Renault Clio Cup vc Clio RS
11/29/06
11/28/06
VW Scirocco 2008 - more images and data
VW Scirocco 2008 - more images and data
Auto Motor und Sport has a new computer-generated image of the next Volkswagen Scirocco.
Auto Motor und Sport has a new computer-generated image of the next Volkswagen Scirocco.
expected in 2008.
The motto for the small VW coupè, as for its predecessors, is "driving fun at an affordable price". The price is surely affordable if compared to the VW Eos or Audi TT (22.000 € instead of 34.000 € as a starting price). Engines should start from the 1.4 TSI twin-charger (170 ps) and go up from there.
The "affordable coupè" niche certainly needs some filling up in Europe, what with the absence of Honda, the Toyota Celica which is nearing retirement age and a generalized reluctance in offering small coupes instead of hot-hatches.
The motto for the small VW coupè, as for its predecessors, is "driving fun at an affordable price". The price is surely affordable if compared to the VW Eos or Audi TT (22.000 € instead of 34.000 € as a starting price). Engines should start from the 1.4 TSI twin-charger (170 ps) and go up from there.
The "affordable coupè" niche certainly needs some filling up in Europe, what with the absence of Honda, the Toyota Celica which is nearing retirement age and a generalized reluctance in offering small coupes instead of hot-hatches.
10/9/06
How the Drift cars are set up
How the cars are set up:
The suspension in a drift car is very tight and unforgiveing even the chassis is tighened with roll cages and strut brace. The die hard followers of drift also alter the geometry of the suspenion this is to allow the the car to slide alot better..
The differentials aren't your standard limited slip type they are semi lockers to ensure there is more wheel spin.The cars quite often have different wheels front and back cause the owner has quite a few sets cause one afternoon of drifting can destroy a set of tyres. As a rule the good tyres and I mean very good tyres go on the front on the back they fit hard compund tyres quite often second hand ones as they tend to end up in a cloud of smoke. Also they stretch the tyres over a wide rim to give an example fitting 205 50 16 tyres to an 8" rim or 235 45 17 to a 9" rim this reduces the chance of the tyre rolling off the rim and enables the car to side better. The clutches on these cars ( dont bother drifting with an auto it is quite dangerous.. you can pretend in the wet though) tend to be very tough ceramic brass button or multiple plate varieties. Why? well alot of drifter use their clutch to commence wheel spin and hence the slide by either using compression lock or a clutch dump at high revs.
The suspension in a drift car is very tight and unforgiveing even the chassis is tighened with roll cages and strut brace. The die hard followers of drift also alter the geometry of the suspenion this is to allow the the car to slide alot better..
The differentials aren't your standard limited slip type they are semi lockers to ensure there is more wheel spin.The cars quite often have different wheels front and back cause the owner has quite a few sets cause one afternoon of drifting can destroy a set of tyres. As a rule the good tyres and I mean very good tyres go on the front on the back they fit hard compund tyres quite often second hand ones as they tend to end up in a cloud of smoke. Also they stretch the tyres over a wide rim to give an example fitting 205 50 16 tyres to an 8" rim or 235 45 17 to a 9" rim this reduces the chance of the tyre rolling off the rim and enables the car to side better. The clutches on these cars ( dont bother drifting with an auto it is quite dangerous.. you can pretend in the wet though) tend to be very tough ceramic brass button or multiple plate varieties. Why? well alot of drifter use their clutch to commence wheel spin and hence the slide by either using compression lock or a clutch dump at high revs.
Hi drifting is an interesting motorsport it involves controling a car while it is going sideway whether it through a corner or in a straight line the cars set up for drifting have a completly different suspension setup compared to normal or grip racing as it is called. In grip racing you are trying to get the car to stick to the road at the highest speed . Drift racing as all about style and control the better you are the faster you go and the longer you can drift. Time and speed don't play a part really it the skill of the driver, his level of control.
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