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yeah, its kind of like riding a rocket, you just know ist going to go hard but will also blow up eventually!!!

But for one lap it looks good.

well there were 3 458 GT3's in the top 10 at the end of the Sap 24hr this year, not bad for a car everyone seems to think won't last the 12 hours at bathurst

But what about the 4-5 DNFs~ :whistling:

I would still take a big lazy pushrod V8, flat 6 or V10/V12 over something that has to pull 9,000rpm for 24 hours. Still, was watching them at Spa a few weeks back. They are great looking things! Cant imagine the budget it would take to run one vs the Viper or Porsche

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back at it again this weekend, hours in before the ran the 458GT3 has set a new official lap record in the 12 hour a 2:06.3311 with another 4 cars under the V8 Lap record

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/02/2012.MOUN.R13

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i doubt the v8's will break that record. this year is the last year they will have a chance, because under the COTF regs they will have less power, so will be lapping slower.

But they will have better suspension and handling. The GT cars peaked at around 260 - 270kph on conrod compared to the V8's knocking on 300kph. All the time is made up across the top of the mountain.

The GT cars have much better aero, but the driver reports on the COTF state that they handle a lot more like the Cup Cars

Don't forget COTF is considerably lighter than the current cars as well, and I would not be so certain about the loss of horsepower...

don't know if i'd call 100kg "considerably lighter". certainly lighter (enough to make a difference), but not massively lighter.

as for the power drop, it was mentioned in an article about the nissan v8 being used. power output is expected to be between 10 and 20% lower than it currently is, which is lower than what it was 5 or 10 years ago

You'd be mad to assume that COTF is to be slower than current cars.

Better suspension, transaxles, broader engines, specifically designed chassis instead of a monocoque.

It may take some time for engineers and drivers to grasp the chassis but they will be far from slower.

But what about the 4-5 DNFs~ :whistling:

I would still take a big lazy pushrod V8, flat 6 or V10/V12 over something that has to pull 9,000rpm for 24 hours. Still, was watching them at Spa a few weeks back. They are great looking things! Cant imagine the budget it would take to run one vs the Viper or Porsche

Because the commodores that were snapping timing chains do so much better in the Bathurst 12 hour...

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