Motor Australia – May 2019

RACE

couldenjoya seasonofverysubsidisedracingindeed.

Today, weare just enjoyinga very subsidedfew laps of

WintonRaceway.And whatdowesay? Itdrives likean 86

that’s louder (and sounds quite good, actually, like it has

carburettors), the noiseclear and unfiltered thanks to the

lackofcarpetandsounddeadening.There’sa lotmore grip,

too,meaningyoucanman-handlethe 86 onthebrakes and

intocorners,basicallyflatteningthethrottlemid-corner the

momentyoucanstartopeningthesteering.Inalmostall areas

it feelsabout 15 percentbetterthana stocker,butalsoinvites

youtobea bitrough,poundingoverkerbsand– asiscommon

intheseries,althoughwedidn’ttry– flat-shiftingwithcruel,

mechanically unsympathetic abandon. (Rule-makers were

forcedtostipulatea lightenedclutchandflywheelaswiththe

heavierstockitems,flat-shifterskeptlunchinggearboxes.)

Itdoesn’tfeela greatdealfasterthanthestockcaronsticky

rubber,notunsurprisingly.AtWintonin2016,CameronHill

tookpoleinthe 86 RacingSerieswitha 1:37.9.Lastyear,Warren

Luff,forMOTOR, seta 1:42.8ina stock 86 GTSPerformance

PackonMichelinPrimacys.Ofcourse,mostofthedifference

isdowntothetyres.Butthat’stheideaofthe 86 RacingSeries:

makeallthecarsthesame,sothatanytimedifferenceisdown

towhatliesbetweenthedrivers’ears.– DC

MAINThereisjust

enoughadjustability

intheMCAcoilover

suspensionthatyoung

racerscanlearna bit

aboutsettingupa car

ABOVEDunlop

DirezzaDZIII86the

controltyre,fitted

tobigger,again

controlled,18-inchOZ

Racingrims

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RIGHTIn 2019 the 86 RacingSeries

hasfiveroundsincludingthebig

draw-card,supportingtheBathurst

1000 inOctober.Topspeeddown

Conrod?About230km/h

IT INVITES

YOU TO

BE A BIT

ROUGH,

POUNDING

OVER KERBS

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