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Originally Posted by Purist
A 550hp 997 RSR won't have the pace of current GT1s. It won't have as much horsepower, obviously, or torque, and won't have a meaningful advantage in power-to-weight ratio. . . . The Panoz Esperante GTLM runs a 5.0-litre Ford V8, while the Porsches and BMWs have six-bangers of 4.0-litres or less. The C6-R has a 7.0-litre Chevy V8. The Saleen S7-R has a 7.0-litre Ford V8. The Viper had an 8.0-litre V10, and the Astons, Maseratis and Ferraris have 6.0-litre V12s.
The production Maserati MC12 has 624hp. The competition version (for GT1) has 620hp, and the special run of MC12 Corsa road cars has the V12 giving 756hp, IIRC.
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The Corvette's Katech C6.r 7L motor or an evolution of the C5R block has close to 900 bhp. Read 9 hundred. The C5-R and the C6.R motors have two intakes. Each intake as a restrictor that is the size of an American quarter or 25 mm so that brings the bhp DOWN to 615-620 bhp
the Katechs reliabilty is second to none.
I believe I read some place that the new Ferrari 599 GTC was hopefull for GT1. But with preliminary testing it was slower and not as reliable as the 575 GTCs or the old Pro-Drive developed 550s. So Ferrari is back to the drawing board if at all.
The Viper is too old, the 550s are too old, the new Saleen is hopefull and of course the ProDrive AMs.
OH not only if Ford would put the money into Hollaman Moody again
