"Too many M's" (toomanyms)
09/07/2016 at 07:26 • Filed to: None
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"Too many M's" (toomanyms)
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Clemsie McKenzie
> Too many M's
09/07/2016 at 07:53 |
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Seen a couple of these last weekend! Love the M1.
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Too many M's
> Clemsie McKenzie
09/07/2016 at 08:01 |
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Whoa!!! That second one is crazy! Never seen that one before.
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Clemsie McKenzie
> Too many M's
09/07/2016 at 08:39 |
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That’s the Turbo Studie, a 1971 concept car with a 2002 Turbo engine. The M1 was obvisouly based on that, but it looks a bit different! Really quite cool
PS9
> Too many M's
09/07/2016 at 09:17 |
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Goddamned video games. Now I can’t tell a screenshot from a photograph anymore.
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Too many M's
> PS9
09/07/2016 at 10:10 |
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Really fake reality. It be crazy.
AuthiCooper1300
> Too many M's
09/07/2016 at 10:32 |
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By Paul Bracq, a wonderful car designer that should be better known. The Turbo was commissioned by BMW to celebrate the ‘72 Olympic Games. Bringing back the Games after Berlin 1936 was a big deal for Germany so I supposed BMW wanted to do their bit.
The general appearance of the M1 , designed by Giugiaro (with a chassis engineered by Lamborghini, who were also supposed to build them) owes
a lot
to the Turbo.
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AuthiCooper1300
> Clemsie McKenzie
09/07/2016 at 10:35 |
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Clemsie, you lucky _____ ! (expletive deleted)
Funny, just thought about it... that Brabham has something in common with the Turbo Studie... like the engine block!
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Clemsie McKenzie
> AuthiCooper1300
09/07/2016 at 10:40 |
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Fascinating thing, the engine of that Brabham, isn’t it? 1200bhp out of a small four pot...
And yeah, I’m a lucky bastard! But I like to share, so full post on that event is incoming :)
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AuthiCooper1300
> Clemsie McKenzie
09/07/2016 at 10:50 |
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Well, 1,200bhp was the max power in qualifying spec (with the wastegate welded shut, if I remember correctly). They were called “grenade” engines for a reason! I think the team used to go through four or five engines – just for the qualification rounds.
That meant engine wizard Rosche and his minions having to scour the scrappies for properly seasoned M10 blocks, at least at first.
Thanks for sharing your pictures, by the way.