McLaren F1

Post Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:38 pm

Anyone ever wondered what a McLaren F1 has in common with the humble BMW M3

?

The VANOS units. Here is Jay Leno getting his units replaced by the McLaren technicians / engineers instead of getting them rebuilt.

http://jalopnik.com/jay-lenos-mclaren-f ... -754465511

Post Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:47 pm

In a very lose term, the f1 donk is 2 s50's welded together

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:08 am

Anyone else remember this ad from back in 1995/6?

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:17 am

Get with the program

That fact is nothing new

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:40 am

As per other thread Pony next time you come to a meet have a look of all the pictures I took last time we had an F1 engine apart, VERY similar!

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:44 am

harry_p wrote:Anyone else remember this ad from back in 1995/6?

That's a Brillant Ad, typical slick BMW marketing

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:22 am

Kos wrote:Get with the program

That fact is nothing new

I know I know I saw someone post this on a US forum and reported here

Post Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:23 am

TPS wrote:
harry_p wrote:Anyone else remember this ad from back in 1995/6?

That's a Brillant Ad, typical slick BMW marketing

Yes very stunning ad