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Even back a few years ago the MG engine in the RML car was an AER. The Nissan engine in the(OFF TOPIC ALERT!!!) BTCC Supertouring cars was a Judd. The Aim is a Freshened Judd. The Rebellion is also a Judd at heart. As he said, the purists will know, the casual fan will not care.
The AER Mazda would be a very competitive package IF it could survive the Green Movement. The Green friendly fuels chosen by the ACO detonate excessively when high boosts are used in the smaller turbo engines. The V8 turbos don't seem to suffer as much, but whose using a V8 turbo these days? The moment the Dyson car turned up the wick to try for a win against Fernandez at Mosport, the engine exploded. Oak frankly plodded around to some podiums last year by not stressing the mill after RML suffered failure after failure early in the season. RML did some private development work before Silverstone and BP experimented with other alternate fuels at the end of the ALMS season to try and find a Green fuel that didn't make the Mazda into little tiny bits of shrapnel.
It is a shame we can't have active competition between brands with a level playing field.
dh
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