WEC is starting to circle the drain

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 02/02/2015 at 01:27 • Filed to: None

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I'm worried that it's going to turn into a horsepower arms race. First, Toyota wowed us with the 1,000HP TS040, then they added 100HP for this year. Now Nissan comes in with 1,250HP. I'm worried this will turn into a horsepower arms race and ruin the WEC.

Toyota TS020 for your time, still one of the best-looking LMP cars ever made IMO.

StingrayJake > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 01:33

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Wait... You don't want to see engineering innovation and improvement? Would you prefer a spec series?

TheHondaBro > StingrayJake 02/02/2015 at 01:37

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If I didn't make myself clear, I don't want the teams to start waving their dicks in each others faces. I like the engineering innovation, but I'm worried it's going to be only about horsepower.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 01:43

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at this rate they'll be quicker than an F1 car.

and that's a good thing

Sam > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 02:03

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The 1,250HP is the marketing horsepower. Actual race horsepower will be well under the 1,000 mark. It's hard to keep a car running at it's absolute maximum performance for an entire race, just look at Top Fuel drag racing. They have to rebuild after a run of only a few seconds.

StingrayJake > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 02:04

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I don't really get that from the GT-R LM. I know the PR people keep talking about 2,000 HP, but there's so much more at play with that car. The aerodynamics alone are stunning.

Fred Smith > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 02:27

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The WEC's been pretty terrible as an actual sports car series pretty much since it's inception. Now it's got four factories and one of them is running a god damn 1,250 horsepower front wheel drive flow-through car that shoots fire at the driver. I'd say that's the opposite of circling the drain.

bryan40oop > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 02:52

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there were horsepower wars with the class c prototype cars. And much like today you have fuel flow / capacity limits. There are a lot of regulations, gas, diesel, energy storage capacity / usage per lap. It makes it complicated, but keeps the cars semi comparative

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Fred Smith 02/02/2015 at 12:33

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Yeah I heard, everyone is ramping up HP, crazy shit is starting to happen like a dick car and the new Nissan....problem?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 12:33

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HP won't help if the rest of the package is crap, I can't wait to see what the Nissan does.

TheHondaBro > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/02/2015 at 12:38

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I predict understeer.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > TheHondaBro 02/02/2015 at 13:13

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750hp electric power = enough torque to move the planets out of alignment. That's what goes to the rears. I predict all of the steers! MORE STEERS THAN A TEXAS CATTLE DRIVE!