Apexseal thread

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LOL at that 7 looking like the Vette...what the paint scheme???????? The Corvette owns that RX-7 in every shape and form lol.

Good info on the kart, I remember seeing a rotary kart on board video a while back but am not sure if it's that one. From the OP pic the motor is so small it looks like a rotax.

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LOL at that 7 looking like the Vette...what the paint scheme???????? The Corvette owns that RX-7 in every shape and form lol.

Now hold on Simon. Yes, the GT1 C6.R would overpower the GT300 RX-7 but its not that simple and not that big of a difference.

Consider this. In the 2009 Super GT Okayama race, a privateer team brought over an ex Prodrive DBR9. Yes, that team didn't have to sophistication of Corvette Racing but with that considered, the DBR9 qualified 14th in the GT500 class because it was so much slower in the corners to the less powerful but superior aero GT500 class cars.

The time the DBR9 set was 1'30.203. The Amemiya SGC 7 did a time of 1'32.103. Less than two seconds away which is something Corvette racing does over other GT1 competition. So really, not that crazy of a gap when considering the RX7s power deficit and lower funding.

I'm seeing this in the same way as the 250cc class in GP is to the old 500cc bikes. At tracks like Jerez where there are very few straights, they would out qualify the bigger machines because of the higher corner speeds. Just do that to the cars case in this example.

BTW. Much respect to Kudzu. At the 2008 Mitty, No car was as fascinating as fire breathing Kudzu.

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Now hold on Simon. Yes, the GT1 C6.R would overpower the GT300 RX-7 but its not that simple and not that big of a difference.

Consider this. In the 2009 Super GT Okayama race, a privateer team brought over an ex Prodrive DBR9. Yes, that team didn't have to sophistication of Corvette Racing but with that considered, the DBR9 qualified 14th in the GT500 class because it was so much slower in the corners to the less powerful but superior aero GT500 class cars.

The time the DBR9 set was 1'30.203. The Amemiya SGC 7 did a time of 1'32.103. Less than two seconds away which is something Corvette racing does over other GT1 competition. So really, not that crazy of a gap when considering the RX7s power deficit and lower funding.

I'm seeing this in the same way as the 250cc class in GP is to the old 500cc bikes. At tracks like Jerez where there are very few straights, they would out qualify the bigger machines because of the higher corner speeds. Just do that to the cars case in this example.

BTW. Much respect to Kudzu. At the 2008 Mitty, No car was as fascinating as fire breathing Kudzu.

True.

As for the Kudzu, I agree. Those old cars use to bust my ear drums when I was little at the races lol. Jim Downing still races too. He has a SCCA sports racer he runs with the SCCA.