RE: Lanzante to offer F1-engined Porsche 911s
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RemarkLima said:
A friend of my old man used to have a megatron engine (BMW 1.5 turbo from the same era) just sat out in his workshop... Crated up, but just sat there.
Not sure why even, but seems that there's a fair few of this era of engines knocking around if you know where to look.
Sounds nuts tho'... Laaaaaaaaaaaaag... Boooooooooost!
Megatron engine , how cool is that Not sure why even, but seems that there's a fair few of this era of engines knocking around if you know where to look.
Sounds nuts tho'... Laaaaaaaaaaaaag... Boooooooooost!
Just hope the owner of aforementioned 930 doesn’t have any engine issues, as I can’t imagine the conversation
‘Er, I need a new sprot-dibbler for the reverse-threaded wing-wang please’
‘Of course Sir, let me take a look at the microfiche.......yeeessss here we are. That will cost you....let’s just call it a kidney, shall we?’
Have to say though, brilliant sounding thing, and much more preferable to me than a Singer
Btw, it may be my memory but in-period, didn’t the GP teams turn the wick up to provide that circa 1000bhp figure but the engines grenaded after a couple of laps?
‘Er, I need a new sprot-dibbler for the reverse-threaded wing-wang please’
‘Of course Sir, let me take a look at the microfiche.......yeeessss here we are. That will cost you....let’s just call it a kidney, shall we?’
Have to say though, brilliant sounding thing, and much more preferable to me than a Singer
Btw, it may be my memory but in-period, didn’t the GP teams turn the wick up to provide that circa 1000bhp figure but the engines grenaded after a couple of laps?
I do recall a few old TAG blocks and cam covers appearing on ebay a few years ago, so some things have escaped Mclaren in the past, having seen pics of their storage facilities, Ron was a bit of a hoarder, I imagine the engines and spares are all stacked neatly, covered in grease paper.
I imagine that engine was at Cosworths for them to look at producing slightly higher compression ratio, road friendly pistons.
I imagine that engine was at Cosworths for them to look at producing slightly higher compression ratio, road friendly pistons.
Edited by PAUL500 on Thursday 11th October 09:47
Gameface said:
10k rev counter...
Not to mention the 3 bar boost gauge! Original ones only read to 1 bar so that is a new addition too.Don't forget that turbo technology has come on in leaps and bounds since then. For the price they'll be charging you can bet they'll be using the fanciest twin-scroll roller-bearing variable-geometry electro-boosted turbos they can buy so it will be a lot better to drive than an 80's F1 car. Still exciting though....
There is brief, one line mention of the TAG 911 in John Barnard's biography. I'd imagine the car was retained by Mansour Ojjeh as he had funded the TAG engine program. Porsche reported at the time that the car drove fine.
I can't help but think it is a tragic waste of an epic race engine...
I'll stick with my twin turbo Mazda KL
I can't help but think it is a tragic waste of an epic race engine...
I'll stick with my twin turbo Mazda KL
rtz62 said:
Btw, it may be my memory but in-period, didn’t the GP teams turn the wick up to provide that circa 1000bhp figure but the engines grenaded after a couple of laps?
Yes. I vaguely remember Derek Warwick saying at a FOTA fan forum a few years back that they welded up the dump valves I think it was, which meant they had massive boost pressure, leading to lots of horsepower, lots of heat, and the engines would literally melt after a couple of laps. Insane times.ralphrj said:
I wonder if this explains the odd entry in the most recent accounts of McLaren Racing Limited (the F1 team).
Note 21 to the accounts on related party transactions discloses that in 2017 McLaren purchased £1,251,000 of goods or services from Cosworth Limited.
There is no explanation of why Cosworth was considered a related party but as no McLaren Group company owns a stake in Cosworth I can only assume that either one of the shareholders of McLaren owns some of Cosworth or there is a common Director.
Zak Brown sits on the board of directors of Cosworth.Note 21 to the accounts on related party transactions discloses that in 2017 McLaren purchased £1,251,000 of goods or services from Cosworth Limited.
There is no explanation of why Cosworth was considered a related party but as no McLaren Group company owns a stake in Cosworth I can only assume that either one of the shareholders of McLaren owns some of Cosworth or there is a common Director.
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