Air restrictors on LM TVR's??

Air restrictors on LM TVR's??

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Bar_steward

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291 posts

282 months

Monday 14th June 2004
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Can anyone tell me if the TVR's were having to run the very restrictive air restrictors() this year like they did last time??

if not then does that mean they've managed to shift 25 Typhons?? and that they won't get dramatically quicker next year??

cheers me dears!

FourWheelDrift

89,645 posts

291 months

Monday 14th June 2004
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From a post I made on the GT forum


FourWheelDrift said:
The TVR's had one 40.3mm restrictor, compared with two 28.2mm restrictors on the other Porsche, Ferrari 360 and Morgan cars in the GT class.




Some of the other Porsche GT3's and Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 ran 2x 29.8mm restrictors.

No idea how the ACO work it all out. Runes and water divining I think.

Edited as I ballsed up the last edit...

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 14th June 21:59

Alf Essex

1,467 posts

268 months

Monday 14th June 2004
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Bar_steward said:
Can anyone tell me if the TVR's were having to run the very restrictive air restrictors() this year like they did last time??

if not then does that mean they've managed to shift 25 Typhons?? and that they won't get dramatically quicker next year??

cheers me dears!


Yes to air restrictors and no to Typhons! Talking to Michael Caine, even the Porsche's still run some restrictors for various reasons.

Alan.

Bar_steward

Original Poster:

291 posts

282 months

Monday 14th June 2004
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right then so everyone has to do their bit for the team and buy a Typhon!! anyone want to lend me £75K (take one for the team as it were)

so we can look forward an improvement in speed next year (hopefully)!!!!

>> Edited by Bar_steward on Monday 14th June 22:23

_DJ_

4,962 posts

261 months

Tuesday 15th June 2004
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Bar_steward said:
right then so everyone has to do their bit for the team and buy a Typhon!! anyone want to lend me £75K (take one for the team as it were)

so we can look forward an improvement in speed next year (hopefully)!!!!

>> Edited by Bar_steward on Monday 14th June 22:23


So, I presume we'll never see Typhon's (i.e supercharged 4.0 speed 6's) at Le Mans, just the t400's (which should be t440's at some point I presume)?