<div dir="ltr">Racing is going to hell in a handbasket, a bunch of wimps IMHO.<div>Kenetic Recovery, Electric cars, Hybird, Diesels,</div><div><br></div><div>I'd love to see a series with limited rules.</div><div><br></div>
<div>2,000 min weight.</div><div>5.0 engine size limit, normally aspirated</div><div>no moveable surfaces</div><div><br></div><div>Race series on Road courses, High speed Ovals, Rally Cross, a drag race and through in a 12 hour race</div>
<div>in the middle of the season.</div><div><br></div><div>One car for all the tracks, only allowed changes are wheels.tires and ride height.</div><div><br></div><div>That would be some fun to watch.</div><div><br></div>
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Michael</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Charles McCall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:charlesmccall@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlesmccall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a">Useable power band is the rpm range you state – 3k to 5k. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a">1100NM of torque is a whole lot! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a">I’ve been to Le Mans when these cars were participating, and they sounded like giant vacuum cleaners. It was horrible. I stopped attending the 24 hours race shortly after <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424a"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:michaelsavga@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsavga@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:michaelsavga@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsavga@gmail.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> jueves, 13 de febrero de 2014 20:48<br><b>To:</b> Charles McCall<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com" target="_blank">detomaso@poca.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] NPC : Diesel redline<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">I found one answer.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">3,000 - 5,000 rpms for the audi engine / 650 hp<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112231/article.html" target="_blank">http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112231/article.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Michael Shortt<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:39 PM, <a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Good questions, my guess is that it has something to do with the fact that a diesel has a much longer stroke than a gas engine,<u></u><u></u></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">there isn't enough time to make as many RPM's because the piston travels a lot more on every trip around.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Michael Shortt.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Charles McCall <<a href="mailto:charlesmccall@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlesmccall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Driving home in my (diesel) car this evening and had nothing better to do than look at my tach. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Why don’t diesel cars rev as high as petrol powered cars? </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Because they can’t, or because they don’t need to? </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With much more low-end torque than a gas car, they don’t need to rev as high to move along. Is it their cam selection that makes all that low end torque and limits revs or something specific to the diesel technology? If it were cam selection, they could do the same to a gas engine I suppose…</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is redline of the Le Mans winning Audi?</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">
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