OMG WIN!

Nope. He'll need a lot more than a go cart to go up against Monster, Marcus, and Mark.

pikes peak you sure?????? or more gt???lol

Unless they grate the gravel road immediately before the event, and Rhys is the first car off, he's going to spend most of the way up the mountain riding on the belly and understructure of that car. Above the Halfway Picnic Grounds, Pikes Peak is almost all a gravel, filled with ruts and holes. He'll need four or more inches of suspension travel and SH would never post a picture of a car with that much fender gap (because prevailing opinion is that races are won by the car with the closest tire to fender fit, not the car that goes the fastest).

The car looks seriously awesome for a Pikes Peak event but they do know April Fools Day past already right?

Rhys has been up Pikes Peak a number of times, I am sure he knows the formula to going fast on his way upto the clouds...

i cant believe people are getting so excited about what is basically a photoshop concept render. there is nothing about this sketch which makes me think that they will be able to pull off this design.

I've walked on the gravel of Pikes Peak last year. The surface starts off on smooth tarmac and transitions to just as hard and (relatively) smooth as dirt as concrete roads. The only variable are the loose pebbles and rocks. So knowing that, the cars do not need to sit unreasonably high. Should be fantastic battle this year between Millen and Tajima.

Didn't the drift spec genesis get up pikes peak just fine with minimal fiddling? These renders look strange, the proportions. Looks too narrow or something.

Wow, when I first saw it, it reminded me of a Peugeot LMP car....interesting.

it looks deadly.. am gonna wait and see..

soooooo what about this exactly makes it a Genesis?

I've driven Pikes Peak in a rally car. Ignore the gravel and dirt, the blacktop is a broken and potholed mess. I've seen the previous Genesis car, and it ran stock ride height with skirts on all sides. Hope Rhys has a half inch steel belly pan on that LMP car, with extra armor and padding under his seat. Expert or not, when someone suggests something so stupid as taking a car built for a glass smooth track up a logging road, everyone has the responsibility to point it out so that person doesn't hurt themselves or others.

Somebody tell Rhys that April Fools day is April 1st, not April 20th. This promotion stunt ranks right up there with the "accidental" loss of the next generation Apple phone at a cafe, which was conveniently found by a tech blogger. The press will look silly when Rhys shows up in July with something that looks more like a dune buggy with a bunch of big wings.

to - rich_hobo94 . to say this is a rhys millen designed machine is the most idiotic thing ive ever hered

they ripped of the lola aston martin bo9 60 .

I'm with George, that's obviously a publicity stunt. And Rod, Steve, and Rhys aren't arrogant as Rodwreck79 portrays, that they would not themselves admit that they learn something new every day..

I agree with Rodwreck79 -Tj .When you compair the millens to most but not all of the people that have made comments on this blog ,They are worlds apart in skill and knowlage .But this is the Interweb and everyone has a say no matter how ill-informed ,stupid or close bred they are .

As for the car , Are they going to turn up with daytona prototype -NO ,Are thy going to turn up with a custom build with a sports car looking body -MAYBE ,Is it a publicity stunt-YES , Is it working ,YES .

Are his sponser happy ,YES !!

I just ran a Google search for Rhys Millen + fool, and it returned 8,750 pages. Then I ran a Google search for Rhys Millen + idiot, and it returned 10,900 pages. Rich, Rod, and Smokey, the emperor has no clothes and the people questioning your hero know more about racing that you or your hero does.

haha thats the funniest and the weakest argument ever made even by the low standards of the internet... and i agree... the sequel is much better

The Brickyard is next month, Rhys still has time to enter a monster truck into the Indy 500!

This thread is a good illustration of why people who's only experience with racing is video games, should not be allowed into a race car or anywhere near a race track. Gamers don't care about the actual function of an automobile. They just want a cool looking skin to put on their car icon and what mathematical variables some geek coded in to go along with the skin to represent some imaginary performance level. People who own wrenches and have dirt under their fingernails know by looking at a car and its structure if it is going to work or not. A circuit car on gravel?! That only works in video games. Leave the real racing to those of us who build and drive. Stay in your virtual world where you can hit the start button every time you slam into the wall.

i have not once said i know more or better than rhys millen or any other race driver , nor have i complained about a prototype styled car competing at pikes . what i was saying and highlighting is the fact that the bodywork is 'COMPLETELEY COPIED' from another companies car . this is an insult to me , you and any other motorsports fan , because its so blatant its unbelievable .



and to 'ez-yi' you are tho most ill informed on here pal . the suzuki escudo is not a rip off copy off another car thats the only gripe i have with this car . and just because the millen family held the record for 13 years does that mean they are intitled to copy other companies products so blatantly .



and another mistake in your comment - what 2 marques compete in dtm ? - - oh yes audi and mercedes . - so where does the 3 series come from ?????? oh yes BMW , wich have never competed in the new dtm wich was inaugarated in 2000 or the older dtm at all . so after ive tidied up your pathetic post back to the original subject .



i have nothing against rhys millen , i respect him greatly , like i do with any other motorsports driver . but the single thing that only a few of us can see on this project is the fact he as completely copied the design of another car . i thought the people on this sight had a good eye for detail giving all the brilliant cars we are shown on here . but the sad thing is you dont beed a good eye for detail to see RMR have ripped the lola aston martin bo9-60 of . even stevie wonder could have seen it .



know i ask you look at this link and tel me that RMR havnt copied the design .



all the best to rhys millen and RMR i am just shocked that they did it so obviously .

KNOW LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME THEY HAVNT COPIED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!.

ESPECCIALLY EZ-YI , YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_boone/4385681597/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_boone/4381187994/



EXACTLY THE SAME .

i think quaife make diffs wich are suitable off road aswell , they supply wrc and rallycross cars such as .

the doran rs2000 and the p&o mg metro 6r4 .



i truly understand your statement though with the resistance factor .

just and looked on quaife site they do make offfroad diffs

Here are some pic's

They show the body - cage - engine



http://www.worldcarfans.com/110042025760/rmr-hyundai-genesis-pm580-revealed-for-pikes-peak-hill/lowphotos#1



The body is a modifided -Palmer Jaguar Jp1 Prototype !! Not a Lola Aston Martin

I heard Rhys will be entering a dog sled team in the America's Cup yacht race, right after he finishes equipping all of the New Zealand navy submarines with screen doors.

It is surprising to find someone so anxious to demonstrate their total ignorance of a subject as Ryanoldo.

Please paste any link to a page on the Quaife.Co.UK website which describes the ATB differential and states that it is appropriate for use on gravel or a rally car. The link MUST start with “http://www.quaife.co.uk”. You, of course, can not do this, because the manufacturer’s website is not up. Your claim to reading information claiming these differentials are for rally use is a lie.

Here is a quote from Quaife’s product information: “Whilst requiring some torque in the slipping wheel, the Quaife unit is progressive in action but never locks - controlled power is transmitted to all the driving wheels.” This is why the unit will not function when one drive wheel is in the air, on dirt, or on gravel.

Your attempt at misdirection concerning sponsorships is invalid, irrelevant, and incorrect. There are no rules requiring that a sponsor of a car, a race, or a racing series, make or sell a product that is legal or even effective for use on the car that is sponsored, or for any of the cars entered in a race or racing series. Cars and races are sponsored by retail stores (Target, Pro Bass Shop, Dollar General, Lowes, Home Depot, Menards), restaurants (McDonalds, Taco Bell), alcoholic beverage bottlers (Busch, Budweiser, Miller, Asahi, Martini & Rossi), tobacco companies (Winston, Japan Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Skol, Benson & Hedges, Marlborough), drug and herbal remedies (Phiser, Viagra, Enzite, Extenze, Herbalife), and sportswear (Hugo Boss, Izod). Several of these products are either completely unrelated to racing, or are outright illegal for use in a race car or at a race track.

Additionally, numerous racing series require the use of a specific brand of product on all of the cars competing. A good example of this is races with a tire sponsor. These requirements do not in any way keep other tire companies from entering their sponsored cars into races which require the use of a product which they do not make.

Quaife’s sponsorship of a rally race is immaterial to the fact that they do not make a differential that can be used in a rally car or on dirt or gravel. The posted specifications claiming the use of Quaife ATB differentials in a Pikes Peak car is as absurd as entering a circuit track car into a rally hill climb event.

Ryanoldo, please feel free to set down your game controller and demonstrate more of your utter ignorance concerning all topics related to automobiles and racing.

Once again here are the spec that were taken out the RhysMillen.com web site .

SPECIFICATIONS

• Chromoly frame and roll cage

• Two Quaife differentials

• Weismann semi-automatic AWD transmission

• Tilton Racing clutch

• 3.8-liter Lambda V6 engine stroked to 4.1-liters

• HKS T04Z turbocharger

• Bar and plate intercooler

• Custom RMR stainless exhaust manifolds

• Carbon fiber Brembo brakes and pads

• 17-inch HRE wheels

• 275/40 Toyo rear tires

• RMR customer carbon fiber body with front and rear diffusers

• Active wing by Aeromotions



So there is no point moaning about the diffs ,Because unless they have forgoten what kind of diff they are using . They are RIGHT, You are Wrong .

You Both seem to be getting your fact from Uk sites ,Ever thought that there could be different product in different markets ,Or that they could be Prototype or Custom made parts .