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indeed, there was no relation between the mechanicals made by peugeot for the WM to the mechanicals of the 905, the 905 i believe had an engine that was used later on in jordan formula 1 car's when the 3.5 litre formula went down the toilet, a real shame imo, as the 3.5 litre car's were the best race car's to have ever raced, partially because i love nothing more than the sound of a high revving V10 or V8, hence why i miss the judd GV4 4.0 V10 exhaust note so much.
in hindsight i would think the old 905 would only corner slightly quicker than a current car, and although the trap speed for the 905 on the mulsanne is much higher i would think because of its manual gearbox it could be slower getting up to say 160mph than a modern car with a semi auto race gearbox.
just to clarify something on the 905 as well, the car appeared in various guises, the 1990 car was woefully underpowered and aerodynamically imbalanced, then half way through 1991 the car had a huge aero update and engine update, then in 1992 the car had another fairly big aero rework and engine modification and in 1993 i think the mods to the 905 were only to the engine and gearbox and we did get the 905 evo 2 with a load more downforce, and i believe the first sequential gearbox in sportscar racing even though i dont think the car ever raced.
but im curios as to how much power the 905 really had?, ive read in many places on the different years of the 905 and the power figure's for each year for the atmo 3.5 V10 vary from these in each year.
1990:550-600bhp
1991:600-660bhp
1992:640-700bhp
1993:640-725bhp
im just wondering what the more exact power figure's were for each year, i did hear that in 1993 the car's were going to be air restricted in 3.5litre to around 550bhp, was this true or untrue?
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