lol at sadface for jesus. aight man well catch ya later.
lol at sadface for jesus. aight man well catch ya later.
How about this one...both are the same name, just different bodies.
long hood is really long hahaha
idk man
Haha...long hood for a very good reason. That car is simply called the "Beast"...or the Rolls Royce Beast, or John Dodd's Beast. John Dodd was the guy who built it...it's a Ford Capri, but only in the passenger cell. Under the hood is a Rolls Royce Merlin engine from the Supermarine Spitfire...yea, the plane. It's a 27 Liter V-12 (!!!!!!!!!!)
Video on it...pretty cool.
Hah...the Beast...very fitting name.
I'm not gonna make you read the FIA rule book so i'll just post what wiki saysOriginally Posted by Nerdsrock22
Grand Touring
Grand Touring (from the Italian word Gran Turismo) racing is the most common form of sports car racing, and is found all over the world, in both international and national series. Historically, Grand Touring cars had to be in series production, but in the 1970s as modifications became more extreme the class split into Group 4 for production based cars and Group 5 for silhouette specials which were essentially pure-bred racing cars with production-lookalike bodies. GT racing gradually fell into abeyance in Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, with silhouette cars continuing to race in IMSA races in the USA. When GT racing revived after the collapse of the world sports car championship in the 1990s, the lead in defining rules was taken by the ACO. Under the ACO rules, Grand Touring cars are divided into two categories, Grand Touring 1 (GT1, formerly GTS) and Grand Touring 2 (GT2, formerly GT). As the name of the class implies, the exterior of the car closely resembles that of the production version, while the internal fittings may differ greatly. GT2 cars are very similar to the FIA GT2 classification, and are 'pure' GT cars; that is production exotic cars with relatively few internal modifications for racing. The Porsche 911 is currently the most popular car in the GT2 class.
FIA divides GT cars into four categories called GT1 (formerly GT), GT2 (formerly N-GT), GT3 (recently introduced) and GT4. The GT1 and GT2 divisions are very close to the ACO rules outlined above, and again some crossover racing does occur, particularly in the GT2 class. The GT3 class is relatively new and was introduced for 2006. These cars are closer to standard form than in GT2, and in most cases modifications are restricted to those found in one-make cups. GT4 is another new category for non-professional drivers in production-based cars with very few racing modifications - for example, no aerodynamic aids or body modifications are permitted.
Grand-Am has only one class for Grand Touring cars which allows production-based GT racers at a spec somewhere between FIA GT2 and GT3 in terms of modification (e.g. the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) to compete with purpose-built tube-frame "silhouette" machines reminiscent of the former IMSA GTO/GTU classes.
Technology Escalation and Control in FIA GT Racing
While GT cars are at least in theory based on road going versions, some GT1 cars in the mid to late 1990s were effectively purpose-built sports-prototypes which spawned exotic production cars with homologation production limits of 25 cars (for small manufacturers, such as Saleen) or 100 cars (for major manufacturers like DaimlerChrysler). The original form of GT1 racing was dropped in 1998 because of rising costs. The GT1 class was for the purebred supercars and purpose-built race cars, such as the McLaren F1 GTR, Ferrari F40, Porsche 911GT1, Mercedes cLK-GTR, Toyota GT-One and Nissan R390 - while the first two were a derivatives of roadgoing sports cars, the German and Japanese contenders were pure-bred racing cars - virtually sports prototypes. Rising costs coupled with declining entries led to the death of this class, and it was replaced by what was then GT2 (FIA, which evolved into the current GT1) and Le Mans Prototype (LMP, by the ACO).
This process is due to happen again in 2009 as a response to cost increases in GT1 and GT2 racing: for the 2009 season, GT1 and GT2 as they currently stand will be abolished. Various proposals exist to control technology and costs, mainly by abolishing the existing GT1 class (again!) and creating new class boundaries between current GT2, GT3 and GT4 cars.
GT1 cars: Highly highly modified production car.
Corvette GT-1- Based of Zo6 but uses double wishbones in the back
DBR9 (won the race in Brno today)
Maserati MC12 GT1
GT2 cars based on production car - much more restrictions on performance.
Ferrari F430 GT2
Porsche GT3 RSR (A porsche GT2 has twin turbos which is why the car is a GT3 in a GT2 class)
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2
Spyker C8 Laviolette gt2 Powered by Audi v8
Last edited by EJ25RUN; 09-14-2008 at 10:11 AM.
I wish i jumped in this thread, i knew that answer but i have been watching racing all morning.
any body wanna play tonight?
lol should i post? i got caught up talking to autumn
lulz i keeeed
Give me the name that doesn't involve the emblem up front.
i deff need a clue on that one. all i can think of to google is Ugly mercedes but im just gettin the G waggon haha
Give it a bit of time...I bet EJ25 will get that one.
i see him here but idk if he is actually here. he prolly explaining to fast-tech what a boxer engine is haha
Haha dude knows his stuff.
Here's a hint...think of a long line of attempts by Mercedes to build a "supercar."
I'll give a hint:
I have already posted a car by this car company before in this thread.
I don't know but its different
Back view
Ahhh you did? You probably posted the car I was planning on posting next.
I'll give a hint:
I have already posted a car by this car company before in this thread.
Nerdsrock22 answer to my question. \/
Answer to yours is Isdera Imperator 108iIsdera Commendatore
Yes and yes...I can't stump you.
Answer to yours is on the tip of my tongue...I was about to say a TWR Jaguar XJ220, but that's not it.
I know I've seen this one before.
20 Minute Hint:
Is that a Callaway Corvette?
LOL yes, but your good enough to be more specific.
Callaway C7
The C7 is the ill-fated supercar built for GT1 category racing, developed between 1993 to 1996, it attempted to pre-qualify at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans which it failed to. It was subsequently entered in to the Daytona Rolex 24 Hour where it lead the race at the 12 hour point. However, a oil system failure prevented it from finishing, this its first real long distance test
hint:
Pic from Jon Sibal
Brand name is...Innocenti add hint 1 to that presto!
De Tamaso I know spelt wrong
Close enough. You go finally.
lol.....I let some time pass.
simmon, voodoo, Z31 wanna try?
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