V8 Supercar discussion thread

[Gin Kii]

Lol. Mustangs have heavy mufflers as ballast to help COG !!

https://autoaction.com.au/2019/03/15...dPM9JFVyApH_Z8

[Greg Rust]

That’s made my day.

[sirhsv]

Mustangs took first five places in race one. More fuel for the parity bonfire.

Gotta hand it to Penske with the weight in the mufflers. That’s some good thinking there.

[Reax]

Red Bull are just mad they didn't think of it.

[StupidFlanders]

Last year I was looking at a damaged composite front guard off Scotty’s Falcon and noticed it had small lead weights attached on the back of it, down where the guard meets the sideskirt. Maybe the guards have a minimum weight so they made them lighter then stuck the ballast on them down low? Crazy attention to detail

[Tripper]

Last year I was looking at a damaged composite front guard off Scotty’s Falcon and noticed it had small lead weights attached on the back of it, down where the guard meets the sideskirt. Maybe the guards have a minimum weight so they made them lighter then stuck the ballast on them down low? Crazy attention to detail

There is a quote by Adrian Newy, but be fucked if i can find it to quote it correctly.

But it is along the lines of,

its what the rules say, not what the rules meant to say.

[1uz-zte]

Red Bull are just mad they didn't think of it.

Absolutely. Nothing illegal about what they've done. Better luck next year Holden.

[leothedrummer]

Picture quality during the onboards was abysmal, like it wasn't HD at all. External shots looked crisp and clean as normal. I'm sure it wasn't like that last time out or am I imagining things?

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Why not lower the minimum weight across the board if there all well under anyway?
Ps. Good work Penske Mustang blokes.

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[irsa76]

It's Roger Penske, the man has always worked the rules without actually breaking them. As I said on a FB group about this, he may go to the same mufflers as everyone else but the crossmember under the car will be from a Western Star truck.
Racecar weights are funny, DJR's 2nd XD was legal weight, right on the minimum homlogated weight, but was a hundred or so kilos lighter than every other Falcon. I recall the works E30 M3s in the WTCC were all legal weight, but a random weighing of a customer car saw the works cars nearly 100kg lighter, and the wealthy customer car owner slightly pissed off.

[StanM3]

Can’t they hang lead ballast under the car wherever they like? Or is there some rule that mufflers are the only item allowed to hang below a specified height?

[irsa76]

From the way they were talking it sounds like there is no specific rules in regards to muffler weights or ballast position.

[mizone]

Since I've done far too much partying in the 00's.. why people upset at Kelly being 06 champion?.

Because he drove his car through both his brother and Lowdes to win.

Prick Kelly is a fucktard of the highest order and him being unable to contain his pathetic anger issues highlights this.

Also he has to stop copying Kate Peck's hair styles.

[Nafe]

There is no specific location for ballast or how it's added. Mufflers. Lead sills. Whatever they like really.

[StanM3]

Dp.