque: 400 Nm at 6,500 rpm
# max. rpm: 8,200 rpm
# four valves per cylinder

Who thinks it really makes 400hp...? they must have a VERY VERY broad torque curve
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The Vision Condo

 

Just watched the race again for the 3rd time. Awesome.

Now, if people would just stop backing out on my trip to see these guys run. I am about to just go by myself, lol.

 

nope, they are making more than 450 hp and close to 380 lbft of torque acoording to a source, im sure Bern or one of the speedsource guys knows the real #s

 

^^ and thats probably at the wheels too correct?
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I like listening to the 997 guys bitching about the rules favoring the mazdas.......They should talk. They have the " within the rules" thing down pat. Guess they will have to eat some of there own medicine

 

Im not sure, also remember that rotary engines are peaky, the efective rpm range is really small compare to a piston engine, im sure the porche engine makes a lot more average torque and hp.

Remember that the GA oficials put this cars on the dyno, so they are not guessing when they make this rules

also I think the #70 is running heavier than the rules permit, the comentadors said in the race that the #69 its an evolution of the #70 an was 50lbs lightter

 

Yeah, I caught that too, I was wondering, how can they run 50lbs lighter if the #70 is at 2200 min weight!.. ah... the #70 must not be running at min weight then!
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Nice words from Sylvain...

Guys, please feel free to leave Sylvain and the team nice words of encouragement, or questions at:

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/894

Just post your comments, and we'll get it over to Sylvain, Dave and the rest of the SS boys! Show them your support!!

Thanks,

-Bern

 

Does this mean more RX-8s?!?

"We have a great package, and expect to be able to announce our work on chassis nos. 003 and 004 for other teams." Excluding the chassis, which comes from Riley Technologies, and the Downing Atlanta built carbon fiber body panels, all the remaining fabrication happens on-site at SpeedSource. Looking ahead Tremblay adds, "We're also taking orders for chassis no. 005 and beyond."
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Heres another homestead video! onboard the RX-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_M8IDjBbnM
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Yes... at least 2 to 3 more cars. No schedule announced yet.

-Bern

 

dose that include petite racing? they should be fielding their 8 next year. Wow this is exciting news.
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SEXYANDI LIVE

 

WOW!! THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!

 

No this is just cars coming out of SpeedSource. If all comes together, Daytona '08 should be a blast!

-Bern

 

potentially we may have 8 rx-8 in daytona 2008

 

mazda parade... lol

u can only imagine!, but then, u can be sure that GoldinBro and Spencer will run in daytona...well and Speedsource
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Wild_squirt_xxx

 

if there are that many GT 8's running Daytona in '08, I will absolutely have to go. That would be too freakin cool.

 

I HAVE THE last 7mins RECORDED!!!
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