trophy vs 197 cup and R26-R ...this months Evo

[son of solo]

i see this months Evo features a trophy against a 197 cup around the new west circuit at the Bedford Autrodrome....guess who wins
and details of the new megane R26-R (not sure about those wheels)

 

[Cue]

glad to see it's been redone - still dubious that it only managed the time it managed, i'm sure i was a couple of seconds quicker when i did the west circuit..... the jdm civic is obviously benifitting from that LSD...

Corners 2,4 and 7 are suprisingly slow for the trophy compared to the cup with it's 100kg+ weight disadvantage..... must be some chassis set-up.

 

[Not a Diesel]

Never mind that the megane diesel was quicker!

 

[g40steve]

I notice on pistonheads under track days Bedford gets slated???

 

[Stevie]

can someone post the times please?

 

[quik5i1ver]

R26-R sounds great, perhaps not so great when you see the 24k price tag mind you..

Good to see them pitting the Trophy against the cup.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Seems the FD2 done very well :twisted:

I have to say I'm surprised the Trophy was 3-4 seconds slower tbh

 

[son of solo]

regarding times...(from memory) trophy was .2 secs faster than the 197cup

 

[Stevie]

is this the one everyone is talking about? I can't see anything about the Trophy being mentioned on the website.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Thats the one Stevie :wink:

 

[AWESOM-O 4000]

It's right at the back before the car rating bit, but I think after fast fleet - only a couple of para's on them though...

Bedford is quite poor btw, did it in my old car, and totally flat, and un-inspiring though a safe bet for people wanting to do their first track day.

 

[Stevie]

ok thanks guys, might go and buy it

 

[artdealer]

Anyone want to scan it and post up somewhere. Not that I'm tight haha. Nor get out much..

I've been running a few 197 Cups recently, and been quite impressed, more by handling than performance, you do have to wring them out though by comparison.

 

[duffer987]

glad to see it's been redone - still dubious that it only managed the time it managed, i'm sure i was a couple of seconds quicker when i did the west circuit..... the jdm civic is obviously benifitting from that LSD...

... the chassis, the brakes, the engine, the gear box... :wink:

 

[Cue]

Seems the FD2 done very well :twisted:

I have to say I'm surprised the Trophy was 3-4 seconds slower tbh

it does have a 30-40 bhp advantage, LSD and racing brakes..... but still the size of the margin is surprising.

 

[Johnnytheboy]

I'd buy one of those R26-Rs if it had a back seat.

 

[hoolio]

Not with those horrid coloured wheels i hope :shock:

 

[Stevie]

strange as the last test done with a Trophy, 197 and Megane the 197 was off the pace.

It could be because of driver differences too I suppose.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Seems the FD2 done very well :twisted:

I have to say I'm surprised the Trophy was 3-4 seconds slower tbh

it does have a 30-40 bhp advantage, LSD and racing brakes..... but still the size of the margin is surprising.

True Cue, but whats the weight difference? Surely the bhp/ton is still in favour of the Trophy?

 

[Luke335]

222bhp, 1252Kg. = 177bhp/tone, but in Evo they put a JDM civic on a rolling road and it made 246bhp! That's 196 bhp/tone.