Don't racecars look akward when the exterior is made to look like a streetcar?

[integra818]

IS it just me or do race car kits look akward when the exterior is made to look like a street car? I say this because, Im deciding wether to make my wrc lancer into a streetcar or rallycar, I wan't it to be a privateer car, have it look like a street car, but it's gona have awrc interior, which is kinda weird, I taught about tinting the windows but then what would I do with the interior? Don't know what to decide, going with my instinct isnt gonna work either...

[Honoturtle]

On my accord, which is a racing car, I'm converting the interior into a street car by modifying the roll-cage and adding a rear seat.

What mean, privateer????

[integra818]

Originally posted by Honoturtle

What mean, privateer????

A privateer is someone who boaught their own racecar or anything else for that matter, I'm not 100% sure but the wrc cars are'nt privateers because those cars are paid for by mitsubishi or ralliart or whoever else, I don't like corperation sponcered cars, I like streetcars and cars that look like they've been modified by someone in their garage, not race-cars that have been made with money from corperations and what-not

[Toksin]

Privateers are not Works cars...ie they are privately entered cars...

[Focus2000]

Originally posted by integra818
A privateer is someone who boaught their own racecar or anything else for that matter, I'm not 100% sure but the wrc cars are'nt privateers because those cars are paid for by mitsubishi or ralliart or whoever else...

While it's true that most of the WRC cars aren't privateers, it's certainly possible for privateers to be driving WRC-spec cars. This is one way that a number of teams like Ralliart and Prodrive supplement their sponsorship income, by building and selling their cars to lucky people with enough cash to spend.

However, I don't think they sell their cars with their latest technology, they wouldn't want their team drivers being upstaged by a privateer!

[Moppie]

Originally posted by Focus2000



However, I don't think they sell their cars with their latest technology, they wouldn't want their team drivers being upstaged by a privateer!

Actualy they do.
Juha Kankanin(sp) was running a full works WRC Focus was a private entry in one of the European rallies and beating the Works Team Focus's.

[Focus2000]

Originally posted by Moppie
Actualy they do.
Juha Kankanin(sp) was running a full works WRC Focus was a private entry in one of the European rallies and beating the Works Team Focus's.

I wasn't sure on that one :o It's good to hear, maybe I do have a chance of competing with McRae and Burnsie on equal terms. Now, where did I stash that large pile of money...

Oh, and I think it's Kankunnen

[Moppie]

Originally posted by Focus2000

Oh, and I think it's Kankunnen

I actualy think theres an H in there somewhere


Anyway, the actual cars dont cost that much to build. about 30-40,000 pouonds each or something silly.
Its the development cost and running cost for each rally thats expensive.

[Moppie]

Originally posted by turmio
Its Juha Kankkunen, its Tommi Mäkinen, its Markus Grönholm, its Ari Vatanen yeah, who can beat Finland?

Ahhh! yes all the great Rally Gods!

Followed closely by drivers from Britten, NZ (yay) and of all places Japan.

[Focus2000]

Development costs certainly are high if a team as big as Ford decide that they can't afford to pay two of the sport's top drivers next season. Mind you, they have fallen off the pace a bit this year so they will need to spend a lot of time and money to get back to the top.

We're not getting a bit off-topic here, are we?

[freakray]

Weird, I saw a price on a Prodrive prepared Impreza and it was 50,000 but I would pay that.....just to drive one on the road.....hehe....take the restrictor off the Turbo and off I go to find me a cop.....

Factory cars are available to privateers, problem being, the FIA has just changed the rules in conjunction with the local rally governing bodies so that a privateer can't actually race a car that is WRC spec in national championships as a privateer (if that makes sense).
Some guys in Australia ripped the guts out his Celica WRC and put them into a Corolla with modified sub frame and body so he could drive it, now he has one F#$@ing fast Corolla.....that is not WRC spec, since it only has a WRC drivetrain and suspension(and that makes it legal)
Oh crap, I am rambling...sorry.

Ray