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Originally Posted by PhilipR
Just a thought, now that DTM seems to be on the rocks, can the Audi or BMW DTM chassis and engines be used for a potential LMH programme?
Maybe not for Audi at this moment, but for BMW, they will have plenty of chassis and engines laying around (if DTM folds that is), the engines already produce around 600 bhp so to get them to 670 should not be too difficult with a hybrid and the chassis must be some of the most advanced chassis in the racing world.
There are probably other elements of a DTM car that they could carry over to an LMH car which might make switching to LMH a cheaper proposition than developing a new car.
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last year dtm were in about 600-630hp range of power with a fuel flow ratio of 95kg/h, I'm sure 670hp are quite achievable with likely >100kg/h like gt500 cars used to run 4-5 years ago. With hybrid would be required less power from ICE and a lower flow ratio.
Guess big issue is that these engines will require more robust parts to be reliable enough for 24H endurance and even better would be a slightly displacement increase to get same power/torque output with less turbo boost to get a better reliability. Not to mention these engine are insanely expensive anyhow.