Re: PDQs lights, Bad Toyotas

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In a message dated 96-03-08 08:57:45 EST, you write:

>
>You've got a great descrete light set up?  Well what is it.]

I attached a .tif pic of  the rally car and the 5ktq frontends to 2 separate
posts last nite...  I'm sure, given the size (or maybe coimbra edit, who
knows), that it will take a while to get to the net.....  If any of you would
like to see it sooner, I have copies I can send direct......   Just let me
know.....  In the meantime, it should go to the net sometime in the next
mellinium
>
>Also, do you guys ever see "RaceCar Engineering" mag.  A neat but short
>article
>on how Toyota built their slick but illegal turbo inlet restrictor bypass
>gizmo.

A VERY interesting article and a very ingenious way to cheat, and some othere
exist on it too......  The article I read about it said that toyota is out
for 96 cuz of it.....  Very sad

>Basicaly what they did was to build a device that would pull the 34mm
>restrictor
>5mm away from the turbo inlet.

And would only do it when the whole unit was installed, as soon as you went
to "inspect" it by removing the clamp, the sucker would snap back into
place.....  A very astute tech noticed that the barrel of the restrictor was
pretty big compared to the other teams, and started the investigation.....
>
>This let air pass around the restrictor with not all the air going through
>it.
>The FIA figures that an extra 15-20% air charge got through.  And they
figure
>an
>extra 40hp with it.  The extra air path wasn't at all smooth but so what.
>The
>cars flew.

Someone at the shop had a pretty cool CAD/CAM head to figgr that one out.....
>
>The part David Copperfield would like is that when the restrictor assembly
>was
>removed for inspection the 5mm "gap" would disappear.  Presto!  It was
>springloaded.
>
>I remember reading in AutoSport about all the extra speed the Toyotas had.
 I
>also remember the engine problmes they had too. Could be they needed to
remap
>the engine and maybe change the turbo spec a bit to work with the um
>restrictor.
>
>Did Juha Kankunan know about these illegal mods or did he just think the
guys
>fixed a problem.  Juha doesn't need to cheat to win.  He has proven that.
>I'd
>lose a lot of respect if he knew he was winning by cheating.

Well, in my opinion, and this topic is addressed by most race teams
(including my ex-racing days), you made that point very clear from the
get-go.....  Was winnning the priority, at all costs, or was the rule NO
CHEATING period.....  I have a hard time thinking that Mr. Kankunan had no
knowlege of this, he has too much experience not to question where his crew
"found" another 40-50hp in a very restrictive racing class.....  I just don't
believe that for a second......  he knew that he had the max HP before the
mod, is he to just ignore the fact that the car now just flies (esp when you
figgr a normal street driver can ""feel" a 10-12 hp gain)?  Hmmmmmm......
 And, when you look at the cheating involved, it WAS the 95 season, and was
THE advantage, so the 96 season should not be there for them to compete.....
 Cheating is a bitch when you get caught....  And the point of Sanction may
seem tough, but the judges are right in that this was an INTENTIONAL DESIGN
to CHEAT specifically, not an accidental slip over spec or misinterpretation
of the rules....  They came down hard, as they should have......... I do
think your point is dead nuts on, Dr. K did not need this mod to win, so the
why question comes to mind......

If you're going to cheat tho, that was a killer idea.....  More credit really
should go to the tech who caught it (it took at least a season after all)

Scott