Toyota In Nascar
06-02-2004, 06:33 AM
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I'm all about shakin up NASCAR. I'd love to see Toyota go in there and start stompin the big three! I'd go to bars during the races just to hear the hillbillys bitch about how the Japs must be cheating or something. Given Toyota's record in F1 though, I dunno if they can pull it off....though the fact that they're doing well in the truck series gives me hope. F the big 3.
06-02-2004, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by TYSON' date='Jun 2 2004, 04:37 AM
Drifting if the figure skating of motorsports.
I mean, its the only motorsport where a car can be painting bright ****** pink, and get tonnes of respect.
GO YASHIO!
06-02-2004, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' date='Jun 2 2004, 05:38 AM
Hey DEFPRUN: You running that diesel on Veggie yet?
im too broke and/or cool to go through with the conversion. First off i need to get the kit, or fab it myself. Than i need a steady supply of cheap or free veggie oil, which i dont have. And than i need the space to keep the oil and filter it!
Now if i can convert my car to a diesel electric hybrid that gets 100mpg i could just buy veggie oil from the store and it would be viable...even at 4 bucks a gallon...
06-02-2004, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Nan da yo!' date='Jun 2 2004, 12:32 AM
Lesson: Keep to what you know, don't go prancing into American territory, and don't go drifting into Japanese territory. The reason I think Toyota doesn't do too well in competition racing is because they are a producer for the mass market, and not for production cars. Once upon a time they had an MR2, Supra, and a GT-four celica. Now they only have their 7th gen california designed celica which will soon be getting the lotus engine. Tells you how toyota deals with their high performance lines, they don't.
if you think old cars are slow automobile magazine took a 34 grand prix car, 58 lotus, a 65 gp car, and a new gt3 porsche to a race track. the porsche was faster than the 34' but dead even with the 58 lotus, the other car was faster