New Peugeot 908

[ds240]

[pic]http://p5.piczo.com/img/i127553791_52[pic]

[pic]http://p5.piczo.com/img/i127535889_89[pic]

first look at the new Peugeot 908.



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Edited by ds240 on Thursday 28th September 20:26

[ds240]

ok someone remind how to post a pic?

[seasider]

ds240 said:

first look at the new Peugeot 908.



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Edited by ds240 on Thursday 28th September 20:26

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Another bl00dy diesel i hope we can hear this one

Edited by seasider on Thursday 28th September 20:35

[TonyToniTone]

Launch info www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/live/actu/2006-09-28_GD_1169_gb.html

Technical specification of the Peugeot 908

Engine:
- Rear central longitudinal position
- All-aluminium with one-piece aluminium cylinder block
- 12 cylinders, V angle 100°
- Capacity: 5.5 litre
- Common rail direct injection
- Engine management: Bosch MS17
- Power: 700 bhp
- Torque: 1200 Nm

Transmission:
- Gearbox: longitudinal with a maximum of 6 gear ratios. Electro-pneumatic gearbox control
- Differential: self-locking

Suspension, steering, brakes:
- Linked front and rear suspension
- Electric power steering
- Michelin tyres
- Wheels: BBS, magnesium
- Length: 4,650 mm
- Width: 2,000 mm
- Minimum weight: 925 kg



Gallery www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=2668&mode=&order=0&thold=0


Like it..

Edited by TonyToniTone on Thursday 28th September 20:43

[Balmoral Green]

I suppose you can tell if its healthy because it will have a wet nose.

[Skid Solo]

Great to see the closed top cars making a come back. If the ACO get their way by 2010 LMP1 will be 'coupe' class only.

Nice looking Radical LMP1:-

Edited by Skid Solo on Thursday 28th September 22:53

[A10ARF]

Hope it has a better diesel sound than the Audi...that sounds like a ruddy hoover ...ugh!

[the fury]

Lovely looking car, wonder if the style of the headlights will trickle down to mainstream models?

[VETTE_1978]

Skid Solo said:

Great to see the closed top cars making a come back. If the ACO get their way by 2010 LMP1 will be 'coupe' class only.

In agreement here! Love these closed cockpits, brings back memeories of the classic Bentley, Mercedes, Nissan era. Looking forward to seeing (not hearing) this next year.

[TonyToniTone]

Is it the particle filters that makes them so quiet?

[TonyToniTone]

Flash movie..

http://lulop.com/post.php/7023

[//j17]

TonyToniTone said:

Is it the particle filters that makes them so quiet?

It's mainly the use of direct injection. Most of the noise an oil-burner makes is traditionally down to the fuel pump as diesel injection has to run at many times the pressure of petrol injection. Traditionally this was done using a good old mechanical pump slamming back and forth.

The latest diesel engines uses quiet electric pumps and more efficient direct injection systems which take out all the non-engine noise. That's why it's hard to tell modern diesel/petrol cars apart by ear.

The rest is probably down to a mix of:
1) Still lower reving than a petrol so the frequencies generated are lower and more easily damped in the exhaust.
2) Very deliberate exhaust design to make it as quiet as possible to help the marketing department counter the "diesels are slow and noise" line of thinking in (road car) customers heads.

[TonyToniTone]

Nice bit of info,

Thanks..

[20vt_mk2dub]

Love the look of this thing and hope it can give us some proper competition for the R10's - although if ALMS is anything to go by they can still be caught by the minows...

hopefully this will make a noise rather than an eerie swooosh!

Bring on June thats all I can say...

[billy no brakes]

I put this on the GT forum

Looks great but the ACO have restricted the size of the fuel tanks on diesels so they can not go further than the petrol cars thats where Audi had the edge last year.

Bill

[20vt_mk2dub]

only fair really - not right to have an unfair advantage.

Looking forward to a much better 'competition' next year.

[t1grm]

Skid Solo said:

Great to see the closed top cars making a come back. If the ACO get their way by 2010 LMP1 will be 'coupe' class only.

Nice looking Radical LMP1:-

Edited by Skid Solo on Thursday 28th September 22:53

Agreed. Almost back to the group C days!