Comments on: A Road Course Lights Our Darkest Hour

By: sciguy

sciguy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:09:13 +0000

Yup-I was saying NA V6s. I thought that might be what Honda was arguing. I wasn’t sure that everyone was on the turbo bandwagon (besides us fans, that is). From a marketing perspective, a NA V6 would likely be the best for them, assuming that you want something that allegedly resembles what comes in our cars. But, yes, I’d agree with you if you’re going to restrict yourself to production turbo engines. That still can’t be but a small fraction of the autos on the road, though, no?

By: Will

Will — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:37:14 +0000

If you’re saying NA V6 than Turbo I4s, you’d probably be right. The point I was putting across, though, was Turbo V6s vs. Turbo I4s. I may be wrong, but I would think that there are more Turbocharged I4s, with the whole sport subcompact tuner market, than Turbo V6s. In fact, I’m having a hard time coming up with one Turbo V6 that is in production right now. VW is practically built around the Turbo I4. Honda has one in their arsenal (an Acura SUV), and I’ve yet to figure out why they haven’t dropped it in the Civic Si.

By: sciguy

sciguy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:26:48 +0000

With all due respect, I’d bet a fairly sizable chunk of money that there are more V6s on the road than I4 turbos. So would your opinion change if I turned out to be right about that? Personally, I’d rather see turbos back on the cars (whether a 4 or 6, inline or V) but just wanted to erect a fact check here.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:30:42 +0000

Congrats to Dale Coyne Racing and to the Dixon clan! Good weekend all around.

By: Paige

Paige — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:27:10 +0000

Now Vision Racing has reported that Scott and Emma had a healthy baby girl. Congrats to them.

By: redd carr

redd carr — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:24:12 +0000

I took it that Dallara designed two very different chassis and they were testing for the best in terms of money and safety.

I read somewhere–can’t remember, sorry, that Honda wants to remain the sole supplier of engines. Supposedly because they don’t want to give up the 6 cylinder? Can’t vouch for the story, but I hope it’s not true.

By: Allen (SandWedge)

Allen (SandWedge) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:03:42 +0000

Also (sorry about double post) Martin reported that the next engine summit/meeting is this Friday (10th), so I imagine there should be new info coming on that front soon.

By: Allen (SandWedge)

Allen (SandWedge) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:00:02 +0000

I’ll have to go back and read the transcript, but I thought BB said that Dallara was designing 2 different chassis and they were deciding between the 2??