Large Blue Shark comes into land !

Cortina · Post by **Cortina** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:15 pm

Taken recently on Circuit of Ireland - next outing Isle of Man in a few weeks (Manx National / Telecom rally)

Auf Weidersehen Pete · Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:54 pm

my god how fast must they have been going to get a 928 airbourne?

great pic

Cortina · Post by **Cortina** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:00 pm

"They" is me ............ quite quickly in places , saw around 120 / 130 on one stretch ... hmm ......... interesting !!
Gearing totally wrong for a rally car ... but find me a set up for something sensible ????

Auf Weidersehen Pete · Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:18 pm

looks like a lot of fun... how much does the car weigh?

Cortina · Post by **Cortina** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:42 pm

Without sumpguard (and very big brackets which I was re-engineering at the time) , it was 1320 or 1340kg from memory ..... I need to re-check ready to rally. Getting up to speed is not a problem .... it's the getting slowed down which can be interesting !! Car could be built 50 to 100kg lighter I would say , but it was the first off , to see if it would work ... and it does !

Matt black70 · Post by **Matt black70** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:39 am

I bet it sounds fantastic, can't wait for some Youtube footage

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:06 pm

Brilliant stuff. Looks like you were peddling that thing pretty darn quick. Can't wait to see it in the flesh again.

Cortina · Post by **Cortina** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:29 am

I would have said no ... not that quickly ! Getting faster, as I get used to it , but I would have said still slower than "Cortina pace" - I may be able to tell better after Manx event when have someone on similar tyres to compare too - and can possibly compare back to my previous times on Manx events .

Auf Weidersehen Pete · Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:22 pm

gosh - are you saying a '60s cortina is quicker than the 928?

Cortina · Post by **Cortina** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:09 am

Could be .....depends on lots of things .... driver ?? +++++
My old Cortina (sniff !) - 119 hp at wheels & 820 kg
928 - 300 at flywheel - guess 220 - 230 at wheels and say 1400 kg in rally trim.
Not much difference in p/w ratio ... guess who can brake later ?? etc.
All will come out of the wash in stage times ... but a big car and good 0 to 60 mph times does not equal fast stage times (necessarily).
Several of Manx stages this year are identical to ones I have done in Cortina , so a comparison of times MAY give indication ...... may not , depending on weather / state of roads / etc.

Auf Weidersehen Pete · Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:00 pm

820kg with that hp is going to be quick! that's light... I've been racing a 1.5 riley over the last few years - about 920-950kgs and 100 - 110hp max.
...needless to say I don't see many cortina's! except either in the far distance or coming in the rear view mirror very quickly