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Dec 20, 2011 | 04:15 PM

#436

SamsonEvoX

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Rob, great videos. As for the Lotus, is it for Europe or some other place that it will run? Monte Carlo maybe? Would to God that I could see that rally!

Dec 22, 2011 | 05:08 PM

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^^^ there is a place for it in the EU for sure. I hope it will actually run.

But until:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv4hK...&feature=share

Dec 23, 2011 | 02:10 PM

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From: 10,000 frozen lakes

^ Good stuff Rob. Out of curiosity, when a stage is held on gravel/tarmac, what kind of tires do they use?

Dec 23, 2011 | 02:30 PM

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Back in the 1980's, I was a certifiable Rally fanatic. Those were the days of the monster Group B Rally cars. Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford RS200, Metro 6R4, Porsche 959, Renault had the most incredible cars I have ever seen. Crazy bodywork and massive hp made for lots of smiles. I still have videos of rally races from the 80's. They had to be seen to be believed.

My favorite Group B car-Audi Sport Quattro S1:

Dec 23, 2011 | 05:05 PM

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do not think we dont have it in the Hungarian rally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1eADdqkJw

2.30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEK42...eature=related

Dec 23, 2011 | 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SamsonEvoX

^ Good stuff Rob. Out of curiosity, when a stage is held on gravel/tarmac, what kind of tires do they use?

that is all depends on the organization. The tires is hard to say. I love BFgoodrich or Pirelli.
Tires choice is the hardest task in rally. There is countless variables which tire when is good to use.
Examples:
-Surface (gravel - tarmac- snow- ice - mud- send- clay etc... and the mix of these + the percentage of the mix etc......)
-dry or wet
-temperature (air)
-surface temperature
-distance
-etc.

Dec 23, 2011 | 06:26 PM

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So, if the stage is a mix of gravel and tarmac like on the video that you showed, would you use a mud/snow type of tire? I am curious about the tread design. Obviously, if it is tarmac, then a dedicated summer UHP tire would be used unless slicks are allowed. I find the dynamics fascinating, especially when much of the stage is on gravel with a modicum of tarmac.

Dec 23, 2011 | 07:25 PM

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From: 10,000 frozen lakes

Rob, this should be music to your rally lovin' ears:

http://youtu.be/hEK7POxpVeE

Dec 27, 2011 | 03:58 PM

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where this is going to run??

Just as I thought. The Lotus is going to be for tarmac events like Monte Carlo and the like. Autoblog just had a nice write up about it: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/27/l...est/#continued