McLaren at Lemans: The Pursuit of Perfection 1
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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.
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That may very well be the greatest car ever made!
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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"
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@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.
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This is it, thank you so much for uploading this!
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great upload
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They used a Chevy V8 in an Ultima chassis as the test mule.
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nice , thanxx for the upload
At first, Gordan Murray wanted Honda to eningeer a V12 for the McLaren.
VWA2MKII 2 years ago
They even approached Isuzu for the motor but thankfully settled on BMW.
motoyen 2 years ago
Didn't he also (briefly) consider a Chevrolet big block V8? Or was that just on some test mules?
samjezard 2 years ago
That may have only been on the test cars as Murray always said he wanted a V12.
motoyen 2 years ago