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I'm not entirely sure why Nissan would want exclusivity contract with Kolles, especially considering how much they wanted to be back in LMP1 as supplier (last year)
Anyway... it's always been a car decent-ish at Le Mans, and terrible at the high downforce tracks, I expect the same to continue next year. Rarely do their updates actually tend to work but it's admirable that they continue to try and fight the system |
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Thanks for sharing that!
Their media updates are so far in between and often confusing that I've kinda stopped checking them in, but they are still pushing which is good |
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This is the german article about Rebellion where they say that ByKolles have the exclusivity on the Nissan engines.
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The years of "boring engine variety" are finally over at least
Toyota (confirmed) AER (confirmed) Zytek-Gibson (confirmed) Mecachrome (confirmed) Nissan (confirmed) Judd-AIM (possible) NBE (possible) Plus the others we heard about years ago but are less likely to materialize |
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If Kolles have exclusivity on the Nissan-Cosworth V6, which I admit does surprise me......I would suspect Rebellion would therefore sway towards either Gibson or Judd........
for me the Gibson is the risky option by far, the fuel consumption and torque curve will be poor compared to the turbo engines......it will be a similar situation to when they ran the Toyota V8 NA engine......just a simple and easy option to install, but un-competitive on the track in comparison to the competition. I would therefore suspect the Judd 5.5 V10 would be a well proven and reliable option, although the V10 does need a DI conversion.......I just dont see Rebellion teaming up with AER again, but perhaps I am wrong. |
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I managed to get 331, but there was a little time before braking after that. I'd estimate 332-335 before lifting.
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If both Kolles-Nissan and BR-AER have been testing at Aragon, does anyone have any lap-times to compare?
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It might lack against the other engines, but if they indeed go with Oreca and it's anything like the previous three chassis, the design probably will supplement the power deficit Anyway I still HOPE they pick Judd |
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Can't remeber if it was rebellion or another oreca team, but early this year, oreca 07 was testing at aragon as well and it was revealed that the car touched 340km/h more than once.... so CLM hitting >330km/h isn't so shocking to me... considering also that the car is (in theory) 70-80kg lighter than an lmp2 a 100hp more powerful, is almost quite disappointing indeed.
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http://juddpower.com/our-engines/judd-gv-5-0-5-5l-v10/ this still gives 72. And according to them, it needs a rebuilding after 3000km... quite wierd considering that le mans race is over 5000km.... it's just if they're telling you: "watch out, with this engine you won't finish the race" anyway to me is very unlikely that someone will pick the judd, just because it would need a lot of rework around the rear subframe |
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On top speeds, they were the fastest on the straight at Le Mans last year overall through the weekend but I think they added some wing to the car to get a better lap time for the race. The Dallara p2's were one-trick ponies in that regard. |
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