[Diy_efi] traction control & nitrous (devlish combo?)

[Perry Harrington]

The Subaru Worx (WRX) cars are US $750K each.  Saw that while watching
SCCA pro rally.

--Perry

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 05:19:10PM -0500, Scott F. Williams wrote:
> Axel wrote:
> > um, i dont think a WRC is worth a million dollars,
> > more in the neighbourhood of 15 grand US, i believe
> > WRC refers to a Subaru impreza WRC
> 
> LOL! -WRC car for $15k U.S??? Um, think again. A stock Subaru Impreza WRX
> costs over $20k. A front-running Impreza variant in the U.S. ProRally series
> may cost $150k or more. Meanwhile, the top WRC cars easily cost over $500k
> each. That's just the car with no spares at all. To contest an actual event
> takes about the same amount in logistics, support crew, consumables like
> transmissions, an 18-wheeler full of tires, etc. And, *then* there's the
> testing and engineering behind that. So, in actuality, making use of those
> 50 homolgated cars a year is faaar more expensive than even $500k
> 
> Finally, "WRC" is not a Subaru-specific label. Rather, "WRC" is an
> abbreviation for the  series itself, the "World Rally Championship". The top
> of the series is contested by Peugeot, Ford, Subaru, Citroen, Mitsubishi,
> Hyundai, and Skoda. They're *all* WRC cars. HTH
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> Team Director
> Usually Sideways Rally Team

-- 
Perry Harrington			Data Acquisition & Instrumentation, Inc	
perry at dainst dot com					 http://www.dainst.com/

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                             -- Benjamin Franklin

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