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[BMR]

Ok SCSC lay down your predictions Red Team or Blue Team ? Who are you going for today ?
Im a Craig Lowndes fan but I like the GM brand cars myself.

Place your tip here;

BMR - Holden

[Vinno]

Blue forever.

[imugford]

go RED !

[Rob]

Nothing but RED !

[BMR]

Rob, on Oct 7 2007, 12:19 PM, said:

Nothing but RED !

Those blue teams are looking strong

[3ofus]

its all over well done blue team i still think red can win thou ?????

[Rob]

BMR, on Oct 7 2007, 01:26 PM, said:

Rob, on Oct 7 2007, 12:19 PM, said:

Nothing but RED !

Those blue teams are looking strong

Congrats to the blue oval, great end to the race.

[Bigfela]

Blue Blue Blue all the way.
Go the mighty FORDS!!!

[rick1776]

More a Magenta kind or person. So I win both ways. As long as those Walkingshaw owned teams dont win then Im happy. So consider me happy.

cheers
rick1776

[eagleby flyer]

Always a red man, just like my dad who took me to bathurst for the first time to watch gricey win.
How about the Scalextric crystal ball, releasing the pole ford, as well as 1st and 2nd place.

[SlotsNZ]

blue is only there to "make up the numbers" isn't it?

[Vinno]

SlotsNZ, on Oct 8 2007, 01:49 PM, said:

blue is only there to "make up the numbers" isn't it?

Yeah otherwise there would only be 5 finishers. Go Ford

[slo1quick]

Too Blue, too blue !!! YAH b*##&yHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BMR]

slo1quick, on Oct 8 2007, 03:28 PM, said:

Too Blue, too blue !!! YAH b*##&yHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it had to be a FORD at least it was Lowndes that drove it ...he got used to speed when he was in a holden...now hes turned over all the red team tricks on how to get a car around fast and still go the distance.

[rick1776]

Both Holden and Ford run the same gearbox, diff, brake systems and to a large degree both run the same suspension systems. Both run the same ECU and both are limited to 7500 rpm. Both run pushrod 5L motors and both have 120L max capacity fuel tanks. The Holden team is supplied a bare shell from Holden and the Ford teams are supplied a bare shell from Ford. The teams then bolt all the same race equipment to their respective cars.

So what are people being so one eyed about? Bare shells? For all we know the bare shells could be supplied by Toyota in the future and then what would Red vs Blue mean?

Just rambling.

cheers
rick1776

[lenny broke]

rick1776, on Oct 9 2007, 04:31 PM, said:

Both Holden and Ford run the same gearbox, diff, brake systems and to a large degree both run the same suspension systems. Both run the same ECU and both are limited to 7500 rpm. Both run pushrod 5L motors and both have 120L max capacity fuel tanks. The Holden team is supplied a bare shell from Holden and the Ford teams are supplied a bare shell from Ford. The teams then bolt all the same race equipment to their respective cars.

So what are people being so one eyed about? Bare shells? For all we know the bare shells could be supplied by Toyota in the future and then what would Red vs Blue mean?

Just rambling.

cheers
rick1776

Hi Guys
The bodies are made up from panel sets supplied by the manufacturers and fitted to the tubeframe chassis structure rather than bare shells that had been the case in the past . the floor pans are heavilly modified to accept the wider shot gun panels (wheel arch tubs) rear suspension pick ups. in the VE's case the body is shortened by about 100mm just behind the B pillar to comply with the project blueprint maximum wheelbase spec for V8 supercars. I think you will find that the body panels are made in a lighter gauge sheet to minimise weight. the front guards are made of a composite material
there is very little in these cars that are production ford or holden. the motors have a similar spec for engine block deck height and vee angle.
there has been talk in the past about a common floorpan and roll cage assembly the the various teams can bolt there panels to. maybe the badges on the grill and the head and tail light assemblies are about the only original parts.
Can't see what all the fuss is about.
LB

[Chewycat]

I am so one eyed blue it is not funny it was great to to see the fords going so strong And hopefully JR's 3 place is asign of things going right for DJR Oh and seeing the Darkside teams dropping like flys did not hurt either

Edited by Chewycat, 09 October 2007 - 05:41 PM.

[Vinno]

Most of us realise the cars are mechanically nearly identical. You need to support a team otherwise it wouldn't mean anything.

It's about the badge and thats it. And the ability to have a dig at your mates.

[SlotsNZ]

Vinno, on Oct 9 2007, 06:27 PM, said:

Most of us realise the cars are mechanically nearly identical. You need . . . . . . . . the ability to have a dig at your mates.

A cunning edit to Vinno's post sums it alllll up for me, since the last Ford I owned was a Mk II Cortina about 30 years back, and I have never owned a "General"

None of which will stop me repeating . . . . think red. . . . . . . oh yeah, that's a slot car term as well.

[slo1quick]

If they're So much the same..... why do the Fords look Better !! ?