Does anyone knows when the entry list will be published?
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Does anyone knows when the entry list will be published?
Must see!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIBj0...ature=youtu.be
Aleš Loprais will start with his older car because they are not able to finish new Jamal in time (the one from last year was totaled).
This is interesting, am new to this site and happy to see some analysis of the Dakar that is not available anywhere else. I agree with most of the below mentioned
but wonder how the Mitsubishi could be lighter as minimum weight is dependent on cubic capacity of the engine. If it is the same as the Racing Lancer (4 liter), then the weight would be the same (Around 1850 Kg). Also, it most probably is not a V8 with higher CC as mentioned elsewhere on this forum as then the minimum weight would be an increased one.
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This is interesting, am new to this site and happy to see some analysis of the Dakar that is not available anywhere else. I agree with most of the below mentioned
but wonder how the Mitsubishi could be lighter as minimum weight is dependent on cubic capacity of the engine. If it is the same as the Racing Lancer (4 liter), then the weight would be the same (Around 1850 Kg). Also, it most probably is not a V8 with higher CC as mentioned elsewhere on this forum as then the minimum weight would be an increased one.
Regarding the weight of the car, Spinelli told me that the car is below the minimum value. So, they can add some extra weight until the car reach the minimum weight, improving the weight distribution of the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rakad
Oh I see. Wonder whether Mitsubishi has a diesel option too? Miguel Barbosa has been pretty successful in Portugal with a Racing Lancer running a diesel engine. Maybe that option is not ready for the Dakar yet?
They used works diesel Lancers in their last Dakar outing if I remember right. It was quite a disaster.
Yep, and after Mitsu stopped worksd involvement, most teams using Racing Lancers turned to gasoline.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
3.5 V6, 4.0 V6 and even 2.0 turbo from the Lancer Evo.
Up to this year, main reason is that only a factory can have enough resources to develop diesel proto engines.
Now with new rules, Diesels are not that favoured, (I am not saying that are penalized, but in the past favoured) and gasoline bigger engines seems to be just simpler and more widely available.
In Morocco Spinelli was running a V8, in any video the noise is claerly a V8 for me.
Wevers and Van Loon Lancers (now called HRX) are running Ford Mstang V8 (5 liter).
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Originally Posted by ZequeArgentina
Mitsubishi does not have a V8. At least that's what Wevers said when questioned on their web site as to why a Ford engine was used. Spinelli being from a Mitsubishi team might be still using an advanced spec of the V6. Yes, the sound was different when racing for the first and only time in Morocco.