my father told me about the lemans 2000 race where wudi did a whole rear end rebuild in the pit. and there is a video of it. does anyone have a copy of that video, cause i cannot seem to find it anywhere.
-rocket
No video. But I seem to remember the engine & transmission was changed out with a spare assy, not "rebuilt"
It was a gearbox replacement. Nothing was rebuilt on the fly. They had an entire rear end assembly with the proper settings ready to go on the car. The car came in, they pulled it in the garage, pulled off the gearbox with the suspension and all still attached, and bolted the new one on. Took 3 minutes and 45 seconds or so from the time the car stopped in the pit 'till it rolled out again.
It was a beautiful thing...
it made me sorta hate audi street cars less
You could prolly find what you're looking for by Searching for the DVD
of the 2000 24hrs of LeMans race.
it's prolly on that.
QUOTE (MattR @ Jan 22 2006, 04:09 PM) |
it made me sorta hate audi street cars less |
QUOTE (Cap'n Krusty @ Jan 23 2006, 07:10 AM) | ||
You hate them 'cause they're faster than you? Handle better? Even in the dry? The A8 is the best luxury car on the market? The Cap'n |
I love my friends A6 with the 2.7 bi-turbo. I love driving it for a bit, and then getting into my GF's passat 1.8 turbo to drive basically the same car that she paid 12 grand less to own.
QUOTE (Mugs914 @ Jan 22 2006, 01:24 PM) |
It was a gearbox replacement. Nothing was rebuilt on the fly. They had an entire rear end assembly with the proper settings ready to go on the car. The car came in, they pulled it in the garage, pulled off the gearbox with the suspension and all still attached, and bolted the new one on. Took 3 minutes and 45 seconds or so from the time the car stopped in the pit 'till it rolled out again. It was a beautiful thing... |
I told him about it and he realy wants to see it.
I remember right after lemans that there was the entire video on the net somewhere, but I cant find it...
I think the most impressive part of the whole thing to me was that the whole event was rehearsed so well that no one wasted a move, and no one hit anyone else, or tripped over anything...it was really well orchestrated.
Please help us find the video...
Rich
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