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Re: Porsche 944 Turbo in BP?

To: washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
Subject: Re: Porsche 944 Turbo in BP?
From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:11:58 -0800
One thing you have to remember that half of the BP "event" was in the rain where
the Corvettes couldn't get their power to the ground sufficiently and their 
power
was negated. Wonder how BP would have turned out if both days had been dry?
--Pat Kelly

washburn wrote:

> Josh Hadler wrote:
> >         Not that I know of. But somehow I don't think that a 951, even in 
>full
> > tilt race trim, can put down anywhere near the kind of monster torque
> > (even taking into consideration the weight advantage) that the big block
> > V8's can.
> >
> Seems like lighter and smaller might be a trend in BP.  Well, maybe not
> a trend, but you cannot argue the success of the Nissan and Mazda T cars
> at Nationals this year.  I thought the lesser torque/lesser wieght
> formula worked pretty well.  Let's find out...who's got a 944T to
> hatchet up? :)
>
> PLW




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