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Re: F1 Mclaren exhaust, weight saving Mon, 21 November 2005 14:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Soarer wrote on Mon, 21 November 2005 20:01

170bhp wrote on Mon, 21 November 2005 17:33

interesting you say an NSX is crap, it is the only supercar Mclaren actually bought and used extensively in checks of suspension etc etc when building the F1!! Mclaren were going to use a Honda motor but honda would not build it big enough and with enough cylinders!!! As far as Honda were concerned 4.5 litre V8 was big enough with VTEC!! Also I remember reading in a SPEED earlier in an article on the F1 that the motor was of a BMW motor already in use, next edition I read a letter from a reader stating it was all new, the editor of SPEED of course slammed him!!! The motor was all new with no existing piece being used in a BMW to that date.


I read somewhere that McLaren bought a Toyota Sera so they could model the gullwing door design from it. Unsure of the accuracy of the information, but interesting none the less if true.

its very common for companies to buy other cars and research on it. i went to proton facility ones and saw evo's and civics there to be ripped apart.

btw, my hsemate used to have a sera. get some bigger front speakers, and the doors are shit!!
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