QFC 74 - old dog, new tricks, results out

[mart1n2005]

QFC74 - old dog, new tricks

Bedford, United Kingdom 2007

The hosts of the popular British motoring entertainment show “Full Speed” are putting together a comparison test between classic lightweight sports car, and a modern “warm hatch”.
The modern car for the test is the 2007 Alouette Primo sport. In an early practice run it managed a time of 1:20 at the Narnilla junior course after the warm up lap. The potential classic sports car needs to beat this time, but not necessarily be a lot faster.

Rules

• Model and family years are free
• Trim and variant must be 1962
• No legacy/open wheel/meme bodies.
• Tyres must be radial with minimum of 70 profile. This is is to simulate putting modern retro style tyres on an older car
• No race parts. DCOE carbs are fine.
• 95 Ron unleaded fuel
• maximum four cylinder and 1800cc engine size.
• interiors not required.
• No WES rules.
• no positive downforce
• max 60 noise level.
• ATS can be used sparingly, don’t go making the car look like something it’s not.
• Techpool of $15m, no negative techpool.
• $18,000 max price.
• Be quicker than 1:20 on the junior track at Narnilla. Use any flying lap time. Not the first standing lap. (Going significantly faster is not a priority)

Priorities

• sportiness.
• design and style.

• driveability.
• reliability.

• comfort.
• svc cost.
• Purchase price.

inspirations

Submissions

• Round opens Monday 8 June 1200 GMT
• Round closes Monday 15 June 1800 GMT
• Model and family should be “QFC74 - username”
• Trim and variant are free.
• Ad must be posted in this thread within 24 hours of submissions closing
• Send submission by DM through discourse.

Changelog

• added aero rules.

Here is the top gear segment that inspired this round.
https://youtu.be/vl_42B-uxsc?si=WcrYAk5ddAUSuUXJ

[Capri78]

Purchase price is both a 3[?]-star & 1 star priority? And SVC is both 2 & 1 star?

[abg7]

@mart1n2005

95 Ron unleaded fuel

Not sure if this was available in 1962, but it’s a means of keeping the classics on a level playing field with the Alouette.

[NotChris07]

In this battle of arthritis against acne…

[mart1n2005]

@Capri78 Good call, that’s what I get for using my last qfc as the template

@abg7 , the round is set in 2007 so you couldn’t get leaded fuel then

[bang6111]

Who won? Who’s next? You decide!

[George]

Is there no minimum safety rating? Given there are at least some safety requirements in 1962, I’d hope there would be a minimum number to achieve.

[George]

Is downforce allowed?

[mart1n2005]

i don’t think safety existed in the 1960’s, basic 60’s would cover the things like safety glass.

With aero i’ll say no positive downforce since an out of the showroom sports car would be very unlikely to use it.
Here is a 1962 f1 car

[George]

You can’t get basic 60’s in 1962, maximum is standard with a +3 techpool usage

[mart1n2005]

Oh yeh basic doesn’t unlock until halfway through the decade does it? Well either way safety isn’t important

[bang6111]

Just don’t crash and you’re fine probably…

[mart1n2005]

Round is open now for the next week.

[Kreator]

The TVR strategy

[HyperMud]

wait, what fuel?

[YelloLight]

I’m up

[George]

95 unleaded

[YelloLight]

Also, got a question, are mid-/rear-engined cars allowed like in Porsche’s?

[mart1n2005]

Yeah 356 or 550 style cars are fine.

[HyperMud]

for 1962 the MT got tuned by legendary OFFY, who de-stroked the factory 2.3 from larger model cars to make a 1.8L for the Sport touring series. Along with balancing, blue printing, they also equipped it with OFFY DOHC Kit the results 115HP and a 7,000 Redline. This of course is a big step up from the 76hp the cars original 1.2L had. The weight and aero were also tweaked to make the car more agile. This limited Factory special did come at a cost of almost 15,000 compared to the base models 6,500 but whos going to remember the MT 1200?