V8 Brutes at Clipsal

[TS50]

Morris is correct, you will find its a handling advantage not so much a power advantage the FG has now, they control the output of the engines, the lighter 5.0 will allow more corner speed and more corner speed equates to more straight line speed which "looks" like the car has more power.

Come on Norm, did you ever think the day would come that you agreed with Paul Morris??
but damn, for once we got to admit he knows what he is talking about, maybe its because he now has a blue oval on his sleeve

[4Vman]

Come on Norm, did you ever think the day would come that you agreed with Paul Morris??
but damn, for once we got to admit he knows what he is talking about, maybe its because he now has a blue oval on his sleeve

LOL The "Dude" is actually an ok guy!!! He's just a tool behind the wheel. Daddy has shit loads of money though so its easy to buy a drive (or a whole team, massive workshop complex with its own race circuit...)...!

[TS50]

Hahaha
ok
I guess us that havent met him, just take him "behind the wheel" toolness, as a general toolness
but we should not judge a book by its cover
I guess I made my decision by his comments about his co-driver at Bathurst after a crash a few years ago (Alan Gurr, I think)
Told him he will never drive a race car again (oh what has happend to Alan Gurr???)
I just thought it was un neccessary at the time, but I know emotions car run high

[HSE2]

Five Fords up front. The Brutes are a parity class. So I would expect some sort of power adjustment. The Coyote 5.0 FG easily outpowered the 6.0 VE. I don't know what has been so far in the development but wow. Just wow.

PS I think the handling improvement comes down to the 45kg lighter engine and siting lower in the bay too. Major gain. Paul Morris who was the guest commentator and now part of a 4 car DJR supercar team was the one downplaying the engine power btw.

You are correct. The Fgs aren't Fg's to start with and being so new the suspension hasn't even been altered to take advantage of the reduced weight. Who would have thought, a true production series!

The plan is to lift BF as high as it will go, set SS up to match that then bring Coyote back to where they both are. The drivers were waiting on the rev limit reduction when I left them. I have taken photos of the engine placement of both BF and FG.