wrs powered portotypes

[nsxr]

i've had the werid idea of putting wrc motors in the back of lmp cars .this would only work in the 675 class. but it woould give some strange car conbinations
lola-skoda
reynard-citroen
pilbeam-subaru
lola-mitsubishi

[danhx]

Been done, except it's called the "Lola-Millington" since the Millington people retuned the engine to make it more competitive in sportscars.

[dretceterini]

There are teams running the 2 liter Peugeot turbo, which isn't all that much different than the Citroen. No one has tried the Subaru motors as far as I'm aware. Same for the Skoda. I think someone tried the Mitsu motor, but no one currently as far as I know...

another choice might be the Hyundai WRC motor...

[Es Nes]

id love to give the impreza boxer 4 in the back of that dba.

[dretceterini]

I'd like to see Hyundai build a LM750 class car next year around their WRC motor...

[Tim Northcutt]

I think that the Subaru engine to go after will be the 3.5L twin turbo thatthey unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show under the hood of a sports super roadster they unveiled as a concept car...they also have a smaller V-6 that is the horizontally-opposed boxster style engine....

[JAG]

Originally posted by danhx
Been done, except it's called the "Lola-Millington" since the Millington people retuned the engine to make it more competitive in sportscars.

Not 100% sure but I heard the Millington engine has nothing to do with the current Focus WRC engine. It MAY be based on an older WRC engine used in the Escort.

[dretceterini]

From someone who should know regarding the possibility of Hyundai building a prototype using the WRC motor (I work as a consultant for Hyundai US and can't get any info out of them)

Hi Stu,
>
>in all frankness if HMC are considering a development vehicle with the WRC
>engine they would be a little foolish at this point. We shall be changing
>engine by 2005 and unless they could run out a very quick special edition of
>something they would be using a virtually redundant engine.
>
>However, we have not been directly contacted on this issue so I cannot tell
>you for sure. We have made proposals in the past for a road-going version of
>the rally car but have fallen foul of the factories' desire to keep
>production levels up and shortage of supply of the standards cars anyway.
>
>We would love to see it, but I don't think we'll see anything like this for
>at least a year or two - possibly with the all-new Accent due in 2005 and
>perhaps when they open a European factory to add capacity for export
>markets.
>
>Best regards
>
>Stephen Kitson
>Hyundai World Rally Team
>General Manager, Marketing
>Tel no: +44 (0) 1908 210504
>Mob no: +44 (0) 7703 192229
>

[danhx]

Originally posted by JAG
Not 100% sure but I heard the Millington engine has nothing to do with the current Focus WRC engine. It MAY be based on an older WRC engine used in the Escort.

I'm sure you're right about the engine being based on older specification, but nonetheless it is WRC derived...I love hearing that car "giggle" as it downshifts.