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Why doesn't someone make a competitive Ford Mk IV?

Started by DOCinCanton , Oct 14 2020 11:23 AM

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#1 DOCinCanton

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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:23 AM

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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:38 AM

Hey Doc:

I used a JK Ford MkIV at an early Sano race and qualified right near the top with it.  I've tried using it recently at many of the big races but it just isn't quite as good as the badly misshapen Lola GT's and Chevrons.


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:47 AM

NSR makes a pretty quick one. They have s-cans that are pretty zippy. They are expensive and hard to get however. 


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:49 AM

Jay, thanks for the reply. That is the jist of my post. When looking at photos of the GT40 MkIV, It seems to me (having made many RC models for Parma) that this body would be very competitive if designed correctly.


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:51 AM

Isaac, I have no clue what you are talking about.


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:53 AM

Maybe because a body designed for the Mulsanne Straight isn't as effective for downforce in turns?

 

I'm wondering why no one is reviving the Alfa Coupe Dynamic released.


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 11:56 AM

Truescale offered a Ford Mk. IV.  I believe it was IRRA approved at some point in time.  I found that it worked great on the Blue King for the R4.  It also really was true to scale as far as vacuum formed bodies go.

 

 

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Posted 14 October 2020 - 12:01 PM

Isaac, I have no clue what you are talking about.


He was referring to a 1/32 plastic body car.

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Posted 14 October 2020 - 12:02 PM

Electric Dreams has an approved MkIV body, but I have never seen one. Does anyone have a pic?


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 12:57 PM

Quite a few years ago when we at Chicagoland decided to use retro-style bodies on the JK Millenium chassis we all had left over from the Falcon series, Dave Fiedler used a JK Ford MKIV and did well with it. The body is squished down enough to present a low profile, and trimmed so that the tires just clear the insides of the tops of the fenders, it is as low as the Red Fox Ferrari 330 P3/4. Of course, the guy driving was the guy who could enter a car made of popsickle sticks and win with it.   


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 04:15 PM

Hey Doc:

I used a JK Ford MkIV at an early Sano race and qualified right near the top with it.  I've tried using it recently at many of the big races but it just isn't quite as good as the badly misshapen Lola GT's and Chevrons.

 

Shouldn't be too hard to make a badly misshapen MkIV, would it?  Somebody just needs to do it and get it past Noose.  How hard can it be?  :laugh2:  :laugh2:


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 04:26 PM

Scalextric has a 1/32 Mk IV, it even has the H&M rear spoiler, but that's probably not what you were asking about.


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 04:26 PM

If everything is distorted in pursuit of performance, why bother with prototypes?


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 05:57 PM

Jay, thanks for the reply. That is the jist of my post. When looking at photos of the GT40 MkIV, It seems to me (having made many RC models for Parma) that this body would be very competitive if designed correctly.

 

Really?! I had no idea. :good:


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Posted 14 October 2020 - 06:34 PM

I have the talent, but I don't have access to the machinery anymore. Sure wish that I did.


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Posted 15 October 2020 - 10:29 AM

If everything is distorted in pursuit of performance, why bother with prototypes?

 

There it is!


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