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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Ford want to race it at Le Mans and engine size limit is something around 3.5 liters.


65 posted on 01/12/2015 7:56:54 AM PST by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: painter

The engine size limitation for Le Mans went away last year.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/17/le-mans-rule-changes-for-2014-announced-engine-restrictions-eas/

“The limitations of cylinders, restrictors and turbo pressures are removed.”

Before you get ideas of this turning into a Group B for Le Mans, the cars will be limited to an “energy allotment” per lap. A fuel meter will allow a diesel-powered car 3.99 liters per lap, a gas-powered car would get 4.95 liters per lap, from tanks that are about 12 percent smaller.


71 posted on 01/12/2015 8:18:27 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: painter

IIRC, the current Corvette racer ( C7R?) has a 5.5L engine and is legal for GT2. A 5.2L engine wouldn’t be a problem there.


97 posted on 01/12/2015 4:29:09 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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