Anybody got the Weber carbs and manifold for the mid '70s Revell BRE Datsun 240Z race car? Or maybe a whole kit to trade?
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/994997.aspx
Spanish Grand Prix – Maldonado handed pole, Hamilton handed penalty
May 20th, 2012 by admin
How McLaren got back to the top
May 20th, 2012 by admin
Amid the widespread astonishment at how Fernando Alonso has found himself leading the world championship after two races despite driving the worst car Ferrari have produced for nearly 20 years, it has been somewhat overlooked that McLaren are topping the constructors’ championship.
Victory for Jenson Button in Australia, two third places for Lewis Hamilton and two front row lock-outs have demonstrated that the MP4-27 is not only the best-looking car on the grid, it is also the fastest.
This is quite a turnaround from the last three years, when McLaren have been off the pace at the start of the season, putting their title challenge on the back foot before it had started.
The man responsible for this turnaround is McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe, who is in charge of the team’s design and engineering.
A likeable, down-to-earth character, Lowe says “relief” is the first emotion he feels as a result of this impressive achievement after three years of struggling in vain to keep up with Red Bull.
He says: “There is a lot of pressure – people going around saying what you need to do is deliver a car that is quickest at the first race, as though we hadn’t thought of that, you know?
“You go and estimate what you think that involves with no certain knowledge and then you go and try to deliver it. It’s tough.”
McLaren driver Jenson Button tackles a rain-swept Malaysian Grand Prix. Photo: Getty
Ask Lowe how McLaren have ended up with the fastest car at the start of a season for the first time in four years, and he’ll tell you there is no “magic”.
In reality, there are several factors behind McLaren’s ability to leapfrog Red Bull this year and stay ahead of everyone else.
McLaren had a successful winter that was not affected by reliability problems with the car, as had been the case in 2011. That meant they could spend pre-season perfecting what they had rather than, as Lowe puts it, “fighting fires”.
Equally, Red Bull appear to have been more badly affected than most other teams by the banning of exhaust-blown diffusers, last year’s must-have technology, which the world champions are widely believed to have exploited more effectively than any other team.
For McLaren, starting 2012 with the fastest car is the culmination of a three-year battle to return to the top that began with the disaster of 2009, when they started the season more than two seconds off the pace.
That was the result of Hamilton’s intense title battle with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in 2008 - which deflected resource away from both team’s new cars – as well as the introduction of the biggest regulation change for 25 years.
McLaren recovered well in 2009 to win a couple of races later in the season, once they had adopted the ‘double diffuser’ that caused controversy at the start of the year and led to Brawn’s championship win.
In 2010 they moved forward, but were still only third fastest behind Red Bull and Ferrari; and in 2011 they leapfrogged Ferrari but were still behind Red Bull.
At the same time, there was a re-organisation of the technical department undertaken in 2010-11, which has taken time to settle down.
“We came out (in 2011) pretty much in the same place we had been at the end of 2010,” Lowe says. “So Red Bull had made decent progress over the winter and so had we.
“You have got to do not only what your competitors have done over the winter but then a bit more and then some to generate a lead over them.
“But that is difficult when there aren’t fundamental changes in the rules for the car.
“You’d need Red Bull to go on holiday for a month, and then if you were working to the same general output you’d catch them up, but obviously they don’t do that so you’ve just got to push it.”
The same thoughts were going through the minds of the bosses at Ferrari. But whereas Maranello responded by undertaking a major change in design philosophy – which has backfired, notwithstanding Alonso’s win on Sunday – McLaren realised this would be a mistake.
“In general you are going to be reluctant to say: ‘I need to tear this up’,” Lowe says.
“Here and there we were quicker than a Red Bull and we were certainly close to them when we weren’t.
“The car performance at that point, given also there is not a big regulation change, is a consequence of a great deal of hard work. So it’s quite rash to throw that away in too many areas rather than just build on it and iterate further and further.
“That doesn’t mean you’re not constantly looking for new ideas and trying to make them work. (But) you have to make very sure that whatever change you make is going to be better.”
Lowe’s contention that there has been no miracle at McLaren, just good, solid development work, is backed up by the fact that other teams have clearly made even more progress compared to Red Bull than they have – such as Lotus and Williams.
In pointing this out, Lowe betrays the natural caution of the F1 engineer – an approach that is understandable when, as Malaysia proved, even having the outright fastest car is no guarantee you will win the race.
Hamilton stepped down from the bottom step of the podium on Sunday to tell the waiting media he needed to find more race pace to capitalise on his strong qualifying form.
Lowe’s “new challenge”, it seems, has already arrived.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/03/lowe_confident_of_mclaren_succ.html
Chevrolet Camaro SS/RC1
May 20th, 2012 by admin
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Richard Childress Racing Street Performance partnered with General Motors to create RC1 Camaros to pay homage to legendary racer, Dale Earnhardt. The latest rendition of the RC1 series came just one model year after the Camaro beat all odds and made a successful comeback following its deletion in 2002.
This 2011 Camaro SS/RC1 is based on the 2011 Camaro SS, but features much more than any normal SS on the market. It not only features a stylish design, but it also packs a mean bite under the hood. This particular 2011 Camaro SS/RC1 was not offered to the public, but instead Richard Childress Racing (RCR) built several of the RC1 Camaros and shipped them straight to RK Motors Charlotte.
The RC1 is the first of the series and the least powerful of the three. Of course, being the least powerful of the RC-series is not saying much, as the top-end RC3 pumps out a concrete pummeling 750 horsepower. The best thing is that this special edition Chevy Camaro is in a price range that a working class Joe can actually afford. You may be wondering how much it actually is and what you get for your money.
Click past the jump to read our full review and answer all of your questions.
Chevrolet Camaro SS/RC1 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 18 May 2012 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/2011-chevrolet-camaro-ss-rc1-ar129683.html
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Tyres of a Formula One car : Pirelli F1 Tyre History (Video)
May 20th, 2012 by admin
Pirelli 2012 Calendar models – Pictures
May 20th, 2012 by admin
BMW M6 MotoGP Safety Car announced
May 20th, 2012 by admin
BMW has announced plans to introduce the M6 MotoGP safety car at this weekend’s M Festival.
Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/71UYDNu6thA/bmw-m6-motogp-safety-car-announced
Tweets from F1 Drivers, Teams and Media
May 20th, 2012 by admin
Chevrolet Camaro SS/RC1
May 20th, 2012 by admin
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Richard Childress Racing Street Performance partnered with General Motors to create RC1 Camaros to pay homage to legendary racer, Dale Earnhardt. The latest rendition of the RC1 series came just one model year after the Camaro beat all odds and made a successful comeback following its deletion in 2002.
This 2011 Camaro SS/RC1 is based on the 2011 Camaro SS, but features much more than any normal SS on the market. It not only features a stylish design, but it also packs a mean bite under the hood. This particular 2011 Camaro SS/RC1 was not offered to the public, but instead Richard Childress Racing (RCR) built several of the RC1 Camaros and shipped them straight to RK Motors Charlotte.
The RC1 is the first of the series and the least powerful of the three. Of course, being the least powerful of the RC-series is not saying much, as the top-end RC3 pumps out a concrete pummeling 750 horsepower. The best thing is that this special edition Chevy Camaro is in a price range that a working class Joe can actually afford. You may be wondering how much it actually is and what you get for your money.
Click past the jump to read our full review and answer all of your questions.
Chevrolet Camaro SS/RC1 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 18 May 2012 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/2011-chevrolet-camaro-ss-rc1-ar129683.html
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Ferrari Launch Their 2011 Car The F150
May 20th, 2012 by admin
Ferrari have become the first team to launch their 2011 Formula One car – named the F150. Thw F150 name comes from the fact it is 150 years since Italian unification, the flag bearer for the nation decided it was important to increase exposure of the major event in the country’s long history. Â The cars [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/ferrari-launch-their-2011-car-the-f150/
Chevrolet unveils ultra-violet Volt artwork [video]
May 20th, 2012 by admin
Created by automotive artist Ian Cook, the ultra-violet ad is based on a nocturnal image shot by car photographer Dominic Fraser. It was made using Camaro R/C cars that were driven over UV paint.
Toyota GT 86 Sport FR Concept by Gazoo Racing
May 19th, 2012 by admin
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Noted Toyota tuner Gazoo Racing has come out with their latest tuning program for the Toyota GT 86 sports coupe. And no, we’re not all that surprised.
The concept racing sports coupe is called the Sport FR Concept. True to the Japanese tuning firm’s racing intentions, they set up the sports coupe with a slew of racing modifications, highlighted by a GRMN twin charger – it serves as a turbocharger and supercharger in one – that produces 320 horsepower and 310 lb/ft of torque.
In addition to the modified engine, the Sport FR Concept also features a new front and rear fender, a racing rear spoiler, a new GRMN dual exhaust, GRMN brake calipers and brake rotors, and a new set of alloy wheels and tires. For the interior, Gazoo Racing dressed the sports car with a back skin tone interior while also adding a new bucket seats, a four-point seat belt, a roll cage, and additional meters.
Talk about a car that’s itching for some track action, the Toyota GT 86 Sport FR Concept is primed and ready to burn some rubber.
Toyota GT 86 Sport FR Concept by Gazoo Racing originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 18 May 2012 14:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/2012-toyota-gt-86-sport-fr-concept-by-gazoo-racing-ar129676.html
Land Rover Range Rover Sport GT Limited Edition
May 19th, 2012 by admin
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Already refreshed once back in 2011, the Range Rover Sport is entering the 2013 model year with fresh new colors and a greater choice of interior trim and alloy wheel designs. Land Rover is also offering two new special editions – the Sport Supercharged Limited Edition and the Sport GT Limited Edition – both of which will be built in limited numbers.
We’ve already provided details on the new 2013 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Limited Edition, so we’ll focus on the Sport GT Limited. It will be offered with an extended rear roof spoiler, unique rear chrome exhaust treatments, 20″ black five spoke alloy wheels, steering wheel mounted shift paddles, and a premium LOGIC7 audio system with SAT and HD radio. The GT Sport will be offered in a limited run of 750 units for the U.S., 450 of which will be in Santorini Black and 300 units in Fuji White.
Land Rover Range Rover Sport GT Limited Edition originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 18 May 2012 17:00 EST.
Aussie Ute from Chain Reaction
May 19th, 2012 by admin
Finally finished, apart from the rear step bumper, which i seem to have misplaced. This is a Holden HQ custom step side from the movie 'The Chain Reaction' (1980). It's built from a Holden HQ sedan resin body that i cut in half and the stepside tray is from the Ford Courier kit. The holden is 1/24 and the courier 1/25, so there is a size difference, so i widened the tray 2mm. the rest of the car came from the spares box. The paintwork was the hardest part, masking five colours.
Build up photos here
http://www.thepartsbox.com/BB/viewtopic.php?f=251&t=1976
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1016975.aspx
2012 Worthersee GTI Fest – cars & babes photo album
May 19th, 2012 by admin
A quick catch-up
May 19th, 2012 by admin
Sorry that things have been a bit quiet this week. This is because real life intervened and I had to spend my time doing things that normal people do, such as seeing family, moving and tomorrow I will be on the road to Monaco, as it is a lot better these days to rent an [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/a-quick-catch-up-3/
Alonso sets the standard
May 19th, 2012 by admin
Fernando Alonso’s face as he stood on the top step of the podium said it all – a mixture of extreme satisfaction, delight and disbelief.
“Incredible, incredible,” he said in Spanish in his television interviews immediately afterwards, and that seemed as good a summing up as any of one of the most remarkable and thrilling grands prix for some time.
Alonso’s victory was the 28th of his career and it moved him ahead of Sir Jackie Stewart in the all-time list of winners – he is now behind only Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell, whose 31 wins are his next target.
The Ferrari team leader’s presence in such celebrated company is a reminder, as if one was needed, of what a great grand prix driver Alonso is and it was appropriate that his drive on Sunday was one that befitted such a landmark.
Alonso moved up to fifth on the all-time victories list with his win in Malaysia. Photo: Getty
Arguably not the greatest qualifier, Alonso has produced some stunning races in his career, and the one in Malaysia on Sunday ranks up there with the very best.
The Ferrari in its current form has no business whatsoever being able to win a race. In normal, dry conditions, it is way off the pace of the McLaren, Red Bull, Mercedes and Lotus, and almost certainly slower also than the Williams and the Sauber.
And yet there was Alonso, up in fifth place from eighth on the grid by the end of lap one, challenging world champion Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull, which he moved ahead of thanks to stopping one lap earlier for wet tyres in the downpour that led to the race being stopped on lap six.
What won him the race, though, were the laps after the re-start.
He emerged in the lead on lap 16, helped by McLaren having to hold Lewis Hamilton in the pits as Felipe Massa came past.
After everyone had stopped for intermediate tyres, Alonso was 2.4 seconds ahead of Sauber’s Sergio Perez – of whose stunning performance more later – and 6.2secs ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren.
At that point, most would have expected Hamilton – one of the greatest wet-weather drivers in history – to close in on the two cars ahead of him. Instead, Alonso pulled away from Perez, who himself pulled away from Hamilton.
This was, as BBC F1 co-commentator David Coulthard said, “Alonso at his brilliant best”, as he built an eight-second lead over Perez in 12 laps.
Alonso is such a benchmark, so peerless, so utterly relentless and unforgiving when he senses a sniff of a win, that it seemed impossible at that stage that he would not win the race.
But then Perez began to come back at him – showing the differing characteristics of the two cars that have been apparent since the start of pre-season testing. The Ferrari is hard on its tyres and the Sauber is the opposite.
Closer and closer Perez got, first by fractions, then by full seconds until by lap 40 he appeared to have Alonso at his mercy.
Stopping a lap earlier than Perez for ‘slick’ dry-weather tyres put his lead back up to seven seconds, but on these the Sauber was even more superior.
Perez was within a second of Alonso by lap 48 – with eight to go – and what would have been a fully deserved victory by a man who from the beginning of his career last year has looked destined for great things seemed inevitable.
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F1 being what it is, a lot may well be made of the radio call that Perez received at about this point. “Checo, be careful, we need this position,” he was told by his team, who use Ferrari engines. Was this simply a team that is known to be struggling for finance sensibly warning an excited young driver to make sure he didn’t bin it when a valuable podium place was up for grabs? Or was it, as some will surmise, team orders in disguise, an order not to try to deprive the company on whose largesse they have depended in many more seasons than this one of a much-needed win? If it was a team order, Perez didn’t seem to pay any attention – he continued to push hard until he made that fateful error. And team principal Monisha Kaltenborn dismissed any thoughts of a conspiracy.
“What we meant was get the car home,” she said. “It was important to us to get the result – there was nothing else to it. There was no instruction.”
Either of them would have been a deserving winner after two superlative drives – and there were other noteworthy performances down the field, too.
Bruno Senna showed something of his famous uncle’s wet-weather skills with his climb up from last place at the restart to finish an impressive sixth.
And Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne, who narrowly missed out on a point on his debut last weekend in Australia, delivered in spades with a sure-footed drive in the treacherous conditions at Sepang.
The Frenchman was the only driver to stick with intermediate tyres in the early downpour, and he continued to perform impressively on his way to eighth place, just behind last year’s rookie of the year Paul di Resta, who also looked good.
Senna, Vergne and most of all Perez clearly have bright futures ahead of them.
But ahead of them all was the man whose consistent excellence over a 10-year career not only they but everyone else in F1 has to aspire to.
“Great race for Alonso, top job, and also Perez,” Jenson Button said on Sunday evening in Malaysia. You can say that again.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/03/alonso_sets_the_standard.html
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Suzuki Swift X-ITE launched in Germany for 15,490 euros
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Suzuki Germany has announced the Swift X-ITE special edition is now available from 15,490 euros. The three-door hatch is equipped with many extras that focus on giving prospective owners sporty styling options.
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Martin Scorsese announces ‘Silver Ghost’ Rolls Royce movie
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Lola goes into adminstration as buyers sought
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Legendary racing car manufacturer Lola is set to go into administration after hitting a cashflow shortfall. The company says that the decision will provide an opportunity to secure fresh investment or find a new owner. A statement from Lola Group … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/05/16/lola-goes-into-adminstration-as-buyers-sought/
Genevart Celsius Hybrid supercar to debut in Geneva 2013
May 18th, 2012 by admin
The 3.6 liter engine comes from the pre-facelift model and has seen its output upgraded from 480PS (350kW/470hp) up to 862PS(634kW/850hp) and it is further complimented by a pair of electric motors that provide an extra 160PS(118kW/158hp).
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Volkswagen Golf GTI Concept White revealed in Worthersee
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Following the pair of Polo R-WRC street and race cars announced at the 31st GTI Meeting at W�rthersee, Austria, Volkswagen also revealed the Golf GTI Concept White.
Tweets from F1 Drivers, Teams and Media
May 18th, 2012 by admin
1966 Beetle finished!
May 18th, 2012 by admin
hi guys!
this is my Beetle made in Brazil
thank's!
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1016443.aspx
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Tweets from F1 Drivers, Teams and Media
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Barrichello refusing to give up on his formula one career
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Ferrari Launch Their 2011 Car The F150
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Ferrari have become the first team to launch their 2011 Formula One car – named the F150. Thw F150 name comes from the fact it is 150 years since Italian unification, the flag bearer for the nation decided it was important to increase exposure of the major event in the country’s long history. Â The cars [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/ferrari-launch-their-2011-car-the-f150/
Volkswagen Golf GTI Concept White revealed in Worthersee
May 18th, 2012 by admin
Following the pair of Polo R-WRC street and race cars announced at the 31st GTI Meeting at W�rthersee, Austria, Volkswagen also revealed the Golf GTI Concept White.
BMW M GmbH celebrates their 40th anniversary
May 18th, 2012 by admin
BMW M GmbH is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a look back at the models that made the brand what it is today.
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Robert Kubica Could Be Ruled Out For At Least A Year Following Accident
May 17th, 2012 by admin
Polish racing driver Robert Kubica will spend at least one whole year recovering from a rally crash he suffered this morning, according to his surgeon. Kubica, who races for Renault Lotus crashed the Skoda Fabia rally car this morning and was airlifted to hospital suffering serious injuries. He has spent many hours in surgery, with [...]
Video : Fire distrupts Williams’ celebrations after the Spanish Grand Prix
May 17th, 2012 by admin
69 Nova NHRA B/S drag car
May 17th, 2012 by admin
I just finished my 69 Nova NHRA B/S drag car yesterday. It is painted with Tamiya yellow with a clear orange fade. I used the Revell COPO Nova kit for a base and fabbed up a 6-point roll bar, and a drive shaft safety loop from evergreen rod. The tires are from a Lindberg 64 Dodge kit, and I got the wheels from a friend. I modified a set of headers from the Revell Yenko 69 Camaro kit, and wired the 396 big block. I also fabbed up a set of Cal-trak traction bars from aluminum tube and 4 eye pins.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1016458.aspx
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