In roadgoing form its 113bhp output made it competitive with its on - track rival, the Lotus Cortina — while
race versions produced not far short of 170bhp.
Not exact matches
Instead of waiting for Mazda to
produce its own
version of the second - generation, «FC» - series RX - 7, prominent aftermarket Mazda rotary specialist
Racing Beat built its own.
Built by McLaren Automotive from 1992 to 1998, this 1995
version one of only two cars
produced in red, and it's also from the year McLaren won Le Mans with a
race - prepped
version of the car.
Three
versions were announced - the entry - level S, a GTR - S (which needs a pressurised
race suit to counteract the g - forces) and the X, which
produces more than 2500bhp and would need a seven - month training program...
As a roadgoing
version of the 275
race car that placed third overall at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, this grey coupe carries quite a motorsports pedigree and is one of only three GTB / C Speciale Berlinetta Competitonze cars
produced for homologation regulations.
The GTO, a road - going
version of the 599XX
racing car,
produced 661 hp.
Road cars used a 3.0 - liter inline - six - cylinder engine
producing just over 200 horsepower, but
race - spec cars — like this Art Car — utilized a 3.2 - liter
version capable of throwing down 480 horsepower.
Now, that S. Bowler was quite happy just
producing race cars, but some of its customers had other ideas and decided that they would like a road - going
version of their
race car.
This is the rarer Competizione
version, one of just eight
produced, with a factory hot - rodded engine, lightweight aluminum bodywork, and a larger fuel tank for endurance
races.
Bugatti Veyron Centenaire — 2009:
Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the company, the car is finished in a combination of matte and gloss
versions of iconic Bugatti
racing colours — blue, cream, red and green — with polished aluminium.
It was developed specifically to be homologated for
racing in the FIA GT Championship, with a minimum requirement of 25 road
versions to be
produced before the car could be allowed to compete.
In contrast to the
race version of the MC12, of which street - legal
versions were
produced for homologation purposes, the MC12 Corsa is intended for private use, albeit restricted to the track, as the Corsa's modifications make it illegal to drive on the road.
[6] Along with the naturally aspirated
version, Toyota
produced an Australia - only supercharged TRD Aurion between 2007 and 2009 as tuned by Toyota
Racing Development (TRD).
Porsche will attack this year's Nurburgring's 24h endurance
race with a new
version of their 911 GT3 Hybrid, which besides
producing more power is also 20 percent lighter and requires less fuel.
In January 2009, Superformance and the Duntov Motor Company LLC announced a partnership to create a continuation series of the street
version of the legendary 1963 Corvette Grand Sport (Duntov will
produce the
racing version under the agreement).
Built together with the specialists from Nismo, the
racing version of the Japanese zero - emission model features the same electric motor that
produces 107 horsepower and 281 Nm of torque.
The DBR9 and DBRS9
race cars are powered by an enhanced
version of this same V12, tuned to
produce in excess of 600bhp.
The 1.3 liter Suzuki engines had modified cylinder heads,
race tuned free flow exhausts and high lift cam shafts modified to
race specifications
producing over 40 % more power than the factory stock
versions.
Psygnosis» futuristic speedster took F - Zero's approach to hovercraft
racing and Super Mario Kart's fondness for chaotic weaponry and
produced a unified vision of an anti-gravity
racing league (Wipeout was cool again in 1995 when a beta
version cameoed in Hackers).