It’s been almost a year since Gordon Murray Automotive removed the covers from his T.50 supercar, and even before that we had endured many short clips of the engine, chassis, and even a test mule that was undergoing some testing. We’ve seen footage of the engine spinning up and idling, and we’ve even heard it go up to around 8,000 RPM. Because of this, I was in no rush to open GMA’s press release this morning, thinking it was just another vlog with Indy 500 Champion Dario Franchitti chatting with Gordon Murray for 19 minutes. Fortunately, I was wrong. Very wrong.
What GMA released today is finally a video of the naturally aspirated 3.9-liter Cosworth V12 engine revving up to its redline of 12,100 rpm. Yes, finally the whole enchilada!
Typically for this blog series, the video starts with a sneak peek of what you’ll see later, before delving into some of the technologies that make the engine work and the machines / manpower required to develop it are. However, about six minutes later (video below for your convenience), Franchitti finally asks the engineer behind the control panel if he is comfortable “making noise”.
The well-groomed man responds by saying that a full Le Mans simulation is programmed into the dyno and goes on to show us what the mighty V12 is capable of.
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