The ATL Automobiles & Automakers Thread.

Supercharged Viper V10 with 9.5:1 compression is possible (but more likely engine destroying), but 18.8:1 is diesel engine compression territory, I would be highly surprised if a naturally-aspirated F1 car has any more than about 15.0:1 compression. I don't think the best fuel in the world could last to 18.8:1 compression.
 
Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey
Model Name: BMW i8 GTO
Manufacturer:
- BMW Motorsport (engine, drivetrain)
- Siemens Drive Technologies (hybrid system)
- Crawford Composites (chassis central section)
- Coyote Racing Cars (chassis ends, bodywork)
Model Type: Silhouette Racing Car
Model Year: 2012-2018
Origin:
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany (engine, drivetrain, hybrid system)
- Littleton, Colorado, United States of America (chassis center section)
- Calverton, New York, United States of America (bodywork, chassis assembly)

Engine:
- BMW B58SR10 3000cc twin-turbocharged inline-six
- Siemens 2SCR kinetic energy recovery system (2 Siemens SR70K motor-generator units, Altairnano Technologies parallel lithium-ion battery/ultracapacitor energy storage)
Power: 627 hp @ 8750 rpm (gas engine), 794 hp @ 7000 rpm (with KERS boost)
Torque: 410 ft-lbs @ 7500 rpm (gas engine), 840 ft-lbs @ 4500 rpm (with KERS boost)
Drivetrain: Mid-engined, all-wheel-drive (KERS system operates on front wheels, gas engine on the back)
Transmission: Aisin Seiki SR804B eight-speed semi-automatic transmission
Weight: 1,175 kg (2,593 lbs) minimum

0-100 km/h: 3.7 seconds
Top Speed: 210+ mph (est.) 194.65 mph (qualifications, 2012 24 Hours of Daytona)
MSRP: $525,000 (limited)
Number Produced: 27

The dreams of a single set of Grand Touring car rulebooks went back right to the very beginnings of the grand touring car era of sports car racing in the early to mid-1990s, and through multiple evolutions of the rulebook, the differences of opinion between the world's various sports car organizing bodies made sure that commonalities, where they were found, were fleeting and rare....until the perfection of the GT3 rulebook by Stephane Ratel and his SRO organization in the late 2000s, followed by the evolution into something more of the GTE class cars at Le Mans in the early 2010s. For IMSA, however, things got different - the economic downturn of 2007-2008 and the financial problems that both rattled Detroit and shook the entire world's economy during that time period, when combined with the creation of the World Endurance Championship in 2008, caused a massive and precipitous drop-off in the field size for the IMSA American Le Mans Series' top classes. Faced with this but blessed with the series' top-notch GT categories, the introduction of GT3 cars in North America and involvement with the Japan Auto Federation and Germany's ITR over the Class One rulebook, focused its efforts on the creation of a single grand touring car rulebook for themselves, but quickly found out it was liked by others around the world.

The result in late 2010 was the WSC/LMP era which had begun in 1994 ended with the introduction of the GTO category, while the existing ACO GT2 class became GTE, the GT3 category came into its own as GTS and the monster tube-framed Trans-Am cars entered the series as AAGT. The introduction of the cars, which combined cost-effective rules with both high-tech features and a surprising amount of technical flexibility, was an instant hit when IMSA began operations with the rulebook in 2012, and was surprised to find the Super GT series in Japan doing the same at the same time, while the DTM series soon had an agreement with the existing ADAC GT Masters series for combined multi-class races on multiple occasions. The agreements allowed for the Super GT's combination of its 'mother chassis' GT300 cars to be integrated with the FIA GT3 cars, while the GTE cars swelled rapidly in both power and aggression, with Ferrari replacing the mid-engined 458 Italia with the awesome LaFerrari GTE and Porsche replacing the 911 GT3 with the 918 GTE for the category, while the competitors from Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Aston Martin, Lexus and BMW soon upped the pace of existing cars. It added up to new cars for most of the field in 2012, and it showed in IMSA's popularity, which thanks to the new, high-tech cars, multiple fan-engagement projects and a wide marketing program during 2011 grew quite substantially in 2012 and continued on an upward trajectory.

Of the GTO cars, the BMW i8, Mazda Furai, Lotus Esprit and Acura NSX-R went for mid-engined layouts, the i8 and NSX taking the 75 kg weight penalty for hybrid cars in return for a considerable amount of boost power, while the Ford Mustang, Toyota Supra, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, Audi RS5 and Nissan GT-R Class One chassis went with front-engined designs and only the Supra using hybrid power. As per the Class One rules, all cars had a spec carbon fiber center tub with a ultra-high-strength steel roll cage and carbon fiber-reinforced steel tube-frame structures on either end of the chassis, the Class One tub design made specifically to allow both mid-engined and front-engined cars to compete using it. Only three makers - one each in Germany, America and Japan - were contracted to make the Class One center, but anybody could make an outside chassis for it if they wished, and more than a few companies and teams did, but the cost control rules - complete, ready-to-race chassis had to be able to be bought from any manufacturer at a maximum cost of $450,000, including everything except an engine and an optional KERS system - did make sure as few people were priced out as possible. Engine rules were more than a little wide-open - production-based engines were allowed up to 6400cc naturally aspirated, 3800cc using forced induction and up to 5500cc when running on diesel fuel, while naturally-aspirated racing engines were allowed up to 4000cc when naturally-aspirated and up to 2200cc when using forced induction.

The i8 GTO was built using a Siemens-built energy recovery system similar to that which saw use in Formula One cars in the mid-2000s, using two geared motor-generator units and a battery-ultracapacitor bank to recover power and release it as a support to the gas engine. The car was powered by BMW's then-brand new S58 inline-six engine, which used twin turbochargers and fluid-to-air intercoolers for power, which soon gained a reputation for being both fast-revving and powerful at medium to high RPM ranges while weaker at lower speeds, a problem largely negated by the use of the KERS system in the i8 GTO. A transversely-mounted eight-speed semiautomatic gearbox and a mechanical limited-slip differential put the power to the wheels. The four different gearbox makers of the Class One cars - Aisin Seiki, Hewland, BorgWarner and Westland - all made eight-speed gearboxes for the Class One cars, with the taller-geared Westland and BorgWarner units seeing more use on the bigger-engined Mustang, C63 AMG and RS5 made up for the taller gears with torque, while a special short-gear Aisin Seiki unit was used in the Wankel Rotary-engined Furai.

Aerodynamically, the cars were designed wild and stayed that way. The rules allowed 'simple' active aerodynamics such as drag reduction flaps, rear wings and air brakes, and all cars used them. Tires were limited in grip by the requirement that they could only be changed on every other pit stop and all tires and all compounds had to be available to all teams who sought them, conditions that didn't stop Michelin, Continental, Goodyear, Bridgestone and Yokohama from competing. The cars used mostly-flat underfloors but with excavators, splitters and diffusers as well as spec-sized hanging wings. The chassis were all designed tough and durable, and while the crazy aero may well otherwise dissuade people from playing tough, competition in all three Class One series soon showed how untrue this was.

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BTW, the 2015 IMSA Series eligible cars are:

GTO
- Acura NSX-R Concept GT
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Touring Evolution
- Audi RS5 Class One
- BMW i8 GTO
- BMW M4 DTM
- Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.R
- Ford Mustang Ecoboost GTO
- Lotus Esprit GTO
- Mazda Furai M4
- Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG DTM
- Nissan GT-R GT500
- Toyota Supra FT-1R

GTE
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Evo
- BMW Z4 GTE
- Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
- Dodge Viper GTS.R
- Ferrari LaFerrari GTE
- Ford GT40 LM
- Lexus LFA LMGT
- Lotus Evora GSR
- McLaren P1 GTE
- Porsche 918 Spyder GTE
- Renault-Alpine RS.01
- Vector M18 R2

GTS
- Alfa Romeo 4C GT3
- Aston Martin V12 Vantage
- Audi R8 LMS
- Bentley Continental GT3
- BMW M6 GT3
- Cadillac ATS-V.R
- Callaway Corvette Stingray GT3
- Dodge Viper GT3-R
- Ferrari 488 GT3
- Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R-C
- Ginetta G55 GT3
- Honda CR-Z GT300 [1]
- Jaguar F-Type R GT3
- Lamborghini Huracan GT3
- Lexus RC-F GT3
- Lotus Exige V6 GT3
- Lotus Evora GT300 [1]
- Maserati GranTurismo GT3
- McLaren 650S GT3
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Competition GT3
- Nissan GT-R GT3
- Panoz Esperante GTLM GT3
- Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
- Saleen S5R Raptor Unlimited
- Subaru Legacy B4 RSV [1]
- Toyota GT86 GT300 [1]
- Toyota Prius Superperformance [1]

[1] These cars are GT300 cars built on the Super GT GT300 'mother chassis'.
 
Supercharged Viper V10 with 9.5:1 compression is possible (but more likely engine destroying), but 18.8:1 is diesel engine compression territory, I would be highly surprised if a naturally-aspirated F1 car has any more than about 15.0:1 compression. I don't think the best fuel in the world could last to 18.8:1 compression.

1.) 9.5:1 is the actual compression ratio of the Dodge Charger/Challenger Hellcat.

2.) The engine on that Miata utilizes Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition, which allows for unusually high compression ratios. It's probably going to cause the engine to explode but the Miata is a race car, so exploding after a while is fine.
 
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· Timeline: None in particular
· Model Name: Chrysler Tiger
· Manufacturer: Chrysler UK
· Model Type: 2-door Convertible / 2-door Coupe
· Model Lifetimes: 1968-1976
· Origin: UK
· Engine: 4.0 All-Alloy Chrysler V8 (known as the Chrysler UK V8)
· Power: 180-280 hp
· Drivetrain: Front-engined, Rear-wheel-drive
· Transmission: 5-speed manual / 3-speed auto
· Weight: 1104kg (?)
· 0-60 mph: 8-6.5 seconds
· Top Speed: 124-135 mph
· Number Produced (overall): 18000
· OTL Equivalent: Sunbeam Tiger with alternate suitable Chrysler engine (assuming Chrysler built a real-life 1950s-1960s equivalent to the 215 Buick V8, Hemi-head or not)

When Chrysler took over the Rootes Group, one of the first things it did was to investigate whether Chrysler's own V8 engines could be fitted into Sunbeam Tiger to replace the Ford V8s.

There was concern as it appeared the Chrysler V8s would not fit into the Sunbeam Tiger like they did with the Humber Super Snipe / Humber Imperial and at one point the 300 lbs 2.5 CFA Coventry Climax V8 was considered as an alternative, when the people at Chrysler recalled a compact 4.0 All-Alloy derivative of the Chrysler LA V8s intended to counter the 215 Buick V8 (that was later acquired by Rover), which though weighing more then both the Coventry Climax and Buick V8 engines at 364 lbs was still much lighter then the 506 lbs Ford Windsor V8s.

The 4.0 Chrysler All-Alloy V8 would end up proving to not only be suitable to power the Sunbeam Tiger now renamed Chrysler Tiger but other large Chrysler UK / Europe models as well becoming known as the Chrysler UK V8 (being named for where it was built), thanks mostly to the (ATL) former Rootes Group's well-regarded reputation in reliably building All-Alloy Coventry Climax-based engines from the 800-1150cc Imp engine to the 1250-1750cc Swallow engine (ATL Hillman Imp and Swallow were built in Ryton at an expanded factory instead of at Linwood).
 
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Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey
Model Name: Toyota Supra FT-1R
Manufacturer:
- Toyota Racing Development Division, Toyota Motor Corporation (engine, drivetrain)
- Aisin Seiki Electronics Division (hybrid system)
- Crawford Composites (chassis central section)
- Toyota Racing Development North America (chassis ends, bodywork)
Model Type: Silhouette Racing Car
Model Year: 2014-2018
Origin:
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (engine)
- Toyota City, Aichi, Japan (drivetrain, hybrid system)
- Littleton, Colorado, United States of America (chassis center section)
- Long Beach, California, United States of America (bodywork, chassis assembly)

Engine:
- Toyota RV8M 4000cc V8
- Aisin Seiki / Toyota Power Technologies Future Synergy Drive kinetic energy recovery system (2x Aisin Seiki E15 motor-generator units, Panasonic parallel lithium-ion battery/ultracapacitor energy storage)
Power: 622 hp @ 10200 rpm (gas engine), 807 hp @ 7000 rpm (with KERS boost)
Torque: 359 ft-lbs @ 7600 rpm (gas engine), 819 ft-lbs @ 4700 rpm (with KERS boost)
Engine Redline: 11000 rpm
Drivetrain: Front-engined, all-wheel-drive (KERS system operates on front wheels, gas engine on the back)
Transmission: Aisin Seiki SR805A eight-speed semi-automatic transmission
Weight: 1,175 kg (2,593 lbs) minimum

0-100 km/h: 3.8 seconds
Top Speed: 220 mph (est.) 195.19 mph (qualifications, 2014 24 Hours of Daytona)
MSRP: $525,000 (limited)
Number Produced: 35

Toyota launched into the Class One era in 2012 with a machine based on the Lexus LF-CC concept car built with the 4805cc 1LR-GUE engine from the Lexus LFA, primarily because early on Toyota's efforts were focused on Japan and the introduction and growth of the Lexus brand there. That effort proved more than a little successful, but it didn't take long before IMSA was on Toyota's radar, and when Toyota began preparing an IMSA effort, the new-for-2015 MkVI Supra was the ideal starting point in terms of bodywork design.

What Toyota came up with for IMSA was more than a little spectacular, powered by the howling 4.0-liter V8 designed and built for the GP2 Asia series, producing over 600 horsepower and as reliable as a rock, combining it with the hybrid system developed for Toyota's LMP1 program, though with the system tuned down to allow the car's energy recovery system to have a longer duration to handle the longer straights on several American racing circuits. Mated to an eight-speed Aisin Seiki gearbox and working though a limited-slip differential and an independent traction control system, the FT-1R entered IMSA with reliability not being even a tiny bit of a concern. Toyota's factory team entered with the same Yokohama tires used by its Japanese factory squads, and with American teams using the same Crawford Composites center chassis most teams used, but with a TRD-developed chassis meant to hold the chassis, and Toyota contracted the teams that had used their cars for years in IMSA, namely the Rebellion, Michael Shank and K-Pax teams, as well as TRD North America's own entry into IMSA.

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Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey
Model Name: Alfa Romeo Giulia Touring Evolution
Manufacturer:
- Alfa Romeo Corse (drivetrain, bodywork)
- Hendrick Auto Racing Engines (engine)
- Gibson Technologies (chassis central section)
- Dallara Automobili (chassis ends)
Model Type: Silhouette Racing Car
Model Year: 2012-2018
Origin:
- Turin, Piedmont, Italy (drivetrain, bodywork)
- Warren, Michigan, United States of America (engine)
- Repton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (chassis central section)
- Varano de' Melegari, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (chassis ends)

Engine: Alfa Romeo Competitizione Version 2A 3813cc twin-turbocharged V6
Power: 685 hp @ 8400 rpm (gas engine)
Torque: 612 ft-lbs @ 5000 rpm
Engine Redline: 8750 rpm
Drivetrain: Front-engined, rear-wheel-drive
Transmission: Hewland FH150A eight-speed semi-automatic transmission
Weight: 1,125 kg (2,483 lbs) minimum

0-100 km/h: 3.7 seconds
Top Speed: 220 mph (est.) 192.87 mph (qualifications, 2014 24 Hours of Daytona)
MSRP: $480,000 (limited)
Number Produced: 14

Alfa Romeo didn't originally look at IMSA as the place to race its then-new Giulia sedan, namely owing to the already-good position its Alfa Romeo 159 predecessor had punched out in the North America after the company was taken over by General Motors as part of the Fiat-General Motors settlement in 2000. The original intent of the car was to run in the DTM against the rivals from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, but needless to say things didn't quite turn out that way, owing more than anything to Alfa Romeo's desire to use its DTM-conquering (David Coulthard was the 2013 DTM champion for Alfa Romeo) Giulia in the awesome IMSA series. After appearing at the 2013 Suzuka 1000 km, the Giulias jumped into IMSA in 2014, ready to do battle.

The Alfas, in keeping with their DTM origins, used the European builder of the Class One central section (British carbon composites maker Gibson Technologies was the builder here) while Alfa had contracted Dallara to make the rest of the chassis for the car. Alfa Romeo's signature bodywork was modified to work with the Class One rules, and the Giulia Touring Evolution was built as a front-engine, rear wheel drive car with a slightly unconventional drivetrain, the gearbox being mounted at the back in a transaxle arrangement which, when combined with the massively pushed-back engine, gave the car a somewhat slanted 48/52 front/rear weight balance, which Alfa Romeo justified on the basis that it might help the bulbous Giulia better compete with the mid-engined Lotus Esprit, BMW i8, Mazda Furai and Acura NSX competition.

The Giulia was fitted with a Hendrick-built variant of the GM High-Feature V6 engine that saw use in the Giulia GTA, with the engine's bore punched out to 97mm to give a displacement of 3813cc. Short-skirt pistons, titanium connecting rods, a finely-tuned aluminum alloy crankshaft and gear-driven valvetrain made sure the big V6 could rev quickly, and the turbocharged motor was known both in the DTM and in IMSA for its prodigious torque. A higher-pressure cooling system gave the car a better cooling system than was common on most of the other racers, while a rear-mounted oil tank gave the engine a better oil cooling situation than competitors as well. An eight-speed Hewland transaxle proved up to the task, and while the non-hybrid Giulia was only two-wheel driven, the different in traction in most competition was minimal, and the lighter weight proved beneficial to the car's competition.

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KERS cars vs. non-KERS cars? That's gonna be interesting.

KERS-equipped cars have greater weight and less overall power, so they suffer some at higher speeds, but they make up for it in immense mid-range grunt. They force drivers to drive differently, and many competitors try to use the KERS boost sparingly in normal racing, preferring to use it when going around lap traffic or trying to overtake. It gives teams an element of strategy gaming, though at a slight disadvantage in terms of normal power and weight.
 
Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey
Model Name: Ferrari LaFerrari GTE
Manufacturer: Scuderia Ferrari
Model Type: Grand Touring Racing Car
Model Year: 2014-2018
Origin: Maranello, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Engine:
- Ferrari F140RV 6262cc V12
- Magnetti Marelli SV04 kinetic energy recovery system (2x SV4EM motor-generators, ESR02 parallel lithium-ion battery / ultracapacitor energy storage)
Power: 665 hp @ 8500 rpm (gas engine), 778 hp @ 5000 rpm (with KERS boost)
Torque: 521 ft-lbs @ 5100 rpm (gas engine), 685 ft-lbs @ 3800 rpm (with KERS boost)
Engine Redline: 9000 rpm
Drivetrain: Mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive
Transmission: Fiat Powertrain Technologies V25R seven-speed double-clutch semi-automatic
Weight: 1,300 kg (2,869 lbs) minimum

0-100 km/h: 3.8 seconds
Top Speed: 230 mph (est.) 190.50 mph (qualifications, 2014 24 Hours of Daytona)
MSRP: $1,000,000 (limited)
Number Produced: 35

With the IMSA / DTM-ADAC / Super GT rulebook written, the evolution of GTE cars quickly followed, as the ACO and FIA quickly realized that the strongest class of GTE cars in the world - the IMSA GTE category - would rapidly come to define the class, and while the ACO tended to want to make their own rules all the time, they could see the obvious, and when Ferrari NART, Risi Competitzione and Autoquest Technologies did a deal with Ferrari to develop the new range-topping LaFerrari into a GT racing contender (and McLaren was quick to follow with its equally-awesome P1), the ACO took note of the obvious and adapted the rules to suit, salivating at the prospect of the greatest supercars of modern times running at Le Mans.

Both Ferrari and McLaren were helped in the development of their GTE contenders by customer demands for semi-racing versions of their already-incredible hybrid sports cars, and so the FXX-K became the basis for the LaFerrari GTE, including the use of the active aerodynamics of the FXX-K and many of the engine improvements of modern Ferraris, with the F140 engine in the LaFerrari being developed for GTE duty with an eye towards tractable power and fuel efficiency, as the street-legal variants of the big V12 had little difficulty making the power needed in stock form. Ferrari chose to keep the KERS system in the LaFerrari GTE in the interest of improving fuel efficiency, while tuning the system to complement the big V12, despite the 60 kg weight penalty that the hybrid system forced onto the car. Indeed, Ferrari's FXX customer-racer program proved to be beneficial, as many of the best drivers of the program were able to take a crack at the GTE prototypes, as well as Ferrari's F1 drivers all also testing the car before it ever saw competition.

The LaFerrari and P1 efforts were well known before they raced, and it showed in the development of rivals, and when they arrived at the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona, the LaFerrari began the race on class pole, but it did so with a Dodge Viper GTS-R just 0.245 seconds back and the menacing Corvette C7.Rs close behind. Ferrari's new GT racer, however, didn't take long to make an impact, and the AF Corse and Ferrari Club of Japan teams would be the first international customers to take delivery of their cars, turning an IMSA effort into a global one....

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The Grandest Grand Champion, and its secret story.

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Timeline: Willa Cather Landing/Land of Confusion/Winter of Discontent (The "Catherverse")
Model Name/Manufacturer: Hendrick Grand Champion E3
Model Year: 1988
Nation of Origin: Confederate States of America
Fabrication at Richard Childress Racing Special Concepts Works at Concord, North Carolina CSA
Final assembly at Hendrick Performance Manufactory at Concord, North Carolina CSA
Production run: 1988
Number built: 1,000
Engine: 358 ci Hendrick HM-8 turbocharged race-spec block V-8
Horsepower(optional, but recommended): 700 bhp
Drivetrain: rear-wheel drive
Transmission: 5-speed BrewerSport manual
Weight: 3,501 pounds
Description: 2-door coupe/NASCAR-spec competition vehicle

It was the most potent version of the popular Grand Champion muscle car ever built.

It was born of celebration. After legendary driver (now-Hendrick Motor Corporation motorsports director) Dale Earnhardt won his third straight NASCAR Championship in 1988, Hendrick Motors built 1,000 special edition Hendrick Grand Champion SS models with a 700-hp turbocharged version of their HM-8 small block competition V8. Every car was painted black with a special "E3" championship badge, giving the car its name.

The car itself is perhaps the fastest production vehicle ever built within the Confederate States. A special modified version, driven by Dale Earnhardt bested the world closed-course speed record, averaging 243.375 miles per hour in testing run at Talladega International Speedway, Alabama -- 17 July 1988. However due to the FIAs false "ban" on Confederate participation in so-called "free world" motorsport, the record is not listed or honored by the godless, eurohomosexuals of the FIA.

Earnhardt was given the first ten cars built. Richard Childress, team principal of Hendrick's frontline NASCAR car team received the eleventh. 20 cars overall, where gifts to those at the highest levels of Hendrick Motors' racing activities. The rest were sold. Many of them snapped up by enterprising collectors in the Confederacy, among its allied nations and even a few outside of Confederate sphere of influence. Unconfirmed reports speculate the certain high-profile pro-Confederate figures in the free world have copies of the vehicle (ex: IRNA financier Donald Trump, according to tax records, purchased one in violation of the Javits Embargo Act, yet was allowed to keep the vehicle in a settlement with the IRNA government in 1993.)

According to records many of the cars have survived. Because of the rarity and difficulty in obtaining one, the car commands top dollar on the current auto auction market.

Earlier this year, a Russian collector paid 2.85 million pound sterling to an Australian collector for an E3 and it cause a spike of renewed interest in the car, as other collectors are beginning to look for potential buyers.

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SCLC SUPPORTERS FILE #21801823

SUBJECT: EARNHARDT, RALPH DALE. BORN: 29 APRIL 1951 KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA CSA
SPECIALTY: FIFTH COLUMN SUPPORTER

Earnhardt is a racing champion in the Confederate States and the current head of motorsports operations for Hendrick Motor Corporation.

He has also been a prominent "fifth column" supporter among white Confederate citizens. His main operations specialty has been using his position and contacts to secure financial support for the cause of freedom.

In the 1990s, Dale appropriated millions of pounds for the cause through the proceeds of a sale of a collection of a special-built version of the Hendrick Grand Champion automobile. The copies of his "E3" he sold to a number of private collectors directly went into bolstering our educational and military activities.

According to rumor, one of the copies is in the hands of the intelligence arm of the PRSBF, but we cannot confirm this.



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^ So, am I correct in reading that as Earnhardt being a supporter of those opposed to the Confederacy? Interesting. I had him be a NASCAR legend, top-drawer team owner, Daytona-winning sports car racer and later the head of GM's motorsports activities, but that's pretty crazy....
 
Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey
Model Name: Acura NSX-R Concept GT
Manufacturer:
- Honda Engine Development (engine, drivetrain)
- Mugen Project Motorsports (bodywork)
- Dome Cars (chassis central section)
- Honda Performance Development (chassis ends)
Model Type: Silhouette Racing Car
Model Year: 2012-2018
Origin:
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan (engine, drivetrain)
- Asaka, Saitama, Japan (bodywork)
- Maibara, Shiga, Japan (chassis central section)
- Santa Clarita, California, USA (chassis ends)

Engine:
- Mugen-Honda J37-V2MH 3746cc turbocharged V6
- Honda SuperFuture kinetic energy recovery system (2x Honda EM023 64 kW electric motors, 2x Honda EM024A 24 kW electric motors, Panasonic parallel lithium-ion battery/ultracapacitor energy storage)
Power: 656 hp @ 7800 rpm (gas engine), 828 hp @ 4600 rpm (with KERS boost)
Torque: 475 ft-lbs @ 6000 rpm (gas engine), 840 ft-lbs @ 3200 rpm (with KERS boost)
Engine Redline: 8500 rpm
Drivetrain: Mid-engined, all-wheel-drive (KERS system operates on all wheels, gas engine on the rear wheels)
Transmission: Aisin Seiki Aisin Seiki SR804B eight-speed semi-automatic
Weight: 1,175 kg (2,593 lbs) minimum

0-100 km/h: 3.6 seconds
Top Speed: 215 mph (est.) 194.52 mph (qualifications, 2014 24 Hours of Daytona)
MSRP: $480,000 (limited)
Number Produced: 26

Honda entered the Class One era with both a reputation to keep up in North America as well as the Super GT series, and with the 2011 Tohuku Earthquake and Tsunami's awesome ravages having sunk a lot of the country down - and as has been proven many times by Japan, many of the nation's leaders look at such poor times as opportunities to prove the worth of a company or individual by doing something amazing. As with Toyota and Nissan, the result for Honda was that its entry into the Class One wars would have to be something special.

It was.

The NSX road car and race cars were developed with painstaking precision and effort by Honda, and such was the case with the race cars. Powered by a variant of the NSX road car's turbocharged V6 engine (though with Mugen cylinder heads) and outfitted with a similar hybrid system to the road car, the NSX Concept GT was in many ways a way of showing what the car's drivetrain was capable of delivering. That drivetrain was put into a Dome-built Class One central chassis and a Honda Performance Development-built outside chassis (even for the Super GT chassis) and using Aisin gearboxes, Panasonic batteries and Bridgestone tires, an all-Japanese combination that proved to be excellent right out of the box, as proved when the first two Super GT races for the NSX both ended with the car victorious. It wasn't quite the same story in North America, but the HPD, Extreme Speed Motorsports and Starworks Motorsports teams came into the series strong, and the NSX proved to be a competitive car right from the start.

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^ So, am I correct in reading that as Earnhardt being a supporter of those opposed to the Confederacy?

Dale Earnhardt Sr. has been a longtime friend of the Freedom Movement in the shadows as a racer and as an executive with Hendrick Motors Corporation, a sales and manufacturing arm of General Motors similar to Holden, Vauxhall and Opel IOTL.
 
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· Timeline: None in particular
· Model Name: Yugo Brio
· Manufacturer: Zastava / Yugo
· Model Type: 3-door hatchback / 2-door cabriolet
· Model Lifetime: 1986-2008
· Origin: Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia)
· Engine: 999cc Fiat FIRE 4-cylinder
· Power: 50 hp
· Drivetrain: Front-engined, Front-wheel-drive
· Transmission: 4-speed (later 5-speed) manual / 3-speed auto
· Weight: 650-700kg (?)
· 0-60 mph: 14 seconds
· Top Speed: 90 mph
· Number Produced (overall): 1.6 million
· OTL Equivalent: Autobianchi A112

Though the Autobianchi A112 ceased production in 1986, it would go on to be produced by Zastava / Yugo pitched below the ATL Yugo Koral as a more direct city car replacement for the Zastava 750 that ended production a year prior yet unlike the Yugo Koral, the much smaller Brio never reached America.

Early Yugo Brio models were initially powered by existing 40-48 hp 903-965cc Fiat 100 Series OHV engines (followed by a 40 hp 899cc variant) until they were finally replaced in the early-1990s by 38-50 hp 769-999cc Fiat FIRE engines.

Over time as with the previous Autobianchi A112, the Brio has attracted an enthusiastic following including use as a low-cost entry to motor racing, where tuned Brios are typically fitted with more powerful 55-100 hp + 1108-1368cc FIRE engines.

Along with the larger Yugo Koral and Yugo Skala, production of the Yugo Brio would end in 2008.
 
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Timeline: The East is Red
Model Name: Ford Fusion RS
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Corporation
Model Type: Muscle Car
Model Year: 2015
Origin: Dearborn, Michigan
Production Run: 2006-

Engine: Front mounted, 3.6L inline 6, twin turbo (Voodoo 217)
Aspiration: Twin Ecoboost variable geometry turbochargers

Compression Ratio: 10.7:1

Valvetrain: Dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder.
Fuel System: Electronic injection, direct and port

Power: 612 hp @ 7000 rpm
Torque: 576 lb/ft. @ 3500 rpm
Redline: 7500 rpm

Drivetrain: Front-engine, all-wheel drive.
Transmission: Ford 11 speed dual clutch transmission
Differential Ratio: 3.73:1
Weight: 1700 kg
0-100 km/h: ~3.0s
Top Speed: 175 mph

MSRP: $78,000
Number Produced: ~2,500

Description:

"This thing's got moves. Jesus fuckin' Christ, this thing's got moves."-Matt Farah, Host, Drive TV

"I think we might have a candidate for a new Ring taxi."-Sabine Schmitz, Senior Test Driver, Eisenach Motor Works

"It's like driving mom's sedan. Sideways. Into a tree."-Jason Gomez, Test Driver, Autoblog

The regular Ford Fusion is a boring enough sedan with slightly lower than average horsepower and somewhat poor sales numbers compared to the near ubiquitous Chevrolet Malibu. While Ford doesn't have an uprated version of the Fusion, like Chevrolet does with the Malibu and the Chevelle, there are numerous performance versions of the Fusion, such as the track focused Fusion RS.

With its race bred 3.6L inline 6, magnetic suspension and carbon fiber wheels, the Fusion RS can easily beat the stock Eisenach M3 around a track. However, the Fusion RS is heavier and more complex than its primary competitor, the Chevrolet Nova SS (1).

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(1): To be fair, the Chevrolet Nova SS ITTL is a goddamn beast and by far the best vehicle in its class.
 
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Timeline: The East is Red
Model Name: Dodge Hellcat ACR
Manufacturer: Fiat SpA
Model Type: Muscle Car
Model Year: 2015
Origin: Auburn Hills, Michigan
Production Run: 2008-

Engine: Front-mid mounted, 8.4L V10, supercharged (Viper V10)
Aspiration: 2.3L Lysholm twin screw supercharger

Compression Ratio: 10.2:1

Valvetrain: Pushrod, 2 valves per cylinder
Fuel System: Electronic injection, direct and port

Power: 916 hp @ 7000 rpm
Torque: 854 lb/ft. @ 3500 rpm
Redline: 7500 rpm

Drivetrain: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive.
Transmission: 6 speed manual transmission
Differential Ratio: 3.73:1
Weight: 2000 kg
0-100 km/h: ~2.8s
Top Speed: 205 mph

MSRP: $138,000
Number Produced: Not many

Description:

"Things like gas mileage, handling or practicality are thrown out of the window in favor of 'MURICA... Well...not handling, this thing handles disturbingly well for a 4400 lb. slab of supercharged American muscle." -Jason Gomez, Test Driver, Autoblog

"It feels heavy, not like a Bentley or Cadillac, no... It's more like enraged cattle, all stampeding towards a single point in space. An inexorable rush of power."
-Harry Metcalfe, Editor in Chief, Evo Magazine

"...And it's rear wheel drive only. None of that fancy torque vectoring bullshit.
"-Anonymous Internet Commenter

There's nothing more American than a V8 muscle car. The only thing more American than a V8 is a V10, which is like a V8 with 25% more America. This version of the Hellcat has a supercharged V10, which makes it super American.
 
To Do List, Reposted Again:

-Fuller Motorsports 1976 Porsche 934 (DONE)
-Camilla's '79 Civic (DONE)
-2015 Alpina B5 (DONE)
-1972 Pontiac Lemans Beater (V12 swap) (DONE)
-2015 Nissan Skyline GTR Nismo (DONE)
-Hitman Mustang Mach 1 Repromod (DONE)
-2015 Team Shinoda Yumi Mustang (DONE)
-2015 Fisker/Galpin RR Phantom (DONE)
-1979 Toyota Cressida hot rod (DONE)
-Urban Outlaw Porsche 912 (DONE)
-2013 Alpera Super Beetle (DONE)
-2011 Toyota LFA V8 swap (DONE)
-RWB 911 Platinum (because some people never learn)
-2016 Chevrolet Suburban Heavy Duty
-2015 Ford Mustang Boss 429
-2016 Modena Group Dino (DONE)
-2016 Bugatti Galibier
-2015 Range Rover Autobiography Edition (DONE)
-2015 Mazda Miata GT (DONE)
-2016 Chevrolet Camaro COPO (DONE)
-2016 Volvo S60 Polestar
-2015 Porsche 921
-2016 Shelby 1500
-Fuller Motorsports Porsche 914 (DONE)
-Camilla's Escalade
-2015 Ford Transit Baja (DONE)
-2015 Ford Explorer ST
-2016 BMW X5M
-Team Shinoda Yumi Jaguar F Type (DONE)
-Chris Harris' "Kermit" Porsche 911
-2016 Lotus Elite (DONE)
-2015 Mercedes Benz G-Wagen (DONE)
-2016 Cadillac El Dorado
-Singer Panamera
-2016 Renault Alpine A110
-Samco Bronco Baja, Rod Hall Edition
-2015 GMC Reaper
-Alpera Super Beetle Classic (V12)
-Ford Mustang GT350H 50th Anniversary Edition (DONE)
-2012 MG MGB RV8 (DONE)
-2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD
-2014 Rebellion R2K
-2016 Alpina B4 3.0 CSL (DONE)

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2nd Set:

-2016 Mazdaspeed 3
-2015 Honda Accord Type R
-1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 454 (Galpin Restomod)
-2016 Honda Pilot
-2011 Nissan Silvia S16
-2015 Icona Vulcan
-1973 Pontiac Trans-Am Firebird (Fuller)
-Fuller Motorsports 911 991 GT1
-2013 Morgan Aero 8
-2018 Modena Group F90
-Mary's Nissan (240Z)
-2016 Maserati La Maserati
-2015 Jeep Renegade
-2014 McLaren R1
-2015 Mustang GT500 K/R (DONE)
-2015 BMW M1 Hatchback
-Dongfeng Metro Sleeper (Geo Metro hotrod)
-Team Shinoda "Tweety" Cobra R (Mustang Cobra R) (DONE)
-Qilin Racing BJ212 (Hummer X Body)
-2011 Lada Niva Rogue (DONE)
-2016 Land Rover Defender
-1985 Volga V12
-2013 Lancia Stratos Group R
-S550 Ford Mustang Gulf Oil Edition
-Team Shinoda Focus Homaru
-2017 Nissan Skyline R36 GTR
-2012 DeTomaso Pantera
-2015 AMC AMX
-2015 Eleanor Mustang
-2016 Nissan 400Z
-2016 DeLorean DMC12
-Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003 Boss 390 Edition
-2013 Ford Edge Baja Edition
-2011 Nissan IDX Nismo Edition
-Chevrolet Camaro SEMA Retromod
-Singer Porsche 911 Gulf Oil Edition
-Ford GT GTE/LMP
-2016 Chevrolet Corvette Zora
-2016 Alfa Romeo 4C
-Christian von Koenigsegg's Ford Granada
-RWB/Fuller Yumi 934/64 IROC
-2015 Ford Fusion RS (DONE)
-2017 Maserati Alfieri

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3rd Set:

-2016 Koenigsegg Regera RS
-2015 MG Icon Rallysport
-2015 SAIC MG6
-2016 Fuller Cobra 427 Naginata Edition
-2016 Citroen Metropolis
-2008 Toyota Century
-2017 La Maserati
-2010 Chery/Geely GT
-2016 Volkswagen C Coupe GTE
-2016 BYD Ghost Wolf (E-Wolf)
-2015 Kia Rio/Lincoln Zephyr
-Audi R3 Clubsport
-2015 MG CS SUV
-2016 Saleen S9
-Roush Coyote Miata
-2016 Cadillac Ciel
-2014 Honda Accord Type R
-2016 Honda Pilot Type R
-2014 Plymouth Barracuda (DONE)
-Lingenfelter Chevrolet Chevelle Retromod
-Ginetta G60 (DONE)
-BMW 328 Hommage Hotrod
-2011 Alfa Romeo 8C
-2015 Toyota Land Cruiser Desert Runner Edition
-2015 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon VM
-2016 Mustang Mach 1 (DONE)
-Fuller Motorsports Mogami 993 GT2 Evo (DONE)
-2016 Porsche 928/988
-Divorah's CSL 3.0
-2014 Toyota Altezza SE (Lexus ISF)
-2016 Bentley St. Gotthard EXP 10
-2015 McLaren P1 Black Edition
-2015 Honda Civic Type R
-2016 Plymouth Fury
-2016 Porsche Cayman GT4
-2015 BMW M8R (DONE)
-2016 Citroen Survolt
-Top Notch Fox Body
-1985 Ford Mustang GT350R (DONE)

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4th Set:

-2016 Ford Punk
-2015 Ford Thunderbird 60th Anniversary Edition ('49 concept based)
-2010 Ford Capri Reflex
-2015 Toyota Supra RCF GT3
-2016 Porsche 901 Cayman GT2
-2005 Dacia MC
-2016 Arrinera Hussarya
-2015 Mazda 6 RXZ shooting brake
-2015 Ford EX
-2010 Ford Gran Torino
-GMC Mudrunner Hotrod
-2016 Honda HRV
-2020 Honda S2000
-2016 Honda S660 Type R
-2015 Honda NSX
-2015 Hyundai Veloster
-2011 Lincoln Quicksilver (IDEA Sofia body)
-IKA Torino Coupe (Argentina)
-2015 Nissan Leopard (Q80)
-2013 Kia Stinger
-2013 Lincoln Rookwood (Kia Revolution body)
-2014 Kia Sidewinder GTE
-2008 Lada Concept 01
-2017 Lamborghini Asterion
-Lotus Evora GTE
-Mazda Vision GT
-Mitsubishi 4000 GT
-Trabant NT Hatch
-1999 Shelby AC Ace
-Alfa Romeo Nuvola Roadster
-Devon GTX
-Plymouth Howler
-Jingjing's Roadrunner
-Subaru Viziv GT
-Kozmo Fiat 500
-Ruf RGT10 V10
-2016 Lamborghini Aventador
-2014 Ferrari 458 Italia
-2016 Modena Group 383
-2015 Volkswagen Golf R

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5th Set:

-2015 Mercedes Benz S65 AMG Black Edition
-2016 Audi R Zero/TT
-2015 Ford Capri RS
-2016 Aston Martin Lagonda Sedan
-2015 Buick Grand National GNX
-2015 Maserati Gran Cabrio
-2015 Lincoln Navigator L
-Alpera Akinci Polo GTI
-Revology Mustang, 50th Anniversary Edition
-Heinrich's E28 Alpina B5
-2016 Bugatti Chiron Jean Novo Special Edition
-2016 Toyota 86 TRD
-Puritalia Mustang 460
-Koenigsegg Mustang (Tronatic Body)
-Matt Farah's Fox Body
-2015 Honda Prelude
-2016 Honda Legend
-2016 Mazda Furai
-2011 Mazda Cosmo
-2014 Nissan G390
-2015 Chevrolet Corvair MiRay/Buick Wildcat
-2013 Porsche 958/917
-2015 Porsche 914
-2015 Ford Crown Victoria Galaxie
-2015 Ford Fairlane Flex
-2016 Honda CRX/Z (DONE)
-Fuller Customs 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge
-2015 Ford Cobra Bailey Blade edition
-2015 Volkswagen Jetta
-Porsche 930 Minerva Urban Outlaw
-RWB Porsche 964 "Cherry Apple"
-Porsche 964 Blackbird (Fuller)
-2015 Chevrolet Chevelle
-MOMO Porsche 356 Cayman
-Victoria Senna's NSX
-2016 Volvo S90 Polestar
-2015 Nissan R34.5 GT-R "Godzuki" (DONE)
-
Eagle MK1 Retromod
-Lotus/Subaru 818

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6th Set:

-2015 Rolls Royce Peregrine Coupe
-2013 Shelby Series 3
-1987 Ford Cobra GT-V
-1995 Ford GT90
-2016 Ford Mustang GT390 Apollo Edition (DONE)
-Ring Brothers Ford Mustang GT500 Pro Touring
-1978 Ford GT70
-2014 Audi RS6 Avant
-1995 Ferrari F50 GT1
-1997 McLaren F1 GT/LM
-1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L88
-2016 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
-2015 Zhongsheng AMG GTS (DONE)
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2017 Buick Skylark
-Singer Porsche 911
-2015 Dodge Viper ACR-GT (DONE)
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2015 Dodge Hellcat ACR (DONE)
 
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