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McLaren at Lemans: The Pursuit of Perfection 1

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McLaren at Lemans: The Pursuit of Perfection 1 http://www.motoyen.com

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  • At first, Gordan Murray wanted Honda to eningeer a V12 for the McLaren.

  • They even approached Isuzu for the motor but thankfully settled on BMW.

  • Didn't he also (briefly) consider a Chevrolet big block V8? Or was that just on some test mules?

  • That may have only been on the test cars as Murray always said he wanted a V12.

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  • @samjezard They did. Mclaren even had a small block for their M8 roadcar back in the 1970's which never went into full production.

  • That may very well be the greatest car ever made!

  • @motoyen

    Murray is genius I remember in one of interviews when he was still in Wiliams Renault, at question: If you have to design car hovering 10 cm above the ground for F1, would you do it ?

    His anwser: How much time for design are we talking about ....

    It was in 80's .... after his anwser i made "poker face"

  • @samjezard They've fitted a test car with that big V8 to see if the gearbox and other elements could cope with the high torque the V12 would develop.

  • This is it, thank you so much for uploading this!

  • great upload

  • They used a Chevy V8 in an Ultima chassis as the test mule.

  • nice , thanxx for the upload

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