FiveSeventyZee Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Tis because the new McLaren engine is developed from the Nissan VRH engine. Makes me want a McLaren even more. I just dont like the front of the P1. as far as I can tell the only similarity is the cylinder bore...but afterall that does make it pretty much the same engine <_< Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Thats what they say, but look at some of the mounting points. And the angle is the same. I would bet money that the valve angles are the same too. Theres more similarities than McLaren claims. Thats not to say that they didnt re-develope the living crap out of it. I dont think you could ever street a VRH engine. However the M838T does awesome on the street. McLaren loves the Japanese, their brakes are the best the Japanese have to offer right now. The original F1 was partly inspired by the road going ability of the Honda NSX, Murray tried pretty hard to get Honda to build the engine for the F1 too, but Honda declined. That is why they had to go to BMW. Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Thats what they say, but look at some of the mounting points. And the angle is the same. I would bet money that the valve angles are the same too. Theres more similarities than McLaren claims. Thats not to say that they didnt re-develope the living crap out of it. I dont think you could ever street a VRH engine. However the M838T does awesome on the street. McLaren loves the Japanese, their brakes are the best the Japanese have to offer right now. The original F1 was partly inspired by the road going ability of the Honda NSX, Murray tried pretty hard to get Honda to build the engine for the F1 too, but Honda declined. That is why they had to go to BMW. With them owning the rights to the Nissan block, there is no reason for them to lie about whats left of the original design. Many companies run each others stuff out in the open so why would they have to conceal that they are still running Jap-tech. Im sure they started with the VRH and as they developed their own engine it just became less and less. Once youre in hypercar mode there are so many technology "tweaks" that happen that Im sure once they went into production nothing was left of the original design. Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Now this is porn!!! 5 Quote Link to comment
slayer510 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VVI6Auvys# Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 My Daily K24A2 Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Jesus tap dancing Christ !! Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Pics of my recent LZ22 build. LZ22 by metalmonkey47, on Flickr Dat purp by metalmonkey47, on Flickr A87 Peanut by metalmonkey47, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Now this is porn!!! new motor for the flyer already 3 Quote Link to comment
510T Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Bit some members' oics cause they need to be in here too ;) I hope you don't mind Duke and Indy :D 5 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 What ever happened to that guy with the L31DETT? did that ever pan out? Anyone have pics? Quote Link to comment
Big_E-Dog Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 lets make this thread bigger Quote Link to comment
TheShagginWagon Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 My dad's Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 ay12. cross-flow head for a-series block. built by PMC? 1 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 ^^ looks like they lit off some of those "snake" fireworks and used them as a template for the header 1 Quote Link to comment
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