Race To The Future: Rocket On Wheels. In my first article, I was skeptical that the Porsche factory would help some outsider with their racing technology whether he could afford it or not. But in Stuttgart: Porsche Road and Race Cars – it was an article by Nicolaos Dellis titled Porsche 930 Hides Formula 1 Engine Underneath.
Goodwood Festival of Speed
We recently took a look at the TAG-Turbo 911 (Powered by Lanzante) and today we bring you another one of these special machines. During the Goodwood Festival of Speed, we looked at this insane Street-legal Porsche 930 TAG Turbo by Lanzante. It is fitted with a Formula 1 1.5 liter V6 Turbo Engine. We could see flames from the exhaust. It is an absolute monster.
Turbo Prototype
Lanzante, famous for its McLaren F1 GTR victory in Le Mans 1995 and then for its road conversions for McLaren F1 GTRs and P1 GTRs, is the company behind this fantastic project. The idea comes from the original Porsche 930 TAG Turbo prototype, built by McLaren to test the 1.5-liter TAG-Porsche Turbo V6 engine that powered its F1 cars in the mid-80s. They reached an agreement with McLaren, 11 TAG-Porsche engines will be used to power 11 Porsche 930s. These engines aren’t new but real, actual Porsche-built TAG engines used in F1 races during the 1980s (with plaques mounted in the engine bay listing the engine’s 1980s race history and drivers).
But of course, a lot of work must be done, both on the 930 chassis and on the engine too. Even if you won’t have the 900+ hp of the original F1 TAG, the performance of the little 1.5 V6 is still pretty insane, with a max output of 500 hp with 3 bar of turbo pressure and a red line positioned at 9,000 rpm. The car will also weigh 250 kgs less than a standard 930 Turbo.
These are 200 mph cars that sell to a select few for $1.4 million.
So it’s possible that Eiichi Yoshida did have an F1 motor but was it Lanzante or Porsche that he dealt with?
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