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A V8 would be nice... maybe the bold part was it would be a diesel V8?
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Well , I think he is wrong, just like he is wrong about Porsche winning Le Mans 15 times.
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Yeah, I picked up on that too. I think you're right that the engine is most likely to be a turbocharged power plant. I am very suprised that no one outside Porsche has heard the engine yet, I was under the impression that Porsche's test track was very close to Weissach.
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It is. Right next to the offices. (you can see the office complex in one of the pictures of the Porsche LMP1).
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Was BMW's 4cyl F1 engine ever used in IMSA prototypes?
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BMW ran a GTP programme in 1986, using March chassis powered by a 2-litre turbo 4, which might have been derived from the F1 engine, but pulled the plug on the whole project after little more than a single season- IITC they used to catch fire quite a lot...
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In fact I already briefly googled, but only found the March 86G which used V8s and BMW V6T... didn't know it was actually called BMW GTP, so:
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If only it looked more like this...
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Hail the snake!
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The 917 had what, four inches of ground clearance?
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SPORT-AUTO from 14.06.13 confirmed: Porsche LMP1 will use "Unusual" 4 cyl. Turbo-Engine for Le Mans 2014 (- Blueflame)
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Surely that's going to sound incredibly dull?
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Gonna scream I reckon.
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