5.2 litre V10

[EdT]

How long 'till we see the engine used in the Solus GT in a road car?

[samoht]

The Solus runs a development of the Judd V10, which is apparently an evolutionary development of an F1 engine which first lined up on the grid in 1991, and then subsequently migrated into sports car racing with enlarged capacity.

While it's possible to make a pure motorsport engine road-legal a la F50, I think it'd be a lot of investment to do so, probably more now than back in the 1990s when Ferrari did it.

My expectation is that the Solus will remain a track-only proposition, and that road cars will stick with the turbo V6 and V8s. I'd love to see McLaren take on the GMA cars directly with a high-revving N/A engine, but I just doubt it given the context, it wouldn't be their priority.

[Streetbeat]

Sadly never i doubt in the world of the hybrid supercars.

[MclaesLaren]

No, it would be to expensive to maintain. Like the average man should get the McLaren F1 service bill every year. Already the service costs are crazy, ten times a regular service would break the bank.

[thegreenhell]

It will never happen. A 30 year old F1 engine design will never pass the latest Euro 7 emissions.

The only hope of ever seeing one on the road is if someone like Lanzante can get a Solus through IVA.

[Nuttbelle]

You can't beat a N/A V10

But whilst I love McLaren and the V10 it won't be happening.

The golden era of what I consider proper supercars is over.

It started with turbo charging which changed the experience and for me diluted part of the enjoyment due to noise but now hybrids and EVs have zero appeal to me.

Weight is a real killer IMHO

[Bobley]

Its just like MP4-12C all over again.

That car was fitted with a bi turbo version of the MCT V8 race engine as used in the Caparo/Freestream. The car was announced in 2009 and came to market in 2011. The engine project would have begun well before the reveal and the whole powertrain project would've cost about £10mil?

If anyone wanted a new engine today it would have to be done as a joint venture so that a few companies could have their own take on it and share costs because EU6c isn't easy to pass. It would also have to be done very quickly as EU7 will kill off screamer NA engines as we know them.

Meanwhile companies like Singer / Gunther / Ruf / Gemballa / Lanzante will keep the exotica coming as they "recreate" vehicles.

I wonder if companies like Singer can get their cars through ULEZ limits???

[ex-devonpaul]

Bobley said:

I wonder if companies like Singer can get their cars through ULEZ limits???

Probably only by keeping the original registration date and waiting until they are 40 years old

Odd that motorbikes can have a single vehicle ULEZ test (applies only to that individual vehicle, not the model) but the same doesn't seem to be available for cars yeat.

[Bobley]

You could always bring your car to us at Mahle and we'll run for you. ... about £2K with no guarantee of success... might have to wait a while... there's a big queue strange enough...