Anyway, long lost politics aside, the category engine (probably branded as Repco) is still mooted.
Quote:
Supercars is considering introducing a category-branded engine for prospective manufacturers with the advent of Gen3.
The branded engine concept is akin to that seen in the British Touring Car Championship, which offers a TOCA-branded engine manufacturer by Swindon.
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https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/10/15...gine-for-gen3/
It
better not be a replica of the existing crossplane, pushrod engines using the existing control cam & other existing control engine parts -- how boring would that be!
Will it be:
- Flatplane or crossplane? (It better be flatplane!!)
- Pushrod 2-valve or DOHC 4-valve?
- If DOHC, will it be gear-driven like a proper racing engine, or chain/belt driven like the previous Nissan production-based engine?
- Iron block or alloy block?
- Direct-injected, port-injected or both?
- Will it even be a V8? It doesn't have to be a V8.
I can see the potential of going to someone like Judd or AER, and getting them to build a 4" bore x 3" stroke, iron-block, 2-valve pushrod,
flatplane crank V8 as something that matches the other pushrod engines,
yet still offers something a bit different so new manufacturers can differentiate themselves from the Ford and the Chevy engines?
A handful of drawings, some casting dies... How hard can it be?
Fans have some serious withdrawal syndrome from the lovely sound of the Mercedes and Volvo... The high-pitched wail that is so typical of a V8 (
like this lovely Ferrari 458) absolutely
needs to come back!!!
The existing Windsor and Aurora rather lack the high-pitched rasp which a V8 is
supposed to make
,
like the good old Erebus Mercedes.
