Robin Shute tells us how he chose the engine for his next Pikes Peak racer

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  @needanameprojects · 2 years ago · pinned

  Using that much of an established motorcycle rotating assembly is an under appreciated cheat code for engines at the bleeding edge of power to weight. Much like diesels being selected for heavy duty due to high efficiency, when you can throw highway cruising fuel economy more or less out the window the high revving production bike engines establish the opposite end of the power to weight spectrum on the mass market. The V8 config gives you a great balance of scaling that tech appropriately for a 4-wheel application while also copying as much of BMW/Kawasaki/Suzuki’s homework as possible. Super logical, very well thought through, excellent illustration of the economics part of engineering completing the picture.<br><br>Seeing a cost comparison of running this engine vs running the Honda in a race program would be very cool, please throw that in the notebook for a couple of years down the road!

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  @brandonobaza8610 · 2 years ago

  1:1 in pounds is pretty nuts. Imagine driving a 2,400hp Mazda Miata 😄

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  @HillClimbMonsters · 2 years ago (edited)

  Gotta &nbsp;love the whole talk about &quot;sensible&quot; right after detailing absurd stats 😄

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  @test987665 · 2 years ago

  In case anyone is wondering, the mysterious hypercar manufacturer that is having an engine developed by Prototipo - and which he doesn&apos;t want to mention - is Czinger, and they are using the turbocharged V8 engine in the 21C.

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• GS

  @GS-ss9my · 1 year ago

  For those interested, the motor alone is close to 50k USD.

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  @OwenFrey-p7p · 2 years ago

  Using the Motec software with Assetto Corsa is such a great tool! I&apos;m currently trying to build my proficiency in AiM&apos;s RaceStudio software, but both Motec and AiM software can work with AC, and do essentially the same thing. I&apos;m pretty sure you need to use mods to work with the Motec software, but AiM will work &quot;out of the box&quot;. For anybody interested in learning how to do race engineering, this is one of the easiest ways to get into it and build some valuable skills. And using it as a driver-in-the-loop simulator is cool, I&apos;m glad to hear that it correlates pretty well. I guess I need to start learning how to input my designs into assetto corsa.<br><br>Also, this build just keeps getting crazier while being one of the most grounded and thought out series I&apos;ve seen in a long time.

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  @joat9105 · 1 year ago

  That is exactly what are my wildest imagination of a race car i ever dreamed of, and youre the only one who made it real!, wish the very best luck robin 🏁

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  @user-nr4pk2pw6q · 2 years ago

  rev-x oil supplement to prevent corrosion when running methanol

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  @cheatinggravity173 · 1 month ago

  I had a chance to check this car out at pike&apos;s peak this year. I went not knowing anything about Robin or his program, but could tell I was looking at something special and walked around it a bit just soking in all the fine engineering. Robin was sitting in the car and they were prepping for the morning run so didnt want to dusturb the team too much but feom what I saw the fit, finish, and thought that went into this car is amazing.

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  @PPekka · 2 years ago

  And thats just so awesome that a frickn Pikes Peak champion uses Assetto Corsa as a developing tool for his actual race car is just mind blowing and speaks tons of the quality of the simulation!!

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  @TamTran-vw7zm · 1 year ago

  This was so good, i watched it again. Thank you Robin.

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  @dmcharlestt · 2 years ago

  This has gotta be my favorite upcoming build. The ideas and reasoning are simple and brilliant

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