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I don't know if this belongs in this section, but this is news about a road legal car, so it should, right? 
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...g-beauty-waking-only-road-legal-toyota-gt-one
I just found this article from the 9th of January about the GT-One Road Version. John Day (the guy who drove it to be homologated, and ex-WRC mechanic) and a couple more guys have decided to try and get it running again. It hasn't run since it was homologated all the way back in 1998 (it only has around 12 miles!), and it's possible it won't be able to run again as the ECU is so old it could have "forgotten" the engine map, and the laptop compatible with it was discarded long ago.
There are several very interesting bits in the article It has 550 HP due to a different camshaft, inlet manifold and fuel system, as well as the catalytic converter and massive silencers. I knew it had less power than the race car! Some sites claim it would be more powerful due to the removal of the restrictors. Ha! It weighs around 1100 kg, so it's also quite a bit heavier. Turns out the leather upholstery is heavy! As with power, some sites claim it weighs 900 kg, same as the race car. The gearbox has been modified, specifically the straight-cut gears have been replaced with helical ones.
It turns out starting it up is not quite as easy as turning a key. It needs pre-heated fluids just like the race car, so I imagine going for groceries with it would be much more annoying than I though. I have to admit I feel like an idiot for not realizing on my own that a late 90s race engine would need almost as much "pre-flight checks" as modern ones do. It's also opened my eyes as to why neither the GT-One nor most of its rivals were never sold either.
There's practically no funding, so if any issue arises (such as the ECU) it won't be fixed. But it makes me so, so happy to see the car getting some love. I've always dreamt of seeing it in action, so I hope they can get it working.
Edit: Corrected the date.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...g-beauty-waking-only-road-legal-toyota-gt-one
I just found this article from the 9th of January about the GT-One Road Version. John Day (the guy who drove it to be homologated, and ex-WRC mechanic) and a couple more guys have decided to try and get it running again. It hasn't run since it was homologated all the way back in 1998 (it only has around 12 miles!), and it's possible it won't be able to run again as the ECU is so old it could have "forgotten" the engine map, and the laptop compatible with it was discarded long ago.
There are several very interesting bits in the article It has 550 HP due to a different camshaft, inlet manifold and fuel system, as well as the catalytic converter and massive silencers. I knew it had less power than the race car! Some sites claim it would be more powerful due to the removal of the restrictors. Ha! It weighs around 1100 kg, so it's also quite a bit heavier. Turns out the leather upholstery is heavy! As with power, some sites claim it weighs 900 kg, same as the race car. The gearbox has been modified, specifically the straight-cut gears have been replaced with helical ones.
It turns out starting it up is not quite as easy as turning a key. It needs pre-heated fluids just like the race car, so I imagine going for groceries with it would be much more annoying than I though. I have to admit I feel like an idiot for not realizing on my own that a late 90s race engine would need almost as much "pre-flight checks" as modern ones do. It's also opened my eyes as to why neither the GT-One nor most of its rivals were never sold either.
There's practically no funding, so if any issue arises (such as the ECU) it won't be fixed. But it makes me so, so happy to see the car getting some love. I've always dreamt of seeing it in action, so I hope they can get it working.
Edit: Corrected the date.
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