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Date:         Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:52:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I've been waiting ALL WEEK for Friday.....
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
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>> In later years the >>Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), which sets the rules for racing in the Le >>Mans 24 Hours, had reduced the restrictor size on the engine, and stipulated >>the R8 carry ballast, to make the races more competitive

Exactly my point in an earlier post --- here at last is a racing use for the Wasserboxer engine -- Ballast :-)

Doug

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> -----Original Message----- > From: Don Hanson > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:15 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] I've been waiting ALL WEEK for Friday..... > > I'd rather see VW get involved in Endurance racing, like 24hrs of Le > Mans....I think the technology in that race series actually has a little > more to cross over to street vehicle technology...Pretty incredible how > fast > they make those prototypes lap around the clock.. > > They're already involved in endurance racing. Them Audi R8Rs and R10Rs > seem > to be rather competitive. > > The Audi R10 TDI was built to supersede the Audi R8 race car, a proven > model > which had won five times at Le Mans since 2000 and earned a reputation as > one of the most successful racing cars of all time. In later years the > Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), which sets the rules for racing in the Le > Mans 24 Hours, had reduced the restrictor size on the engine, and > stipulated > the R8 carry ballast, to make the races more competitive. > > That's the true test.... Ensmallen the intake and make you haul more weight > so the other guy has a chance.... > > Audi = VAG >

-- http://www.dougalcock.com


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