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    What gets me is that it looks like they hit it because they're all turning in too early. Is everybody here trying to jump the curb? 

    That's what gets me. These cars are doing what they do in the same tires you and me could run on our daily drivers. 

    If you’re referring to the Tilton Evo, that competes in a different class (Open Class) that allows crazier aero and more (over 1000) horsepower.

    As someone else pointed out to me, probably Clubsprint, and not Open Class.

    This isn’t just a car for SEMA. This is an actual race car that’s just being debuted at the event. It’s set to compete at the Global Time Attack series, so it does have to follow a set of regulations.

    Needs to keep production internal sheetmetal, and yes active aero is banned.

    Needs to keep production internal sheetmetal, and yes active aero is banned. It’s probably closer to Group B (albeit still much, much more open) than Can Am.

    The rear aero treatment got me confused. That giant diffuser looks almost like something from the Open Class.

    Because regardless of weight gain, there’d be less passing without it.

    Fuudo mained Fei Long in SFIV and Mika in SFV.

    Probably one of the few aero devices that's banned. 

    That’s actually pretty conservative for a Time Attack car. The sport is probably the closest we have to the balls to the wall aero development we used to get back in the 80s. For example, here’s last years WTAC winning Porsche 968.

    Surprised at how conservative the front end aero seems to be. Most Time Attack cars, even in the stricter Global Time Attack series, tend to have more aggressive solutions.

    For the rest of the world, that would be any sort of Land Cruiser (including the 70 Series which is still in production in some markets).

    I wonder though, will it perform better with the LAPD chasing it down?

    I wonder though, will it perform better with the LAPD chasing it down?

    The armrests of most of these chairs can easily be detached, or more precisely, not attached during assembly. You could simply do that, if you really wanted to get one.

    Why they’ve never actually done this confuses me.

    Deco design cues from the original Airflow—especially the waterfall grille—could be applied to the DS5, which already has a dramatic and aerodynamic look.

    Since it’s a drift car tuned in Japan, there’s likely better access to parts fort he 3UZ than the B58. That, and by it’s nature as a larger displacement V8, it’s going to have more torque down load, which is important for drifting.