phase 3 vs FG GT

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I know this will be a controversial post but, Last weekend's 12 bathurst race got me thinking...

In 1972, Alan Moffat planted his xy gtho phase 3 on pole with a 2:35.8 lap. Now I know that moff's car was probably a little more 'factory' than some of the others, but it was essentially a production car.

In 2009, Steven Johnson qualified the latest FG GT at 2:40. Young james Moffat was about a second behind in an FG XR8. Now, these cars get free spring and shock rates, intergrated roll cage, track tyres, free flow exhaust, Flash Tune etc so they are at least as well modified as Moff's XY if not more so.

No one is gonna dispute that over 500 mile, the FG would win, thanks to bigger brakes but...

Caltex chase has added 5 - 7 seconds per lap (according to Neil Crompton), but the track is considerably wider and smoother (hell, murrays, the cutting etc)than it was, add newer better hotmix which would pull back a second or more and it makes things interesting.

Moff's 1972 xy on 2009 spec rubber and 09 spec roll cage vs Johnson's Fg GT?

Which would be quicker over one lap???

You'd probably say the FG but it seems much closer than I thought.

Was moffat that much quicker than today's heros?

Was the HO a far faster car than today's "Anti pollution, anti fun, anto history" magazines and newspaper columnists(yeah, that means you, Dowling!) suggest?


To spice things up a little - can anyone find the lap times of dick johnson's ed xr6 at bathurst 12 hour 1994? Or Tony Longhurst at Bathurst 1997 production car race in EL xr6, John Bowe is AU xr6 or John Bowe in BF XR8 last year (or 2007, I can't remember). My old AutAction collection is packed into boxes and I can't find Jack.