"ATaylor-Jones" (alanjtaylor)
10/18/2014 at 18:00 • Filed to: Audi TT, One Make Racers, Touring Cars
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"ATaylor-Jones" (alanjtaylor)
10/18/2014 at 18:00 • Filed to: Audi TT, One Make Racers, Touring Cars | 0
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Audi's attempts to give the TT a more masculine edge continue with the introduction of a new one make racing series. Set to support the DTM next year, 24 of these pumped up coupes will pound round the track, probably around an inch apart knowing Audi drivers.
The most notable change from the road car are the aggressive wide arches housing lightweight racing wheels and slicks. The bonnet gains a purposful vent, the bumper a splitter while the rear gets a dirty great big wing with a centre exit exhaust tucked into the rear diffuser.
Although the 2.0 TFSI engine still has 310 bhp a push to pass feature sees this increase temporarily to 340 bhp. Drive is handled by the same S-Tronic gearbox as the road car with the addition of an adjustable active front differential to help get the power down. Weight is down to 1125 kg so it should prove pretty rapid on track.
The eventual winner will receive support in Audi's successful GT3 sports car program. If you have the talent (and lots of cash), then Audi are currently looking for drivers.
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Tohru
> ATaylor-Jones
10/18/2014 at 18:06 |
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Did they set it up so the front splitter fits under the rear diffuser when following proper Audi following distance?
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ATaylor-Jones
> Tohru
10/18/2014 at 18:15 |
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I'm sure German engineering would account for this, lol.
m2m, apex detective
> Tohru
04/18/2015 at 08:12 |
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Not sure if that’s where you’re coming from ... but it looks like the central exhaust will breathe right into the air intake placed within the lower part of the grille. Forced induction evolved to forced in digestion apparently, resulting in this hoonin’ centtipede.
If it’s too much for the car behind, it’ll come out the top.
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m2m, apex detective
> ATaylor-Jones
04/18/2015 at 08:19 |
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They could have done so much more with the rear light design on the (8S) TT.
Could have gone with something similar to the Sport quattro or e-tron concepts ... or even a modified R8 cluster along the lines of this.
But nope ... they had to make it look like an Eclipse knockoff.
