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Jun 21, 2005 4:15:28 PM
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Re: Porsche LMP2 First Pictures
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W8MM said:
It looks a bit like an Audi R8.
But, maybe all these kind of race cars look alike, now.
I'm convinced there's something to this and I'd love someone who knows more about these cars to chime in. It seems all the LMP2 cars have dual roll hoops, but the LMP1 cars have a single hoop. Some of the look must be governed by the rules, my question is, how much?
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JimFlat6 said:
What is the point of this class of racer?
Its slower than a open wheeled Indy or F1 car
It bears no resemblance to a production car
They dont have much HP for all the cost
Someone educate me please!!
They do look kinda weird now, but this car is from the same line of cars as the 917, 935, 956, 962, and GT1. I don't know about how the rules changed across those race cars to influence design, but only the 935 and GT1 resembled street cars. Yet they all contributed to Porsche's expertise in the field of racecars and brought technology and experience to the marque. To me they are in the category of all out race car and represent the cutting edge in kinda the way that an F1 car does. However, they are much more relevant to the production cars that we drive. (for instance the suspension on a CGT seems lifted from a prototype sports racer, and it is much different from an F1 car, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't F1 suspensions torsion bar set ups and although Porsche had torsion bar street cars, that technology is unlikely to come back to the street, similarly it seems many F1 technologies really can't be transferred to the street).
Jun 22, 2005 4:20:25 AM
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NeverLift said:
Safe to say the 480HP quote is under rated. Having a 10K redline should mean well over 500HP in race trim. Didn't porsche rate the GT1s at 550HP?
Yes they did. And when Klaus Byzek took the air restrictors off his three cars he said it was quite easy to got well over 900bhp out of them. More air allows more fuel which means WAY more power. Remember these things have to breath throught air restricotrs that are often little bigger than the diameter of a quarter...
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