Smooth Motors presents Smooth Perlita S
1.8 V6
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i…
that…
uh…
but the looks…
why the pitiful front and angry rear?
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Is a time of 1:58 in the flying lap consider as competitive guys? 
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I have to reuse the link I used for @Absurdist’s cornering speeds in the BRC.
Are we still talking about the ATT?
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It depends strongly on[quote=“HowlerAutomotive, post:1, topic:17404”]
cars’ Engine Reliability, Overall Reliability, 1/5 of their Comfort and 1/2 of their Offroad will be subtracted from the time (in seconds)
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Mine is 3 sec faster I think.
So you would let her (yes Perlita is a girl) pass but not dare to overtake 
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there is the 65 Wiseman 4x4.
drivers:
- wiseman sen. who personally built the car
- co-driver, mainly responsible for keeping enough vodka on board, provide good laughs and leaving tags behind: edgar kapatisominov, an old friend of wiseman and a local that knows every single road between Blomozvakia and Rokonia.
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Ravencraft will participate with the Ravencraft Colibri, reworked for racing
Story time:
Ravencraft Colibri was a family sedan introduced in 1962. Following the company traditions, it was reliable and safe, powered by a 80hp I6 OHV engine. It didnt enjoy the same success as the Lark did a decade ago (and in those times still did) but it ended up as an interesting alternative for the upper middle class that was on the rise. It was also the time of garrage strat-ups and one of these was Sikora-Racing. It was founded by Jakub Sikora, who was the son of the former Ravencraft CEO Michal Sikora. This young man dreamed of becoming a racing driver, but he also enjoyed doing th engineering himself. He teamed up with his friends Marek Honza and Viktor Stejskal and started working on race versions of normal street cars, to be used in anything from derby to nascar. He didnt have much success, the only money came from drag racers. Then in 1965 a new kind of competion was announced, the Dalnit-Bralka Rally. His adventurous mind almost immediately hook up on the idea of participating, but he didnt have a car nor finances for one. The struggle was hard but in the end they managed to buy a Ravencraft Colibri two door sedan, because his father used his contacts still inside Ravencraft and made a deal: Sikora-Racing would recieve the car for half the price, if it fails, the blame would go on them, but if the car manages to finish the Rally with some glamour, Ravencraft would get its share of fame and money. It was a risky deal, but mr. Sikora was young and reckless. The car arrived just a month before the start of the competition and the three friends needed help in tweeking the car so in the end the team had 12 members. They removed unnecesary weight from the car, while still leaving some amount of interior for the comfort on the long journey, swapped the 80 horsepower engine with a 150hp 1800cc DOHC V6, put a 5 speed gearbox and reworked the suspension. They almost ran out of time, but in the end the car was parked before the DBR entry hall 6 hours before the start. Jakub Sikora would be the number 1 driver, while Viktor Stejskal his copilot. Honza Marek became the chief mechanic and would provide support throughout the competition together with the rest of the team. The car was named Ravencraft Colibri DBR Special.
PS. Sikora-Racing of course understood the magic of Racing Stripes and their speed invoking effects, which were discovered by a certain Mr. Clarkson 
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When Tare, a manufacturer of consumer cars in the emerging Southeast-Archanian Peninsula, made their move to export to Gasmea, they did so introducing the Pratinum. Not quite luxurious, not very dynamic, but primarily efficient, it struggled despite or possibly because of its bold sedan-like design.
And then the export project leaders had the grand idea of promoting a more enticing image by entering any buyer into a raffle to participate in a race event.
This did give Tare some attention by buyers who wouldn’t normally consider buying a saloon. One of these would be the young mechanic Walker Pierce, who happened to get the car by suggesting it to his father as a company car. His father, after all, was manager of a workshop specializing on imports. Walker himself aspires to go racing with cars he’d modify himself. So, of course he looked under the hood of his ride, and was quite excited to not find any indication of a pushrod valvetrain, but then unnerved to see only a meager single barrel carburettor.
Meanwhile, at Tare, the project leaders struggled to get any agreement with Gasmean race organizers, mostly due to poor communication. Some of the last straws are being sought after, until the idea was settled that it’d be best to just set up their own racing team and then participate at an event together with the raffle winner, even if he or she had to be flown in. But Tare hasn’t been involved in any racing for more than a decade. Finding a suitable event would be as hard as building the race car for it, not to mention babysitting a possibly untrained driver. There weren’t even any more advanced carburettors than the optimized single barrels available.
Some weeks thereafter, the raffle has been done. A 20 year old man called Walker Pierce has been randomly picked. Management suggested participating at the Dalnit-Bralka Rally, not only due to relative proximity, but because it’d be excellently suited showcasing how uncompromising Tare automobiles could be. The engineers have improvised, based the race car off of the 4x4 model of the Pratinum. To better compete in performance, they have given production the order to build their truck inline 6 engine, but halve its size.
With a few more refinements including a rear wing, the car was deemed ready. Walker Pierce, however, couldn’t help but fiddle on the engine a little bit, changing the air to fuel ratio and slightly advancing the ignition timing, but did get stopped as he attempted to remove the mufflers.
Kai Gonhan, engineer and hobby motorcyclist, volunteers to join and guide the driver Walker Pierce as his co-pilot. The rear bench has been left in, supposedly to take a translator with them in case communication errors occur, but that turned out to not be the case.
And here was the backstory to go with the backside. tl;dr, driver won this race… in the lottery!
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#ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED!
Thank you to everybody for your submissions, it’s been great to see so many excellent looking cars, stories and graphics in this thread.
Our contestants are:
1.) abg7
2.) Madrias
3.) RK38
4.) Der_Bayer
5.) TR8R
6.) DeusExMackia
7.) Puffster
8.) JohnWaldock
9.) Speedemon
10.) stm316
11.) Vri404
12.) koolkei
13.) dude44
14.) RaduST
15.) MrChips
16.) thecarlover
17.) lysambrias
18.) oppositelock
19.) AirJordan
20.) stensen
21.) Faintingh
22.) 4LGE
23.) phale
24.) Sillyworld
25.) Lordred
As before, I have double checked to make sure everybody is in, but if I have missed anyone, please let me know.
I’ve now got some housekeeping to do with the files and data entry and some other things planned today, but I’ll try to get the first results up as soon as possible.
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No rush with the results, I think either way this is going to be a lot of fun. But sadly, almost half of us won’t make it through the first round!
No more Mr Nice Guy. Now, it’s on! 
Ufff 25 cars that’s amazing 
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Andromeda Industries hopes that their entry will be able to at least complete the flying lap of the ATT … loads of gaffer tape rolls went into that build … 
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OK, so I am entering a showroom-stock vehicle with just over 100 bhp, but it’s reliable and economical for a car powered by a DOHC engine, as well as being drivable and comfortable enough to make fatigue less likely than it should have been. In other words, as I have explained previously, I am going to be a metaphorical tortoise rather than a hare (consistent moderate pace rather than short, sharp bursts of speed interleaved with slower segments).
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uhh no. you just explained the reason you’re gonna get disqualified in the first round… it’s a RACEEEEEEEE…
@koolkei, @abg7 may have a slim chance if his car is significantly more reliable, comfortable, and apt to offroading.
well… i guess…
that’s just me being skeptic then…
i am the one you should be skeptical of
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In 1965, Adenine was still in the midst of making the transition to a mass-production car company. To raise awareness for the new brand, Adenine decided to enter the Dalkit-Bralka Rally. Several Adenine engineers had long been fans of rally racing, and they were delighted to have one more chance to build a dedicated race car before the tedium of mass production set in.
To best showcase Adenine’s intended brand image, upper management instructed the engineers to focus on reliability and efficiency as the primary goals. Although they grumbled at first, the engineers soon prototyped a new twin-cam 1.8L V6. Extra care was put into designing the fuel system to meet the goals. The resulting engine was powerful and efficient, producing over 150hp despite its lean fuel mix.
The car was designed to be rugged and durable, able to tackle anything the rally could throw at it. However, as time and budget constraints loomed closer, the engineers were forced to skimp on several components, such as the brakes and suspension.
In the driver’s seat for Adenine was star female driver Veronica Powell. She had made her name elsewhere, but had been a close friend and repeat customer of Adenine since its early days as a bespoke manufacturer. She was joined by her longtime co-driver, Casey Schmidt.
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Interesting, another OHC V6. My engine is looking rather under powered now 
Lovely car too, looks excellent!
ahem, mine is an OHC V6. it has 101hp. shut your yapper.