IMSA DPi Discussion

[hondafan37]

Cadillac DPI
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ca...-v-r-unveiled/

More details here, it looks fantastic
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...lusive-photos/
https://www.facebook.com/RoadandTrac...54796590061091

[BSchneiderFan]

Hard to tell from that photo quite what it will end up looking like.

[Damian Baldi]

It looks 98% exactly as a Dallara

More pictures here

http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/cad...le-sa-dpi-v-r/

[joeb]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

Cadillac DPI
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ca...-v-r-unveiled/

More details here, it looks fantastic
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...lusive-photos/

That was it for the release? no big event? Oh well, at least it is out now.

[kvenom]

Shots fired:

"Look at this like it's P1 Lite," Angelelli told me. "This is not nearly as expensive as a WEC P1 car. They have hundreds of millions in their budgets—three digit millions—and most of the time they race in front of nobody. This costs single-digit millions, and we'll race at Daytona, Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Long Beach. Big races."

From the road and track article.

[joeb]

Some pics from Road and Track





Detailed article here: http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...lusive-photos/

[joeb]

Originally Posted by kvenom

Shots fired:



From the road and track article.

That was a pretty funny quote.

[Damian Baldi]

For mi is a Dallara with different mirrors and lights, then it's the same car. Very different approach than Mazda. It looks good with the painting.

[ATLFalconsFAN]

For me it's nothing short of a huge disappointment when compared to that gorgeous Mazda.

[Matt]

Lot of mis-information in the S365 article.

[Matt]

I'm glad they got rid of the standard Dallara pontoon boat fenders.

[Lanky Turtle]

Looks good to me.

[Acid09]

Originally Posted by kvenom

Shots fired:

Not particularly accurate ones. There's several WEC rounds that match Daytona's crowds, the series is only racing in support of a bigger event in Long Beach and taking advantage of the heritage another series build at the PLM.

[Matt]

[Lanky Turtle]

I like the way they graphically divide the fin in half.

[Damian Baldi]

We know that Ligier was asked to modify his car for the Nissan engine, because it was too close to the original Ligier. Well, I can't imagine how closer you could be looking at this one.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Acid09

Not particularly accurate ones. There's several WEC rounds that match Daytona's crowds, the series is only racing in support of a bigger event in Long Beach and taking advantage of the heritage another series build at the PLM.

WEC inflates the hell outta their crowd numbers.

[fieldodreams79]

Say what we want about the looks of the Cadillac. I, for one, am looking forward to the sound of a naturally aspirated, 600 bhp V8 in a sleek P car.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Say what we want about the looks of the Cadillac. I, for one, am looking forward to the sound of a naturally aspirated, 600 bhp V8 in a sleek P car.

This.

Daytona can't come soon enough.

[knighty]

Originally Posted by Matt

This.

Daytona can't come soon enough.

+1....I think the Caddy looks killer, and it will sound thunderous with a 6.2L V8 - a proper motor with a proper noise, not like these turbo motors that sound like a muffled fart......it honestly will not surprise me for this to turn out to be the engine to beat.....it will have colossal low-down torque, acceleration and corner exit speed will be its advantage.......my money is on this engine that causes the biggest BOP headache.

[Matt]

The Nissan fartbox V6 will also be a torque monster. It'll be interesting for sure.

[Matra-simca]

The Caddy could sound dramatically different, as I noticed the exhaust exits at the top of the rear bodywork instead of ahead of each rear tire as years past. We'll know for sure in two weeks time. Like the look! Porsche 919 got there first tho.

[knighty]

Originally Posted by Matt

The Nissan fartbox V6 will also be a torque monster. It'll be interesting for sure.

yup, just like the new GT40 sounds, but a sign of the times I guess, but downsizing has now been proven to be a croc in europe, subsequently engines are getting bigger again with the advent of real-world drive cycles, thank god......I seem to remember the new DPi Nissan V6 turbo motor is NOT the 3.0 Litre Cosworth item from the failed front-engined LMP1 effort, but its actually a road-car based 600bhp twin-turbo 3.8 Litre V6 from the NISMO GT-R GT3, I must admit to being surprised by this, but I guess it already exists in NISMO and far cheaper than what Cosworth would ever charge.

https://frontstretch.com/2016/09/20/tequila-patron-to-race-2-dpi-nissans-in-2017/

http://www.jrm-group.com/nissan-gt_r-nismo-gt3

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[Matt]

Yep, it's the GT3 engine, which is a fartbox.

[Dyson Mazda]

Originally Posted by ATLFalconsFAN

For me it's nothing short of a huge disappointment when compared to that gorgeous Mazda.

Mazda went for style. GM went for function.

What do you think about the 919 by the way?





I thought this was a really good read by the way (which is where the last 2 pictures are from): http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...e-same-series/