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The Le Mans General Discussion Thread
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- catamount39
It would be nice to just have them at Le Mans. And who knows. Riley supporting an Am team could still have a shot at the podium.
Anybody know if a C7.R will be in GTE-Am?
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Depends if Larbre can get one.
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No chance as it will be restricted like nothing you've seen before as the biggest engine you are allowed in GTE is 5.5 litres.
Only if Chevy fancy selling it which they don't seem to want to do.
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They did decently in 2013.
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I don't think there will be, Labre went with the Porsche because under the new rules Am teams can use current Spec cars and Prant & Miller could not deliver up to date C7.Rs.
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My words you quoted were sarcastic which should now be more apparent from the second part of my post, the part you did not quote where I like the idea better than Indy.
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well thats my le mans trip paid for.
the countdown begins
the countdown begins
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I'm watching the 2014 WEC season review, and for some reason, the American narrator insists on pronouncing "Toyota" as "Teeoder". Which is weird, because he gets every other name spot-on.
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I was watching YouTube videos today about the Nissan Sentra NISMO and the guy was pronouncing it "Nees-an". Most Americans I think pronounce it "Nees-on" and then most other countries as "Niss-an" just like it's spelled.
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I'm planning on taking my old mini down this year so as soon as I can find someone dumb enough to come in the car with me I'll be ordering mine
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It really depends on what part of the USA he's from. Though now that I think about it, some might pronounce it "Toh-yo-tah/dah" and others might pronounce it "Toy-oh-tah"
We technically pronounce it how the Japanese pronounce it, i.e. the correct way in terms of the name. But in terms of general English, we're "wrong" since the "Niss" should pronounce that sound. Oh well.
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Well he's likely from a part that doesn't use either of those pronunciations. "Toy-odor" is popular in certain regional dialects, for example.
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Downhill Dino
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Please let it happen and hopefully if they can get it going they'll have a better finish.
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Let's check then rule book shall we?
Normally aspirated engines
The displacement is 5500 cc maximum.
Viper 8400cc
Whoops
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Shhhh! Don't let them know! 
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The Viper received a waiver to run the larger engine. BMW received plenty of them with the M3 GT2. Oh, and now the Z4 GTE in elms's GTE-AM. Yes 2013 was not a great showing for Viper, but it was their first year back. Look at the car in 2014 though, won two championships (probably wouldve won Sebring but for the wrong Porsche being penalized 
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Corvette did well in their first year with the C7R and what waiver did the M3 gt2 get ?The Viper received a waiver to run the larger engine. BMW received plenty of them with the M3 GT2. Oh, and now the Z4 GTE in elms's GTE-AM. Yes 2013 was not a great showing for Viper, but it was their first year back. Look at the car in 2014 though, won two championships (probably wouldve won Sebring but for the wrong Porsche being penalized
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Would've done better but the doors kept breaking...
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From the top of my head, the racecar had a transaxle. IIRC, they also moved the rear suspension pickup points.
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It's abit more than that! The M3 raced with 26 waivers see if you can find them all
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers..._sportifs/2010_05_25_reglement_lmgt2_2010.pdf
Corvette needed 47(!) and Porsche needed 1 which was for cylinder liners.
And don't even get me started on the Z4 "GTE"
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I bet the Viper needed quite a few. I'm not sure how many, but I know it needed something because of its V10It's abit more than that! The M3 raced with 26 waivers see if you can find them all
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers..._sportifs/2010_05_25_reglement_lmgt2_2010.pdf
Corvette needed 47(!) and Porsche needed 1 which was for cylinder liners.
And don't even get me started on the Z4 "GTE"
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Why'd the Corvette need 47?
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Mainly around the engine and direct injection.
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Katech will build you one and it is a chevy motor just built by them. Since Katech are the guys that do all GM work in racing cars (Camaro GT3, Vette's and the CTS and ATS)
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q/a on nissan lmp1 project, answer No.4 is interesting
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