Comments on: Hamilton 400 http://www.kiwibloke.org/kiwi-stuff/hamilton-400/ Kiwi News and Views from New Zealand Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:35:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.kiwibloke.org/kiwi-stuff/hamilton-400/comment-page-1/#comment-170 admin Thu, 08 May 2008 21:16:01 +0000 http://www.kiwibloke.org/?p=290#comment-170 Sorry you are wrong. V8 Supercars come under the homologation rules of the original CAMS now the Touring Car Entrants Group Australia. The cars MUST come off rolling production platforms, unlike NASCAR. Each V8 Supercar is based on a current-specification VE Commodore or BF Falcon production bodyshell, with an elaborate roll cage constructed into the shell from aircraft-grade, 2mm thick tubing. In 2007 specifications both the Commodore and Falcon have adopted E-glass front mudguards in place of the production steel items, in order to save costs. However since 2003 the rules have become even stricter as to the parity between Commodore and Falcon to reduce the respective advantages of the production platform. However thanks for the comment. Sorry you are wrong. V8 Supercars come under the homologation rules of the original CAMS now the Touring Car Entrants Group Australia. The cars MUST come off rolling production platforms, unlike NASCAR.

Each V8 Supercar is based on a current-specification VE Commodore or BF Falcon production bodyshell, with an elaborate roll cage constructed into the shell from aircraft-grade, 2mm thick tubing. In 2007 specifications both the Commodore and Falcon have adopted E-glass front mudguards in place of the production steel items, in order to save costs.

However since 2003 the rules have become even stricter as to the parity between Commodore and Falcon to reduce the respective advantages of the production platform.

However thanks for the comment.

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]]> By: marc http://www.kiwibloke.org/kiwi-stuff/hamilton-400/comment-page-1/#comment-169 marc Thu, 08 May 2008 19:54:40 +0000 http://www.kiwibloke.org/?p=290#comment-169 <em>"The series is known as the V8 Supercars. Unlike NASCAR, it has retained since 1960 the Stock car format, which means that the cars must come off a normal factory assembly among many other rules. The upshot is that these cars can be purchased for road use (albeit detuned) from such tuners as Holden Special Vehicles."</em> Do you really believe what you wrote above? If so you're sadly misguided. For just one example that is <a href="http://ams.cranialcavity.net/2008/05/09/barbagallo-fujitsu-racing-preview/" rel="nofollow">representative of all the V8's</a> is Fujitsu Racing's car. IT, like all the others in the series doesn't "roll off" any assembly line and modified for racing, it's built completely in-house by the race teams. You really should have the slightest clue about which you write before you hit the publish button. “The series is known as the V8 Supercars. Unlike NASCAR, it has retained since 1960 the Stock car format, which means that the cars must come off a normal factory assembly among many other rules. The upshot is that these cars can be purchased for road use (albeit detuned) from such tuners as Holden Special Vehicles.”

Do you really believe what you wrote above?

If so you’re sadly misguided. For just one example that is representative of all the V8’s is Fujitsu Racing’s car. IT, like all the others in the series doesn’t “roll off” any assembly line and modified for racing, it’s built completely in-house by the race teams.

You really should have the slightest clue about which you write before you hit the publish button.

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