The Gordini is back in the USA. Time to Prep. Test. Race. Dakar 2015

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Comment by Leonardo Suarez on April 22, 2014 at 12:27am

the gordini dakar is a new creation and have new problems but i hope to be ok for dakar 2015

Comment by Ben on April 21, 2014 at 5:56pm

When will I be able to by a production Gordini?

Comment by Team Maranello on April 15, 2014 at 9:51pm
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/15/peugeot-2008-dkr-challenge-dakar...

Ze French are making le auto pour El matador. 2wd, beauty. Robby better have some mucho dollars to take this outfit on. Happy to see some rain on the mini parade.
Comment by Sandi Parker on April 15, 2014 at 6:29pm

I believe Robby said ( 1:00/4:10 into YouTube :: ROBBY GORDON SF 250, 2014 ) :

"... I burnt up a piston on day one ... so because you're not allowed to change engines in Dakar, we just kept running it until it finally blew up ..."

Comment by J.R. Sands on April 15, 2014 at 6:01pm
Block, I believe you can not change the Block. Piston yes. Bad fuel and fuel line routing was a issue along with over heating. I'm guessing it will need a lot of work. JMO
Comment by Sandi Parker on April 15, 2014 at 5:35pm

Yes, Robby didn't have much time to vintage a fine wine ... to properly 'age' the Gordini before its time ... but he didn't seem overly disheartened by its performance to warrant beastly changes. Robby stated at San Felipe 250, that he had burned up a piston on day 1 because of vapor locks ... and since they're not allowed to swap engines, he ran it until it blew up. ( I don't know where the 'compromised air intake' excuse originated ).

Anyway, it's mid-April already and Robby still has some fine tuning to do to the old girl ... like fix the A/C and dust-proof the cab ... just two minor time consuming details.

Comment by Mike Kenyon on April 15, 2014 at 5:19pm

last year at this time? HUMMER #2 was in the finishing stages of being updated?And the HST might have been in Robby's head or on a napkin?Maybe

Comment by Bricoop on April 15, 2014 at 4:14pm

You know what RG has this year that he didn't have last year? Time. Im sure we'll see a different beast out there.

Comment by Sandi Parker on April 15, 2014 at 4:04pm

The 2015 route has been laid out ... so Robby should have some idea of what lies before him. It'll take a whole lot more prep and test sessions this year than were spent last year, if Robby wants to take on the mighty Minis and Lions.

Comment by billy williams on April 15, 2014 at 2:53pm

whats next for this truck .. plains ????

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