Nissan Motorsport Jack Daniels Racing,Sooks Or Fair Enough?

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

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Yes, but that's what led to them being banned. You don't want the driver & co -driver sitting on top of fuel tanks as per Lancia Delta. Nissan would have gone into this with their eyes open. Bit late to start yelling about having to use a truck motor. Maybe they should go and talk to Dodge. The Viper goes very well with a truck derived motor.

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Yes &don't stop very well so they would have a reason for running into the back of other drivers

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

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Yes, but that's what led to them being banned. You don't want the driver & co -driver sitting on top of fuel tanks as per Lancia Delta. [snip]

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Every open wheeler in existence has the fuel cell as the seat !

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

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Nissan would have gone into this with their eyes open. Bit late to start yelling about having to use a truck motor.

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Absolutely agree, they knew the rules and chose their car before they sunk the millions. No point complaining now that they can't make it competitive.

I don't mind them lobbying for rule changes if they can argue that it will improve the sport but that's different from having a whinge that the world is against them because it doesn't suit them.

And I'm not a Holden or Ford fan particularly, or even of the V8 supercar format, I also loved the touring car format. Some of my favourite racing was the 80's Bathurst days when Walkinshaw was there with his XJSs and the Nissan Skylines etc.

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Originally Posted by rick130

Every open wheeler in existence has the fuel cell as the seat !

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Yep,Rick what do you think of Ric in F1,seems like the real deal,pity that formula has taken the route it has,like V8 supertaxi's it's alienating it's fan base. Pat

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Yep,Rick what do you think of Ric in F1,seems like the real deal,pity that formula has taken the route it has,like V8 supertaxi's it's alienating it's fan base. Pat

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I'm a little surprised he's taken it to Vettel so well, good on him !

I don't watch F1 anymore, haven't for years.
The only motorsport I have any interest in anymore is MotoGP and Moto3, (Go Jack Miller !) and I think I've only seen one race so far this year !

Todd's complaint come from how V8 supercars have dictated to them on what they can do with their engine. The engine was originally 5.6 liters and V8 SC have told them they need to run an engine in the following specs
Nissan V8 SC engine 102.6 bore 75.3 stroke
Std VK56 - 98mm bore 92mm stoke
Volvo Polestar V8 - 95.5 bore 87.1 stroke
cant seem to find the specs on the holden, ford or merc engines :(
interestingly the Nissan VK50 has 95.5 bore and 87.7 stroke making it very similar to the Volvo.
so i guess his complaint is legit ????

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Yep,Rick what do you think of Ric in F1,seems like the real deal,pity that formula has taken the route it has,like V8 supertaxi's it's alienating it's fan base. Pat

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Im getting hooked on it this season. Every race is a lottery given development and tech problems. Tyres and team tactics are play a big role also.

Ricciardo did 37 laps on one set of tyres to come 3rd at Silverstone.

Speaking of whinging, Vettel was in fine form on the radio racing with Alonso. He is such a tool :D

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Originally Posted by rick130

Every open wheeler in existence has the fuel cell as the seat !

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Except in those days they weren't fuel cells, just a moving bomb.

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Originally Posted by uninformed

Im getting hooked on it this season. Every race is a lottery given development and tech problems. Tyres and team tactics are play a big role also.

Ricciardo did 37 laps on one set of tyres to come 3rd at Silverstone.

Speaking of whinging, Vettel was in fine form on the radio racing with Alonso. He is such a tool :D

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Doesn't have the speed of a four time world champion either. Pat

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

Except in those days they weren't fuel cells, just a moving bomb.

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Forgot they didn't have cells back then, God things moved quickly as even Formula Fords had fuel cells by the late eighties.