2006-08-07 00:16:53 · 5 answers · asked by MrTom 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Firstly the V8 engine in the road cars are stock, or if from the performance vehicle arms, it is slightly tuned. The race engine would be balanced, use the best components, and built for use for one race weekend.
The gearbox would be different to handle to difference in power between the engines. Along with a racing clutch and lightened flywheel. These would not come in the road car.
I believe all the race cars run the Ford 9-inch diff, although this may have changed. I do not beleive Holden offers the Ford 9-inch diff as standard, although this may have changed.
The tailshaft would also be stronger for the race cars then the road cars.
The race cars use something called a dry sump, not usually put in a road car, definitely not as standard equipment.
They are no unnecessary equipment attached to the motor of the race car, as in no air-conditioning, etc.
The battery is usually positioned in the boot.
Whether you class this as mechanical, I do ont know, but the race cars do not use the standard wheel nuts to hold the wheel onto the car, and the race car has hydraulic/pneumatic jacks installed in the floor to lift it up at the pit stop.
2006-08-11 08:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mark aka jack573 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a huge difference. The V8 Supercars are very little like their road going counterparts. The Ford and Holden V8 Supercars share a lot of the same parts, as Ford were struggling so they had to change the rules to make the two makes more even.
2006-08-08 21:38:22 · answer #2 · answered by pafc1870 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the road cars are 6 cylinder, Holden a V6 Buick engine and Ford a straight six motor, some V8s are released for road use but are nowhere near as tuned as the race versions, different ECU chips and such. An ex cop car is always a little more toey than the regular road models...
2006-08-08 22:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by Boonie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an easy one. If the world gets too hot, we've proven that we can survive it because the "Cradles of Civilization" were in hot, dry areas. If the world gets cold, then we've already proven that we can withstand ice ages, and that's without any "high" technology. If the world gets overpopulated, it will, out of necessity, balance itself out. I don't think we need to worry about surviving the next 100 years. The real question is how to we keep the next 100 years from becoming the next Dark Age.
2016-03-27 02:05:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the have smaller engines?
2006-08-07 22:26:44 · answer #5 · answered by Geist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋