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    Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises

    Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS

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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    Reilly Hamilton
    12:22 PM     Can't respond to your message directly, but the LS3 is an all aluminum V8, weight probaby close to the weight of many smaller mills. Don't quote me, but 300-400 lbs sounds about right for the LS motors.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    Wow! I should be... You know, CAD-ing up for my Mechanical Engineering finals, but instead here I am.


    Now, since all I hear is the hum of computers and clacking of keys, I cannot pump tha valume. I have to imagine, in my little head the sounds of Formula LS3.


    The soul shreading scream of 6.2Ls sucking air and farting fire!


    Oh... The depression... I need speakers.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    An open cockpit prototype-class car.

    A Corvette engine.

    A French spokesperson.


    You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination - Next stop, the Twilight Zone.

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    I don't know about hair standing up, but it sounded, well, underwhelming. Does it sound great, yeah, but for an LS3 it sounded like it wasn't being pushed all that hard. It sounds like a big American V8 at middlin' high revs. None of that frantic rip and shriek of teeny little V12s that have to spin at 9000rpm just to get out of the paddock, it sounds like a torque monster you could drive to the 7-11 for a Slurpee.


    Boy I bet it's fun on a road course. Powering out of turns? Oh yeah.

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    Image of Ileee Ileee
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    I've heard plenty of better sounding engines.. But hey, I'm not an American Corvette nut.


    Oh, and you guys make fun of the German accent..

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/14/09

    @Ileee: I would never make fun of the German accent. The French on the other hand...
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    I see a euro-open-cockpit car yet hear a Corvette. I approve.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    What an inopportune time to start a new racing series.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    Does a firebreathing dragon need to attend LeMans classes or does it just aspirate normally?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/14/09

    @Ash78: If it intends to push something, it needs to attend Lemans with its driver. If the driver is absent, a crew member should stand in.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Corvette-Engined Formula Le Mans LMP2 Racer Makes Angry Noises
    It's like Pavarotti, actually Ferrari is like Pavarotti. It's like Bob Dylan. No that's not right either. It's like DMX. Yeah, like DMX.
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    Well, drat and double drat! No diesel Audis and no Porsche Spyders. This makes me especially unhappy, as I'm still hoping to be a corner worker at Belle Isle this summer. ALMS is my favorite racing series and I was so looking forward to those prototypes in particular.
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    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    okay... just read the post... haven't read the comments yet...


    come on jalopnik... can't we find a way to go back to the old format that requires no left-right scrolling....


    that makes all of the commentariat happier....


    jalop model year '09 is not an improvement as far as individual posts go......


    i understand the change in the front page... i don't need it... i read them all.. but.. i understand...


    but the pages that follow... the full articles... need to follow more of the '07 format (in my opinion) with big picture... and text below... that one doesn't need to scroll back and forth to read....


    and then comments... whether in classic or "new wave" form... what TF ever... we have the choice...


    but i don't like having to scroll left and right constantly to try and read the journalistic posts made by the gawker paid staff (*note.... this problem isn't just jalopnik.... all gawker sites have changed font size/format and makes for a much more difficult reading experience...)

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    Image of bravenrace bravenrace
    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    Man, I hope this isn't the start of the demise of ALMS. I watch and follow almost every type of road racing, and ALMS is my favorite. Crap.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/15/08

    @bravenrace: If anything, there will just be less emphasis on prototypes for a while. I still think they're in better shape than Grand-Am, judging by the amount of manufacturer, sponsor and fan involvement.
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    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    Why don't they all just switch to 1/8 gas RC on a nice go kart track? That would still be pretty awesome.


    Or perhaps the mother of all Scalextric sets?


    ---


    Hell, why not just do everything virtually? I've seen the graphics on Grid and GT5...who needs IRL (in real life) racing!

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/15/08

    @Al Navarro: "who needs IRL (in real life) racing!"

    How can a former Se7en owner say such a thing,that really hurt. ;)
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    Maybe Porsche's getting out of ALMS in order to buy up Honda's F1 team and get back into the big leagues? Prolly not.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/15/08

    @Van Sarockin: I wouldn't rule it out,as i mentioned earlier Audi or Porsche were showing an interest in the Redbull team not long ago,i think mainly to supply engines. But now a gap has appeared they are in the minority of car makers that could afford to do it.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/15/08

    In reply to Porsche Follows Audi, Pulls Factory Team From ALMS
    Porsche out of ALMS? Next we'll be hearing that GM's cancelling its pickup trucks.
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