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..and look how far back the steering wheel and pedals are! For better weight distribution, I'm sure. Travis must sit in the back seat.
If they have as bad of a season this year... I will agree.Mr.Source said:In my opinion,this has been a waste of money for Chrysler.
Totaly agree with you on thisMuther said:I don't think so. Look at what it has done for Ford. In Europe rally and Ford are absolute synonyms. Even more so than in the Subaru/Mitsu rally wars. Ford has been there since the sixties. Rally racing tends to attract younger people. I think it is only a waste of money if they leave the sport.
They need to stay in it, and commit to winning. I think if they do that, it will be an unqualified success. No other series, not NASCAR, not NHRA, not LMP, not ALMS, Grand Am, or anything has as direct a correlation to sales as success in Rally racing does. It is why Ford went Rallying in the sixties, it why Lancia, Datsun, Renault, Audi, Subaru, Mitsu, et, al went rallying. Winning in Rally impacts sales directly, quickly, and with a lot of bang for the buck.
If they leave, or put in a halfhearted effort, then I agree with you. If it is a real effort, with winning as the goal, and not just "putting there name out there", then I disagree.
I will add, that there needs to be a car for the younger (modder, or hot rodder if you prefer) types to sink their teeth into. Its not good enough to just be in the rally game. You need street cred. Winning, and offering good model choices is paramount. Turbo's are nearly a must have in the current modder/hot rodder environment, at least if its a four. Also, the car needs to have a certain level of friendliness to modding/hotrodding. If the performance models are there, and the winning happens, then money is well spent.Muther said:I don't think so. Look at what it has done for Ford. In Europe rally and Ford are absolute synonyms. Even more so than in the Subaru/Mitsu rally wars. Ford has been there since the sixties. Rally racing tends to attract younger people. I think it is only a waste of money if they leave the sport.
They need to stay in it, and commit to winning. I think if they do that, it will be an unqualified success. No other series, not NASCAR, not NHRA, not LMP, not ALMS, Grand Am, or anything has as direct a correlation to sales as success in Rally racing does. It is why Ford went Rallying in the sixties, it why Lancia, Datsun, Renault, Audi, Subaru, Mitsu, et, al went rallying. Winning in Rally impacts sales directly, quickly, and with a lot of bang for the buck.
If they leave, or put in a halfhearted effort, then I agree with you. If it is a real effort, with winning as the goal, and not just "putting there name out there", then I disagree.
There is a vast difference between turbo performance and Supercharged performance.Muther said:I will add, that there needs to be a car for the younger (modder, or hot rodder if you prefer) types to sink their teeth into. Its not good enough to just be in the rally game. You need street cred. Winning, and offering good model choices is paramount. Turbo's are nearly a must have in the current modder/hot rodder environment, at least if its a four. Also, the car needs to have a certain level of friendliness to modding/hotrodding. If the performance models are there, and the winning happens, then money is well spent.
If the performance models are not there, or if the hot rod equipment is not there, or there is no commitment to winning on the part of SRT, then it is money wasted.
If the commitment to the community is there, then it is money well spent.
Just my opinion, but I think we are about to see a big jump in the trend to Super vs. Turbo.Muther said:I said turbo's, but supers would work, too. The hotrodders of today don't really care how the power is made, as long as its there, and they can mod it to easily make more. Supercharging would be fine, there is a lot of knowledge out there about it. Turbo's are just all over the place, because they have been so popular for so long, on so many cars. Hotrodders of today have very little prejudice. They want performance, as cheaply as possible, and they don't really care how its done.
With turbo's (or super's), getting a two liter+ i4 up to 400hp, is pretty simple. New FW, bigger spools, some better spark, and you're almost there.
This is a photo taken Wednesday March 20th 2013 by Bryce Menzies after a practice run in Seatte!Mike V. said:
There were only a handful of races last year and they didn't figure out how to conduct the course and not kill the drivers and cars, until about halfway through the season.SkyBlade said:I really enjoy the GRC races, just wish I had a chance to watch more of it.
We will make sure you have that opportunity Skyblade, I'll call you if you don't see the posts that are here & let you know when the race will be so you can record them!SkyBlade said:I really enjoy the GRC races, just wish I had a chance to watch more of it.
This will be Travis' car this year! Bryce will drive the blue Dodge Dart in 2013!Mike V. said: