The 1988 McLaren MP4/4
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Disassembling The Greatest F1 Car With The Men Who Made It
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Wuzak
, Dec 18 2022 10:23
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Lee Nicolle
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Posted 19 December 2022 - 05:10
This looks like a racing car unlike the the things of today that are a mad boffins nightmare.
However this car requires a proper n/a engine instead of the hairdryer things used.
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gruntguru
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Posted 19 December 2022 - 21:17
However this car requires a proper n/a engine instead of the hairdryer things used.
Inane comment there Lee.
You are talking about a racecar designed and built from the ground up to suit the turbo rules of the day and which become the pinnacle of race engineering at the time. If you want a NA race car there are plenty of examples that would do the job better than a converted MP4/4.
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Fat Boy
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Posted 20 December 2022 - 17:24
Inane comment there Lee.
You are talking about a racecar designed and built from the ground up to suit the turbo rules of the day and which become the pinnacle of race engineering at the time. If you want a NA race car there are plenty of examples that would do the job better than a converted MP4/4.
C'mon, it's just Lee being Lee. He's never going to want a hair dryer. I doubt if he'd want convert anything, he'd just rather have the V10.
Over the years, I have been able to work with several guys who raced in this era and earlier. It's always a treat. They can do _anything_ on the car. You don't get that from today's more compartmentalized teams. People are exceptionally good at their specialty, but the 'all-rounders', which I feel were more common in this era, are a rare breed.
