Maybe this could be very good. Citroen has proven to be outstanding at higher altitude. The Fords struggled big time with the altitude, last year.
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Maybe this could be very good. Citroen has proven to be outstanding at higher altitude. The Fords struggled big time with the altitude, last year.
Engine for Pikes Peak would be a completely different thing, should double power!!
Yeah, C4 with normal engine would be among the last cars in Pikes Peak. Those cars there are just monsters!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
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Originally Posted by Gard
The Ford's struggled with the whole set up.
Pikes Peak is its own beast.
If Petter is serious the car will hit the US ports in May so he can do some pre-event testing on the mountain to get the set up right.
Pikes Peak is crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Look about 3:min and 3:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug
yeah it was in the old days...now a big part of it is tarmac
An anecdote from another Norwegian, Mr. Rallycross, Martin Schanche participated in 1984, this is copied from another forum - in a discussion about Michele Mouton:
She was already at the Pikes Peak in 1984 and won the Open Rally category, together with Fabrizia Pons in an Audi Sport quattro, but with some strange behaviour she was all but a likable person/woman for the Americans… (And in 1985 she went even more naughty!) However, "Mister Rallycross" Martin Schanche was there as well, with his by then quite new Ford Escort Mk3 4WD (with 560+bhp Zakspeed engine and the first ever Xtrac 4WD system). In practise he was much quicker than Mouton and the big Audi Sport team became really nervous. BTW, Schanche was alone, not even one mechanic with him, and had driven his Escort XR3 with the necessary lamps around and Norwegian licence plates on the road from the airport to Pikes Peak and after the event back to the airport again. After about 1/3 of the official race Schanche was clocked 11 seconds faster than Mouton – but only a little later got a puncture (front, right). He pressed on regardless to the finish and was hailed by the mad going commentator as the first racer ever to reach the Pikes Peak summit on three wheels – but his time was absolutely useless of course and the Rally class victory went to Mouton/Pons (Bill Brister was the overall winner that year).
Ah, Martin, you gave us quit some moments back in the 80's.
And after this next 2011 running it will be all tarmac by 2012Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I believe for next year only 1 mile of dirt.
He sure did, and also in the 90's and early 00's-- And even in the late 70's....Quote:
Originally Posted by Halvis