McLaren F1 GTR longtail on Ebay..

[e30SD]

that's this car!

http://www.symbolicmotors.com/frames...97McLaren.html

I stopped in at symbolic and it just came back from the paint shop, where they were respraying it in the livery colors. It was literally jaw dropping to see a car of this caliber in person

[PortalBMW]

No no no... S70/2 was single vanos. The engine was put into production in 1993. They didnt have double vanos technology back then. The car above is a gtr and has a detuned version of the S70/2. I always thought that even when the car went OBDII it remained single vanos but it looks like in 1996 it was giving double vanos and the engine was called the S70/3.

[eMed_out]

Id take it..(in my dreams)

Alex..how much would you guys charge me for a rebuild every 10km?....(in my dreams)

[lehman]

Originally posted by PortalBMW
i whore this thread..

I'd agree with Alex. E46 M3 tranny = way more advanced, technologically speaking.

HP capability doesn’t = advanced.

i would have to disagree. i know HP doesnt = advanced. you dont have to tell me that.

you got to think about hte technology they had in 97, what we see on the streets now is coming from lemans and such.

im not gona post anymore on this subject just becasue you guys have to big of heads for me.

[Alex Mc]

lehman-- i do agree with in that relative for its time this is a very advanced gearbox, but timeline aside the SMGII is the more advanced box. But that's not saying much, its 2001!!! Anyway, lets drop it. I think we're saying the same thing just in different ways.

Uh i'm not sure what we'd charge for a S70 rebuild.. i'd have to ask my dad lol.

[NeedaBimmer]

I wonder if he has change for a Million Dollar Bill???

[Duke]

Heh i just bought the car. Made a few changes to it tho.

[TomM]

Originally posted by PrinceE30
The SMG is a true sequential. You can only go from 1-2-3-4-3, etc...

The difference between the SMG in a M3 and a sequential in a race car has to do with the synchros and gear strengths. The SMG was made for smoothness, responsiveness, and low audibility. Sequentials in race cars are much louder.

-Prince

No - The SMG in the M3 is the same gearbox as is in the 6-spd but without all of the fancy Hydrolics to do the shifting. So if you knew how to play with the electronics for the SMG, you could get it to skip to any gear you wanted.

There is an ad for this car in the Autoweeks now. BMWNA needs to snatch this up and add it to its collection (and store it at PTG )

Beautiful car.

[lehman]

tomM we are dropping the arrgument. unless you are a BMW engineer.