COTF V8 Supercars 2013 season- what's your prediction?

[highlander_69r]

HRT will do the same as they did this year .... very little

[JT]

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/02/16/...g-sydney-test/

[macca_779]

Watch FPR. My sources say the gearbox reliability issues will be the Achilles heal for a lot of teams. FPR isn't one of them

[JT]

Watch FPR. My sources say the gearbox reliability issues will be the Achilles heal for a lot of teams. FPR isn't one of them

aren't the transaxles a control item? how would FPR have a reliability advantage?

[macca_779]

aren't the transaxles a control item? how would FPR h ave a reliability advantage?

Yes they are a control item. Not sure how they've done it

[GPT]

From some inside news the Nissan may struggle as they are short 30hp and can't get anymore with the current valve size. No option to fit bigger valves as there is not enough room in the heads.

[falcom]

I am sure the Red Bull cars look great in person but they look very bland on TV. It would have been better if the car was blue instead of black.

They probably were not allowed to use blue as the main colour because it is a Ford colour. They will have to find a way to get more red in there for next year.

BOC/Lockwood team look very professional this year.

[Decromin]

BOC/Lockwood team look very professional this year.

A good year for BJR would make me very happy - The Jones boys have put a lot of effort into the team over the year, and haven't got a lot to show for it.

[Hi Octane]

I predict Nissan and Mercedes hold off until Bathurst them give 100 per cent effort to win by 3 laps. bogans will all cry foul forcing Jim Richards out of retirement to remind them they are still arseholes . next year the governing body will intervene by slapping a 600kg weight penalty and imposing a 3000 rpm rev limiter on the non australian (un australian?) teams

[Pickles]

From some inside news the Nissan may struggle as they are short 30hp and can't get anymore with the current valve size. No option to fit bigger valves as there is not enough room in the heads.

They will find the power when they get the right camshaft.....and they will......with more testing......trouble is.....it all takes time......and $s.
Cheers, Pickles

[LS2_307]

From some inside news the Nissan may struggle as they are short 30hp and can't get anymore with the current valve size. No option to fit bigger valves as there is not enough room in the heads.

They have the power ok, just not around 7500rpm, hence one of their requests to up the limit temporarily whilst they do more homework.

[seldo]

From some inside news the Nissan may struggle as they are short 30hp and can't get anymore with the current valve size. No option to fit bigger valves as there is not enough room in the heads.

The knockers always love to dump on our "archaic" pushrod V8s, but they are actually a very efficient engine, and the newcomers may have to dig deep to even reach the same levels, despite their perceived advantage of 4V dohc....

[GPT]

I'm loving the sound of the Merc and Nissan, gives another dimension to the Ford/Chev Sound

[Pickles]

The knockers always love to dump on our "archaic" pushrod V8s, but they are actually a very efficient engine, and the newcomers may have to dig deep to even reach the same levels, despite their perceived advantage of 4V dohc....

+1
Cheers, Pickles.

[C4B]

The knockers always love to dump on our "archaic" pushrod V8s, but they are actually a very efficient engine, and the newcomers may have to dig deep to even reach the same levels, despite their perceived advantage of 4V dohc....

And lets face it we're not talking about an application that needs an engine to have good torque just above idle, rev to 10,000rpm or be super fuel effienct. So long as it works in the desired rev range, that's all it needs to do.