Jan 10th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a rally best 3rd place finish in stage 5, and is now 19th overall. The first part of the special section of stage 6 is 186km, followed by a 134km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 104km (424km total). Robby Gordon will begin stage 6 at 8:51am/et

2014 Stage 5 Photos

STAGE 6 TRACKING

STAGE 6: TUCUMAN > SALTA

Connection 270km | Special Stage 424km | Total 694km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Once they have left Tucuman, the cars will head north and drive along part of the renowned Ruta 40, and continue on in the heart of one of Argentina’s most beautiful landscapes. The possibilities to widen the gap will be limited but the most skilled drivers may be able to seize the opportunity of adding a stage to their list of wins. A new trip to the mountains will take motorcyclists to the banks of the rivers. They will have to remain vigilant until the very end of the stage as the region is frequented to a great extent by animals of all sizes. Then they will finally be able to rest.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 11, 2014 at 2:45pm

We run an Ecotec and the HP on 91 pump gas is allmost identical to e85

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Permalink Reply by blake keithley on January 11, 2014 at 8:42pm

. ""On gasoline the L83 makes 355 horsepower and 383 pound feet of torque, but if you run it on E85 and you’ll be rewarded with 380 horsepower and a whopping 416 pound feet of torque. Think about it – that’s more power than a stock LS1""!

That's from a GM enthusiast board but matches GM data. so its 25hp and 33lbs of torque. 11:1 is a lot better than the 9.3 on my 3.3 liter Dodge. some early FFVs were less than that. So a little more oomph and no vapor lock for a little more fuel flow. What would be even better is E98 and 15:1. There is also an adjustment to be made for aluminum heads which brings effective c/r down.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2014 at 2:46pm

and a 'production LS7' is 11:1,you made my point.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Ryan on January 11, 2014 at 2:36pm

Somehow he should have followed what Carlos Sainz has done with his new Buggy as far as development goes.
Nasser.A was also go to run the same buggy as Sainz , but did not have time too finish developing it and ended up racing a Mini.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2014 at 2:43pm

SMG and Nasser/Jefferies aren't the same, just similar. Why follow someone program?

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Permalink Reply by Robert Ryan on January 11, 2014 at 3:33pm

Sainz managed to get up to speed pretty well straight away. He had similar issues to Robby to begin with but debugged some of the main issues.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2014 at 3:42pm

in all fair the SMG is several years old,Sainz didn't start it's development,he's just the most current driver.I would say Chicherit's 2013 DAKAR is where the most advances/development came from.