"hangus77" (hangus77)
05/07/2014 at 13:35 • Filed to: None
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"hangus77" (hangus77)
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I haven't really followed NASCAR at all during my lifetime, but when I was growing up in NOVA, it was impossible not to hear about it by default. There be rednecks abound over there and I always heard little things here and there.
That post with the .gif of the DOGECAR made me laugh, then curious about what those cars are capable of these days.
mr_gofast
> hangus77
05/07/2014 at 13:38 |
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http://www.ehow.com/how_2084687_bu…
this is the engine specs
Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> hangus77
05/07/2014 at 13:40 |
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Here are the specs from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Cu…
It's a "Porch-uh"
> hangus77
05/07/2014 at 13:46 |
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It's still decidedly low-tech compared to other series, but I was shocked how sophisticated the operations and car were when I went to a NASCAR race . The engine electronics are made by McLaren, so there's a F1 tie-in!
ly2v8-Brian
> hangus77
05/07/2014 at 13:49 |
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The current cars are extremely close to their stock counterparts dimension wise. They all use 5.8l pushrod v8s they rev unlimited to close to 10000 RPM so the produce about 900hp. They are fuel injected by a McLaren designed system. The engines have a compression of 12:1 and run on 98 octane E15 Gasoline. Those are some of the stats, just look up the rest on wikipedia
Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> It's a "Porch-uh"
05/07/2014 at 14:23 |
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I kinda liked the appeal of carburetors, because it was really up to the driver-team communication to get the best out of the car.
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It's a "Porch-uh"
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
05/07/2014 at 14:30 |
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They've been off carbs for a few years now, but there's still a lot of that driver-team communications going on. They made constant adjustments to the suspension every stop when things aren't working quite right.
Kylemaro
> hangus77
05/08/2014 at 03:12 |
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actually the fuel management systems are predominantly holley efi and use mclaren ecus for calibration/data collection