BRC 1955 - The Golden Age [Qualifying R5]

[strop]

I feel so betrayed, strop!

I'm so sorry! It's just... in all truth I've never done very well on any pre-turbo challenge, so I thought I'd give it a really good go this time in the end!

Please forgive me!

[Packbat]

@07CobaltGirl: Ooh, AKI. That was my confusion, sorry.

...I wonder how close to my best time I can get with a pushrod engine. They are lighter for the same displacement....

[07CobaltGirl]

@07CobaltGirl: Ooh, AKI. That was my confusion, sorry.

...I wonder how close to my best time I can get with a pushrod engine. They are lighter for the same displacement....

With a comparably smaller powerband to go with it. With cost/tech limitations, OHV is not competitive to OHC engines. They are lighter, more compact, but lower airflow (unless you compare it to 2V OHC) and low RPM (due to heavy, early valve float). They are difficult to make competitive without serious quality slider abuse. Typically, to get a 1hp:1ci, it requires at minimum 6 quality on both valvetrain, and fuel system quality is usually necessary as a companion. Once you get MOHV in the 80s(?), it gets a LOT better, but still not completely on par with S/DOHC setups (power-wise). Of course, there is a power/weight limit, and it is pretty easy to meet this one even with OHV. I actually DE-tuned this engine, as it initally was for use in the NOT-Chevrolet BelAir I built, which weighed in at a hefty 1600kg! Using the 1600kg body, I could not get it above .16 ratio, however, due to costs, and could not get the weight down either. This coupe I ended up using couldn't get much heavier either, so a detune was required. It was initially north of 265hp.

[Packbat]

I read you - I'm just curious. I figure I'll just make an OHV trim on the competition car I already built and see how that pans out.

[TheBobWiley]

Getting ready to send in my car for testing. Lets see if the game can stop derping with my naming convention long enough to save it correctly.....

[pyrlix]

All those people using the healey body...



That here is a real mans toy! Looks good, has power, what else needed?

[Lordred]

All those people using the healey body...

I know what you mean.

2.4l i4 DOHC making 175hp for 0.1998 hp/kg

[TheBobWiley]

Pyrlix and Lordred.... I had a coupe to show off too..... Automation did something and now it won't load

[Lordred]

Pyrlix and Lordred.... I had a coupe to show off too..... Automation did something and now it won't load

I know man, it nuked my car last night. This is the re-build (but it is faster, so, see good in bad?)

[strop]

I had one too, as you can see, but... well, I nuked it myself, because it was being a piece of crap

Yeah yeah I know, workman totally blaming the tools...

[TheBobWiley]

Sooooooo, my new coupe I'm building just for the hell of it is only 4 seconds off the pace of my mini.... and the suspension has not been optimized yet. Stupid aerodynamics only lets it go 4mph faster than the mini with almost 50 hp more
Currently using the safety "cheat" to get the car light enough to even have a chance, but I may actually try running it in the second pre-season test just to see what happens.

[Lothoren]

So Dalora are entering this contest. After annoying the GF with the 2I must get this car to a sub 2:42 i have managed it and a nice sub 9:20 on GH XD

Here presenting the Dalora Midget.



Just need to decide on slick or sports.

[Packbat]

I read you - I'm just curious. I figure I'll just make an OHV trim on the competition car I already built and see how that pans out.

Answer: 175 c.i., long-stoke, redline 5400 RPM (if I remember rightly), and the final car is a full two seconds faster on the Automation Test Track than my prior attempt.

(Fittingly, this third revision is the one I painted red.)

[JasonPoland]

I'm thinking about quitting the competition. I can't do anything good. I can't even remember what was the time for my current car.

[Lordred]

I'm thinking about quitting the competition. I can't do anything good. I can't even remember what was the time for my current car.

All that matters is having fun. I EXPECT to be in the back. Build it to your own personal style, what would you want the car to have? (within confines of the rules)