3rd place for Evo in 1st WRC Rally Event
Originally Posted by Nesiop
WHo placed 1st and 2nd?
If you look at the WRC Car it has the lancer headlights, grill, and taillights. So it has the body of the Lancer not the Evo. I found it strange that the Peugot team was using Evos as their prerunner car on the stages. Anyone else see that they used both a VI and looks like also a VIII.
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Originally Posted by TeamAccolade
Not an Evo, its a lancer WRC05 ( some one caught it...). Markko Martin drives for puegeot and his safety crew was driving an evo8, this made me scratch my chin.
with the new rules allowing other drivers to complete the race will definitely make panizzi competitive e.g. marcus gronholm and the other skoda driver that is why he was able to maintain his 5th position even when he crashed.
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I think Mitsu would have placed even higher if they had been able to complete the other 2 stages too! Giles was crushin those stages man! I know that the rally cars are different than ours but I really wanna know about those engines and i wanna know what kind of clutches they are running! If anyone can get more detailed techniacal info about Mitsu rally car please let me know!
Originally Posted by kingkyle
It looks like most of the cars are running 18 or 19 inch wheels........ anyone else notice?
I love the look of rally cars with big, multi-spoke wheels... so hot!
when they run on snow they will back to 16 or 17, and sometimes smaller for ice. i am under the understanding that Rovanperra is running with pannizi, and rovanperra is the lead. that means they will both run all events. corrct me if i am wrong. again it was fantastic to see them go around again, and interesting to see the new guys, and the new teams. once marko gets comfortable with that peugeot, i think we will see a hard gravel press from peugeot. gronholm was on track to do excelllent, and them bam. he has never one a gravel rally before. i just want to know where in the hell did freakin Loeb come from. i mean seriously that guy is the micheal shumacher of the WRC. his car works everytime...perfectly, and he is an amazing driver. by the 7 stage nicky grist is telling us how he will win, cause he doesnt make mistakes. i cannot beleive how good he is.
THAT'S GREAT!
As for the 300hp at 51psi, they can only produce 300hp, I think at the flywheel, but the torque can be through the roof at lower rpms.
Remember that horsepower is a function of torque @ a specific rpm. Bascially the higher the rpm, the more horsepower.
Most rally cars don't have the high-strung-buzzy-stratospheric-rpm 4 cyl motors, but rather ultra forced induction, low to mid-range rpm grunt puller motors.
Good Luck Mitsu!
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I can't believe so many people are so caught up with this is it an Evo or is it a Lancer stuff. The Lancer is the name plate *ALL* the cars are based on, its the foundation. I'm just glad Mitsubishi is competing, and a podium finish at that in the cars debut.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
Originally Posted by GPTourer
I can't believe so many people are so caught up with this is it an Evo or is it a Lancer stuff. The Lancer is the name plate *ALL* the cars are based on, its the foundation. I'm just glad Mitsubishi is competing, and a podium finish at that in the cars debut.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
Originally Posted by TeamAccolade
1st is/should be a given, Loeb. Puegeot 307
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Rules keep the cars at certain horsepower to keep the event as even as possible. the WRC04 and WRC05 wrc cars are basically the same. the WRC04 was a the car used for the test year. they drove it to see what need changing and what needed to be redesigned etc. they Cars are basically the same except for these changes.
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Rules keep the cars at certain horsepower to keep the event as even as possible. the WRC04 and WRC05 wrc cars are basically the same. the WRC04 was a the car used for the test year. they drove it to see what need changing and what needed to be redesigned etc. they Cars are basically the same except for these changes.
.As for HP, the WRC cars normally make more than 300 HP. They are not limited to 300 HP, that is the average HP made after the 32mm restrictor plate is stuffed into the intake. It is the restrictor plate that levels the playing field. As you can imagine: they make quite a lot of torque. In fact, IIRC Toyota got booted from the WRC for devising a bypass for the restrictor plate.
Originally Posted by GPTourer
I can't believe so many people are so caught up with this is it an Evo or is it a Lancer stuff. The Lancer is the name plate *ALL* the cars are based on, its the foundation. I'm just glad Mitsubishi is competing, and a podium finish at that in the cars debut.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
It is ironic that Peugeot was using Evos to survey the stage, considering it is rumored the two companies are seeking a corporate tie-up to utilize idle Mitsubishi plant capacity.
As for recce cars: Before the rule changes the drivers would often take their own cars to recce the stages and many of them used Evos. I think it was Richard Burns who would drive them in his Evo VI TME. That car was quite famous.