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Hah. I forgot it was LHD.

[Jordan]

Walter

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lol Jordan.

@Ams, he has a very annoying sounding co-driver.

Love that ridiculously expensive sequential box.

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lol Jordan.

@Ams, he has a very annoying sounding co-driver.

Love that ridiculously expensive sequential box.

"DUUUDEEEE reckon that gearbox will fit in my commodore ute mate?"


@NON-MDSC'rs....we had a ride-along in that car. ht.h

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How good was that jump around the 5:10 mark!!!

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I reckon doug is a better driver.

You guys driven a wrc car at msdc? No? Oh. Ok.

And by that i mean yes i have driven an ex solberg wrc car. Not on a competitive stage but meh

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I've driven a Group N Evo 9 and either a Group A or N 04 STi.

[Matt]

Sounds like more short shifting than 10k shifts?

Most rally cars tend to use the torque of the engine thus short shifting due to the turbos restrictor limiting the top end outright power....probly goes to 10lk but does he actually use it on the course?

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And by that i mean yes i have driven an ex solberg wrc car. Not on a competitive stage but meh

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Most rally cars tend to use the torque of the engine thus short shifting due to the turbos restrictor limiting the top end outright power....probly goes to 10lk but does he actually use it on the course?

He probably only shifts at about 5k when rallying.

10k would be showing off around a paddock.

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10k does interesting things to rod bolts, cylinder temps, bearings, crank weights, camshafts and engine timing (timing belt etc)

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Sounds like more short shifting than 10k shifts?

It blipped up to 10k on the downshift.

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Walts, im the destroyer, which makes you the cu... Well, you can join the dots

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It blipped up to 10k on the downshift.

That's right.

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Walts, im the destroyer, which makes you the cu... Well, you can join the dots

Don't pick on me, I'm from Adelaide.

[Brett]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I saw that too.

[Matt]

It blipped up to 10k on the downshift.

In the video or when you were in it?

Im just confused as to why antilag is set at 10k if it only "blips" to those revs on downshifts? Seems completely pointless? Its used generally on rally cars as the restrictor creates massive lag on the turbo and antilag stops this keeping the turbo speed up between changes

My mechanics rally car has antilag bangin on 5k shifts (he makes full power at about 3300rpm and short shifts a bit above 5k to utilize the torque)

[Jordan]

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Usually exhaust, mine did.

Mine is still stock but has a leak up the front.

The only thing he complained about was the squeal from the amp (im sorting that out on the weekend) and i wasn't engine braking... I just use the brakes, thats what they are for right?

Then he decided to show off and heal and toe it... Barstard still has good ankles... Mine are effed cause of a accident couple a years ago. I need to use my full leg for the clutch... which is why i get tired easy some times...

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10k is an amazing feat for a car with a production motor. I interviewed an engineer from BMW M Sport who had worked on Group A E30 M3s (9500rpm NA 2.5L 4cyls making 300hp+) and on the E60 M5 V10 (5L, 8250rpm, limited to 375kW).

To make an engine go +8000rpm is a huge step. Every 250rpm over 8000rpm is a compound of four times the stress. So 9000rpm is x128 the stress levels of 8000rpm on all reciprocating components and block architecture. The levels they have to go to to make sure it hangs together is mind boggling

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To make an engine go +8000rpm is a huge step. Every 250rpm over 8000rpm is a compound of four times the stress. So 9000rpm is x128 the stress levels of 8000rpm on all reciprocating components and block architecture. The levels they have to go to to make sure it hangs together is mind boggling

Fark, really?
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