Yeah yeah I know
I'm really just whining because of my own personal circumstances, having just gotten back from holidays and about to start work tomorrow.
But it's all good, I've achieved my aims
despite being unable to use CF and will be sending in my entry tonight
Okay then, I'm pleased to reveal a horrible travesty in which the GG guys take a cheeky dump over a legend of automotive history.
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As you can see from the decal, it's a
not Qwattro! And by
not Qwattro, I don't mean the way in which we customarily name our car replicas so we don't step on anybody's toes, I actually mean, it's
not a Qwattro, as in, the AWD drivetrain that made the Quattro what it was has been removed and replaced with a 2.7L V8 with quite a bit of boost... but not so much that it renders the car completely undriveable. And for the purposes of these races, the engine is kind of running a bit hot (i.e. we duct taped most of the vents shut). But nonetheless the parts are top notch and the engine itself is good for 813hp, which, for a car weighing 785kg, is adequate for our purposes. Had we kept the original drivetrain and tuned from there, the car would have weighed considerably more, yes, but probably the car would have been able to hustle around the track a fair bit faster again... but since this was our FF experiment, we're able to declare that with some fancy tricks, FF cars can indeed race due to their lightness. On that note, braking forces of up to -4.0g were recorded, and on tight corners, the forces were off the charts! It's worth mentioning that absurdly wide front tyres, only made possible through previous work done on racing versions of the Mephisto, did help.
That being said, we don't expect to be competitive in a straight line. The car has ridiculous amounts of drag owing to the astronomical downforce bodykit.