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No, the one I have in mind flat out beats the F1.

Jaguar XJ220....with the previously mentioned V6 variant of the 215 as found in the MG Metro 6R4 ??????

Nope.
Newer.

Bristol Fighter T 1012 bhp?

All aluminium 8 litre V10 twin turbo engine producing an astonishing 1012 bhp - more power than the 252mph Bugatti Veyron, currently the most powerful production car, which has 1,001 horsepower.

Dodge Viper engine V10?

SSC Ultimate Aero TT .....Has 1062 bhp but is not british.



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First one.
Congrats.
And extra credit for the engine.

must... have... pictures...

Fighter T (British)


Ultimate Aero TT (not British)

Nice photos!



Ok,

What race track was announced in July 2008, and awarded the contract to host a british car race series starting 2010?

1. Race track name that was awarded the contract 2010 and on?

2. What race track held this british race series for the last 21 years?

3.What is the name for the british race series/ what kind of cars racing?

Anyone going to try? Or is everyone to busy? Or is it the wrong kind of question?

Someone has heard of this I'm sure!



After it was announced back in July last year that Donington Park has been awarded the contract to host the British Grand Prix for the next 10 years from 2010, the organisers there have been working round the clock with the planning and getting funding approved.



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Okay, I'm going to guess that part of the preface to the question is a trick, specifically: "What race track was announced in July 2008".

I think you might be referring to the announcement of extensive modifications to venerable old Donington Park which originally opened in 1931. The redevelopment of Donington Park was announced in July 2008. They'll allow Donongton Park to begin hosting the British Grand Prix - Formula 1 race in 2010 - which I think has been at Silverstone for years. (According to the Donington Park website: "The European Grand Prix "visited" Donington Park in 1993".) Can the British GP be called a "British race series"? Hasn't the British GP been at Silverstone more than 21 years? (I remember Nigel Mansell's 1987 and 1988 races at Silversone. What a hero!)

Nice Cutis, You did answer all questions right. I will find where I found this information and post later. Need to attend a Home and Garden Show this weekend. Actually Donington Park was awarded and announced the contract to host BGP July 2008, for 2010 and on. And (series) may have been the wrong way to ask the question.

For your viewing enjoyment, here's a nice recap of the 1987 British GP mentioned above:



Please give me a little time to think of a good trivia question.

Looking at the picture below...

What was the make and the full model designation of the car that this specific engine was installed in?



(note: similar engines were used by this manufacturer for years... but the photo shows a distinctive variant.
Bonus honors will be given for pointing out special features.)

Hmmm! 3 side draft webers, twin cam, dual distributor, dual sparkplugs, inline 6. My guess would be a Austin Martin DB4 GTs

A very cool looking engine! Where did you find that photo? There was quit a few different setups for this engine, like same engine without dual spark plugs, su carbs , and single distributor.



DB4 GT

The DB4 GT was a special lightweight, high-performance version of the DB4. Introduced in September, 1959, the GT's featured enclosed headlights and a thinner aluminium skin for lighter weight. The wheelbase was also reduced in comparison to the standard car, which resulted in many cars not being fitted with rear seats.

The engine, though, was what made the GT special. Available in 3.7 L (3670 cc/223 in³) and 3.8 L (3750 cc/228 in³) versions, the GT's engine had twin sparkplugs per cylinder with two distributors and three twin-choke Weber carburettors. Modifications to the cylinder head brought compression to 9.0:1 and power output was 302 hp (225 kW). Maximum speed for the GT was 153 mph (246 km/h) with a 6.1 second sprint to 60 mph (97 km/h).

75 GTs were built with this body style, in addition to the separate DB4 GT Zagato model. A single car was also styled by Bertone and dubbed the Bertone Jet.




A tiny number of non-GT DB4s used the GT's more-powerful engine. This combination is often called a Vantage GT, though not all included the Vantage package and none was technically a GT. Three Series III, five Series IV, and six Series V cars have this unusual combination of body and engine for a total of 14


Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato



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You certainly nailed that, Calvin - well done. (Although I have to deduct something since you typed "Austin" instead of "Aston". Must have been a "typo"!) One day I'd really like to have a DB4 GT... and I wouldn't even think about putting a V8 in it. I thought surely someone would mistake the engine for a Jag. Maybe they did, but we didn't lure them into posting a wild guess. Pity.

It's your turn!

Yes, deduct something for as my spelling %$##@s, Aston is right.

The DB4 GTs engine is awesome looking! Why would anyone change it out? It has a huge "WOW" factor for it's time.



This photo here is of a rare race car!

What year is it?

What is the correct name for it?

I know! I know! But I'm gonna sit on my hands and let someone else answer.

I'll give two hints though:

The manufacturer was much better known for Formula One cars.

And the drivers who drove this car (at least back in the day...) - one was Canadian and the other was Mexican!

No one is going even try Curtis! So far!

Come on... someone needs to try. Just make a guess!

More clues? Okay, it's a CanAm car, right? At least that would be a good assumption because it's only set-up to race in the daytime (no headlights) and it looks like it has a big V8 engine... This is a British car forum, so it's probably British (duh!) but it's probably not a McLaren or a Lola (because those are pretty familiar and distinctive.) So what other British shops made racecars in that era? Which era? Aerodynamic technology was developing (changing) quickly. If this car was competitive, it was probably on par with Lola on aerodynamics. The wing, the cooling ducts, and the overall profile look a lot like a Lola T220 (1970) or a T222 (1971) - which means this car probably debuted in about 1970 or 71 too, right? (Also, CanAm rules changed in 1970 to prohibit engine air scoops and high wings.)

Lola T220 (1970)

Seeing a group 7 Can-Am car has stirred some fond memories of a race I attended in 1973 at Mosport Park.


These are photos I took on the front row of the starting grid, with the Porsche 917's of Charlie Kemp and Georges Follmer. Security was a little lax in those days attested to by the fact that I could even have found my way onto the track.
Fond memories indeed.....

Okay, I can't resist.
The car was a 1970 BRM P154 and the drivers were Gearge Eaton and Pedro Rodrigues.