My guess is around 430 HP +/- 10 HP. A Teflon slide throttle
replacing the current butterfly might help to get it up to 450 HP.
Sponsored by our friends at Road & Track.
Thanks guys.
Driven by Jami Bach and Guy Cosmo. Stock off the shelf
carbon fiber racing chassis made in France. Over weight
mostly due to the gear box according to the team manager.
He also said it had RX8 rotors possible but I kind of doubt it.
Sounds a bit too Mazda PR to my ears. Has Racing Beat P-port
rotor housings and cast iron stock 3 rotor intermediate
housings.
Unfortunately it is not competitive because it is a low
buck compared to the high buck teams like the Penski Porsche and
Audi teams. The Penski Porsche's are turning 1:13 at Laguna
Seca and this car does about 1:19 or six seconds slower.
This is American Lemans series and is sanctioned by
IMSI. Not really car racing because IMSI adjust the cars
performance at will at anytime. In theory if you are too fast they
make you run an intake air restricter. No point in developing the car
just go to IMSI and whine and they will restrict your competitors
or increase the dia. of your restrictor....IN THEORY!. In reality
the potential for hanky panky is high. Money talks. Consequently
somebody at IMSI decides who wins and who loses.
The Porsche is a 32 valve 3.4 liter V8 out and out racing
engine with 480 HP at 10,100 RPM cost no object competing with
what is basically a luxury coupe, street car except p-ported, mostly
cast iron rotary. I would not be a bit surprised if the
Porsche engine cost over $100,000. The 3 rotor probably cost
less than $15,000.
Since there is a minimum weight for the class the high
power to weight ratio advantage of an all aluminum rotary can not
be exploited.
As far as I am concerned real car road racing ended in the early
1970's with the run what you brung Can Am. No rules top speak of.
Back in those days the little guy could win with brilliant
engineering.
That is why I am now into experimental airplanes.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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