Why is drifting the faster way through rally stages, but much slower in GT tarmac races?.. what's different?
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Drifting or going sideways is a lot slower. If you notice the new generation WRC drivers like Seb Loeb using a more "racing-like" style through the corners. Its a much smoother style and much gentler on the tyres.
91985
ford, chevy and dodge, the ford gt40 is pretty much like the old gt40, cept it's 3 inches taller than the original one and a lot more faster, it got its name coz the old gt40 stands for bout 40 inches, this car has a 5.4 liter supercharged and intercooled v8 mid engine rwd, this thing can accelerate a hell faster than the carrera gt3 rs, lambo murcielago and gallardo and ferrari 360 challenge stradale, but it's price is only bout a quarter of those cars, it's top speed was recorded 205 mph, the chevy corvette has a 6.0 liter LS2 V8 front engine rear drive, and has a top speed of 186 mph, among the three the dodge viper has the biggest engine, an 8.3 v10 front engine rear drive, the reason it was called the viper coz they said it can outspeed a jet fighter that was nicknamed viper, its top speed was recorded at 220 mph, though the viper has a faster top speed than the gt40 it cant match it's incredible acceleration, the reason why the gt40's faster than the other 2 is because of it's acceleration where you can actually feel the g-force coming in at you, making your neck hurt and it's agile handling, in fact the viper is about 15 cars behind and the corvette about 9 cars behind of the gt40,  no doubt that the gt40 is the fastest among the 3, it was actually made to beat ferrari, the second is the corvette and lastly the viper
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The engines are different for the two classes and Busch cars are allowed less tires per race than Cup cars. There are different template rules also and the Busch cars are 100 pounds lighter and 5" shorter wheelbase.\nHere is a link which gives more detail to the differences. http://www.tricklefan.com/manual/div_busch.html
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Racing is a competition, drifting is much more poofy like ballet dancing.
11667
It depends on whether your racing against anybody, after all racing is a sport.  Then there is drifting, which is basicly controling your car when over-steering or under-steering.  \nDrifting is considered a sport and if you went around a mountain curve with the snow all over the place it'd be drifting if you managed to turn your car sideways until you were straight again(Extreamly dangerous, do not attempt).  \n  Then again, the definition of sport is: to amuse oneself.  So whatever you do thats amusing yourself, its basicly a sport.  Whether it has spectators or not is another thing.
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Carl Edwards raced quarter midgets @ 14 on dirt.  I know what you mean!  Im 13 and love going fast.  Whenever im driving fourwheeler, pickup, whatever, I always got my foot in the carb when i know i wont catch hell for it.  My uncle races a 86 Monte Carlo Street Stock at our local track.  I love to go watch him race and work on his car.  I guess it just depends on your parents.  If you can handle a car real good wide open and dont get scared like some puss and start screaming, "OHHHHHHHHH  MOMMY, HELP ME!  THIS IS WAY TO FAST!"
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Hmmm.   I am not at all convinced by this!\n\nAfter all, we hear about cars being 3 or even 5 seconds faster, but it never seems to come to fruition!\n\nAt the practice at Canada, their practice times were:\n21. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 01:19.088\n22. Franck Montagny France Super Aguri-Honda 01:19.152\nThese times are about 2 seconds slower than the 20th car - and if you take 3 seconds from that, you get 1 minute 16 seconds.   That would have put them in 15th!   I just hope that you can achieve it!\n\nSorry, Super Aguri - you are having a very bruising start to your F1 career.   However, I hope you can do the improvements to the car as it will make things much closer during the race!   \n\nGood luck!
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Use very narrow and small radius wheels on your car. the rotational inertia must be kept to absolute minimums so that most of the energy from the ramp will go into velocity of the car rather than into the rotation inertia of the wheels. this will provide the greatest speed down the track and assuming the track is short the you will get there quicker. If however the track is long you will want to do the opposite by making the wheels large to store the energy and when the car hits the flat section it will not be going as fast but it will go a lot further\n\nE-mail me and i will be happy to explain various other little details  but the main emphasis must be placed on the wheels and knowing the track length is very important to the design and outcome.\n\nI will be able to tell you actual velocities expected at the bottom of the ramp and can calculate the expected distance the car will travel if i am given a little more information. in particular the size of the wheels, mass of the wheels, mass of the car and just so you know the aerodynamics are not going to be any issue at all because the relative velocities are well below speeds that need to consider design shape or aerodynamics. usually speeds in excess of 40mph are where dynamics become an issue and need to be considered. \n\nWell travis is incorrect in the friction issue.  You obviously want the wheels to spin freely but any extra emphasis on this will not gain any performance.The fact that all of the cars are going to be essentially the same with the coefficient of friction then the rubbing area makes absolutely no difference at all. This is because the friction is related to mg*(coefficient of friction) and area has no effect. I will also be happy to elaborate on this point a little more and explain a lot of fallacies friction,tires,roads, brakes and why contact area has essentially no effect.
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I don't remember very well I but I red somwhere about a F1 car beating a F16 fighter on a 2km distance.\n\nLet's take an example: \nRoughly a 747 weight about 400tons and has 4 engines of 25tones of thrust. This would lead to a maximum acceleration of 0.25Gs at take off. I'm sure a fast car can do better than that
1080828
Champ and the IRL differ in a number of ways.  In the IRL, engines have a maximum of 650hp and 10,300 rpm (done for safety after a series of spectacular wrecks in 2003), compared to the 850hp of engines in Champ Car.  Champ Cars also have an extra feature called "push-to-pass", which will provide the driver with an extra 15hp when a button on the console is pressed, and each driver has one full minute of this extra power during a race.  Champ Car uses one chassis manufacturer (Lola) compared to the IRL, who have a deal with two manufacturers to provide their chassis.  The adjustments made to the cars are also different because the IRL races mostly on ovals, while Champ Cars race on a variety of courses, including road courses.\n\nRacing on different courses also requires a different strategy, since road courses are generally narrower and provide less opportunities to pass and require a driver to know the course well.  Knowing exactly when to brake on a turn can be the difference between winning and losing a race.\n\nDrivers could possibly compete in both series, as Champ Car drivers do occasionally race in an IRL race (mostly at the Indianapolis 500), but the schedules just don't allow for that kind of flexibility.  Some drivers in the IRL and Formula One have used Champ Car as a sort of minor league in order to get signed with one of the big-name teams.
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handling would go to the 240sx, its RWD and lite. How many FWD cars are known for good handling COMPARED to RWD. Speed is up to you depends on what you do or want, fwd = understeer/ tourqsteer= lame. Comfort well i dont know. I'm biased towards RWD...
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i dont know about 07 but on 06 i always run a 3-4 crash gold. youre rushin 5 and playin a cover 2. it always works for me.....just make sure you have a good free safety.
78769
All types of races have different categories because not all stock cars have the same elapsed time. There is usually a qualifiying stage for this and from there they would put you in your class. have loads of fun :-)
499773
One lap of a STANDARD track is 400meters. Only the inside lane is 400meters...and rest are slightly longer.
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Why wouldn't you make an Tempo into a race car?...It's the perfect sleeper, and like it or not, I've seen quite a few made to race...\n\nDid you change the Onboard Diagnostic System?...Because it should be OBD-I...
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There are many factors that go into pit stops.  The two biggest are fuel and tires.  Many times if the race goes green teams will try to stretch their fuel milage.  In the Nextel Cup races the teams will pit on most cautions for tires but in the Busch races there is a tire restriction so there are fewer pit stops.  Other factors include track position and the number of remaining laps.  If you have good track position with only a few laps to go it would be foolish to pit and lose that track position.  Tire wear is also an issue.  At some tracks old tires can compete with new tires to an extent.  At other tracks tires are worn enough to lose their handling characteristics after only a few laps.  The length of the race is also key.  The longer the race, the more pit stops the teams require.  This is only a small list.  There are many other potential things that can cause the need for a pit stop so it is very hard to give a good answer.
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are you kidding me, of course is Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-spec and Skyline R34 *regular*.  you have totally compare two different vehicle here, cause STi is more rally use, and R34 is more street racing also R34 is a supercar too.  \n\nWRX STi - 2.0L, turbocharge, 280 to 320 hp *stock*, 0-60mph run 4.9sec.,  1/4mph run 13.3@103mph\n\nSkyline R34 *stander* - 2.6L Twin Turbocharge, 267 to 600hp *stock*, 0-60mph run under 5.2 sec., 1/4 mph run under 13.7 @ 103.5 mph or better.\n\nSkyline R34 GT-R V-spec - 2.6L Twin Turbocharge, 280 to 600hp *stock*, 0-60mph run under 4.5 sec., 1/4mph run under 13 @105mph or better.