Keepin' it real ha? You think that lowly of us? Misery loves company and you want all of us to have
the same antiquated view that you do?
Perhaps you should move on then.
I'm pretty sure I only mentioned one Italian car in all of this.
The rest were German.
Since I know you're not that ignorant, you clearly must be just plain pissed or something.
- There's nothing wrong with being a dufus. The problem is in staying a dufus. Someone asking means they don't want to remain a dufus. Why does it seem like that's a problem too you?
- That's where most new thinking is tesed. Example: Nissan (Japan! Not Italy. ) Delta Wing.
- It's where current ideas are continuously evolved and stress tested.
Does everything that comes from racing ultimately translate to street cars? Definitely not! A great example is F1 when they disallowed turbos and we found ourselves in the era of stupid high revving V12's and V10's. Now while it did result in an understanding of how to make pistons survive at those speeds (and it was a considerable issue at the time), that was pointless since an engine that idled at 6k and redlined at 20k was never going to be practical in a grocery getter.
CONVERSELY, there are the Audi's ( Germay! Not Italy.
) that raced in the states in SCCA Trans AM and IMSA GTO. Nothing exotic about them. Nothing was exotic about turbo charging a 5 cylinder and 4 WD as concepts in '88 and '89. They just applied them differently and took it all road racing. AND KICKED A55!!!
In other words, you should never involve yourself in a conversation about doing something custom. If there's not a manual and you can't buy all the parts off some shelf, it shouldn't be done. This is precisely the kind of attitude that keeps people stuck where they are. No longer able or willing to re-arrange or use existing concepts currently outside their comfort zone.
Exactly! I don't fully agree with a TT setup for a 4 because of space and packaging (I hate how densely packaged BMW's tend to be), but there is no doubt that the concept would work even on a B230.