insanely high tech WRC cars

[flacopower]

man i just got done watching the rally of france. ralling is fucking awesome! kinda makes me wish i got an AWD car instead of a FF car with no where near 50 50 balance... anyways they were talking about the brakes, and after every stage they swapped out these huge ass brakes, and eight piston calipers. the guy was also talking about the wiring that they use in those cars is the same that they use for spaceships. the cars have 2 miles of these high tech wires, and it runs about $35,000 per car... so anyways i was wondering if you guys liked WRC and what types of other insane technologies are incorporated in these cars that you guys now about

[DUNKiNUTS]

F1 owns you in technologies leading edge.

[gloryaccordy]

Yah, didn't some F1 team make a carbon fiber gearbox??? They don't care man...$100,000,000 to shave 20lb=no problem...

[flacopower]

F1 owns you in technologies leading edge.

true true... but f1 cars aren't passenger cars, so a lot of that technology can't really be used in my car. ubt since you bring up f1, what are some technology that have carried over from there to cars? vtec?? (if i am wrong don't flame)

[wed3k]

true true... but f1 cars aren't passenger cars, so a lot of that technology can't really be used in my car. ubt since you bring up f1, what are some technology that have carried over from there to cars? vtec?? (if i am wrong don't flame)

werd.

[zipcreature]

"I'm a NASCAR" man ma self!
Not.

- Zipcreature

[casterX]

i believe "traction control" and "triptronic transmisions" came from f1.. correct me if im wrong..

[gloryaccordy]

Yea and electronic differentials too. The Ferarri F430's whole style is based on Ferarri's F1 whips...

VTEC was NOT created from F1 technology; Honda just made it to try and get the most performance and fuel economy as possible from a small engine. Think about it...when do F1 cars spend any time below ~8,000 RPM? They get pushed out of the pits and towed of the track if they stall...

[DUNKiNUTS]

true true... but f1 cars aren't passenger cars, so a lot of that technology can't really be used in my car. ubt since you bring up f1, what are some technology that have carried over from there to cars? vtec?? (if i am wrong don't flame)

brakes
(f1)

(porsche)

gearboxes
(f1,panel gearbox)

(f430)

anything carbon fiber, general tech. (motor stuff). tires to a degree b/c they bring the knowledge learned into making a better tire. But really anything on a race car gets put into a street car. at sometime. like truck parts basiclly are baja trucks from a few years ago. they take the same parts can beat the hell out of them in the desert.

[DUNKiNUTS]

"I'm a NASCAR" man ma self!
Not.

- Zipcreature

same goes for NASCAR just diff. auto makers benefit from the tech.

[flacopower]

bump for more high tech car stuff

[SoySauceCb7]

Yea and electronic differentials too. The Ferarri F430's whole style is based on Ferarri's F1 whips...

VTEC was NOT created from F1 technology; Honda just made it to try and get the most performance and fuel economy as possible from a small engine. Think about it...when do F1 cars spend any time below ~8,000 RPM? They get pushed out of the pits and towed of the track if they stall...

incorrect, VTEC was designed and made within F1 racing, it was this technology that made its way to our cars. Honda was the king of the hill untill ferrari caught on to variable cam timing and soon after leaped ahead of honda. this was back in the day when there engines didnt go past 8k today they approaching 22k i believe

[DUNKiNUTS]

they max out racing at 18-19K normally 17,800 in that range. those v10s are insane.

[flacopower]

19k rpms.... wow. so besides the carbon fiber, vtec, what other technologies can you think of?? and do you guys have anything from wrc? what about their launch contorllers?

[KillerCam282]

Ha!!! Have you guys ever seen the switch panels in Rally Cars!!! They have kill switches for Differentials!!! I could never pilot one of those. I would probably look like this smiley for most of the race...