GT3 beaten by a bus!?!
12-27-2006, 12:13 PM
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GT3 beaten by a bus!?!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtTMWcWJ4yg&eurl
I realize that driver skills are all important, but still, that's one fast bus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtTMWcWJ4yg&eurl
I realize that driver skills are all important, but still, that's one fast bus!
12-27-2006, 12:18 PM
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Well...to be fair, the only "bus" part about that thing is the body....
Even so, they did a great job building it and I can't imagine the looks on the sport car drivers faces when it blows past them...
Even so, they did a great job building it and I can't imagine the looks on the sport car drivers faces when it blows past them...
12-27-2006, 12:24 PM
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http://www.race-taxi.ch/
about the van
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/d...96005512bf.htm
in the van
about the van
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/d...96005512bf.htm
in the van
12-27-2006, 03:24 PM
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I saw this a few months back, but it's still impressive to see the bus pull the GT3 and Austin Martin going up Eau Rouge.
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12-27-2006, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by analogmike
The gt3 was using half throttle max on the straights, that does not help.
12-27-2006, 06:23 PM
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I've seen the GT3 beaten by old Civics, Elises, M3, vert vettes, old 911 at my track events. A VW bus with a 993TT drivetrain doesn't surprise me either.
12-27-2006, 07:34 PM
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that is VERY cool! what a trick ride. i bet you could fun putting all sorts of shells over that chassis.
One day it could be an icecream truck, then a PGE van, then a taxi cab, etc.
One day it could be an icecream truck, then a PGE van, then a taxi cab, etc.
12-28-2006, 05:59 AM
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yeah, it's fun.
The laptime of the bus is around 3:05, or just a little bit faster than a spec 944. Our car (full race 951 with 350 crank hp) does about 2:45 at that track, and GT3's are a little below that, with GT3R's being way below that (around 2:30). So, compared to laptimes of racers, the bus is not that hot. But doing it on Spa with those great twisties, is quite an achievement for the bus....it must shift quite a bit of weight in corners like Eau Rouge and Pouhon.
So, the driver does matter. But the fun factor of driving around all those supposedly faster cars in a bus, must be absolutely fantastic....
The laptime of the bus is around 3:05, or just a little bit faster than a spec 944. Our car (full race 951 with 350 crank hp) does about 2:45 at that track, and GT3's are a little below that, with GT3R's being way below that (around 2:30). So, compared to laptimes of racers, the bus is not that hot. But doing it on Spa with those great twisties, is quite an achievement for the bus....it must shift quite a bit of weight in corners like Eau Rouge and Pouhon.
So, the driver does matter. But the fun factor of driving around all those supposedly faster cars in a bus, must be absolutely fantastic....