Comments by "Bob Monkeypimp" (@BobMonkeypimp) on "The £2.5 million V12 GMA T.50 is the next McLaren F1 – and it uses a fan to create downforce" video.

Huge respect to Cosworth for creating Murray's dream engine.
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@Unfiltered.Dopamine It doesn't do 12,100rpm though. The Koenigsegg is also twin turbo compared to Cosworth's NA engine. Koenigsegg have indeed built an amazing engine but it'll not have the driveability or responsiveness of the Cosworth. That's why it'll be accompanied by twin electric motors. However it's still an impressive & fascinating piece of engineering. Freevalve is genius. Now if Koenigsegg were to join 4 of those 3cyl engines together... Well that'd be interesting...
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@r129r16pfl The freevalve system is great but any engine can make 600hp if it's made strong enough to withstand crazy levels of boost.
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It'd probably be the most expensive smoothie you ever make.
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@importanttingwei7747 So if an inline 6 is "the best" then how about two of them with a common crank? A V12 perhaps? Oh & turbos are for people who can't tune. The fact that this V12 revs to 12,100rpm & has a warranty for 50,000 miles is testament to true engineering. But hey, as you say, they could have used an inline 6 & whacked a whole load of boost in it... (yawn) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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@madyogi6164 Would it not be 138 if you include the cars built for testing/crashing?
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@joe125ful Everybody has their own personal taste. You just prefer form over function. Fair enough really. I'm too old to really like flashy, aggressive supercars. I like this T-50, it manages to look both futuristic & retro. Not entirely convinced about the appearance of the fan but I'll wait & see what it looks like in carbon fibre on the production model. I could never afford one... 2.5million is a little out of my price bracket. Unless you want to lend me £2,499,999.
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@joe125ful I'm not so sure, I mean the car still does over 200mph & ticks a lot of supercar boxes. I guess we'll have to wait for the finished product.
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@joe125ful I know he said that 25 of the cars will be track versions but I haven't heard what the difference will be from the road version. Whether you like this car or not, at least it will be interesting to follow.
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@robinhooduk8255 They'll have to test it in 12,000rpm mode as that's the default mode the car starts up in.
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@silasmayes7954 In one of the many previews of this car up on YouTube, Gordon Murray said they'll be programming the ECU to stop the revs dropping too quickly when shifting.
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@0hjaa3.06 I think Cosworth's engine is a bit more special than most. I do wonder how it'll pass emissions but there's probably more leniency since it's a low volume production car.
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@OldSchoolZ-wy2yx Ha ha! 😀 I think it would twist like a pretzel if you accelerated too hard!
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sw4gr1d Nobody said it did. The original poster was questioning how a NA V12 that revs that high is going to pass the stringent emissions tests of today. Obviously at 12,000 rpm it's going to be pushing out more emissions (more rpm, more emissions per minute too). It has to be tested in 12,000rpm mode too as that's the default mode it starts up in. My guess is that it'll be okay for more lenient testing as it's a low volume production car.
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sw4gr1d The car has to be tested in whatever mode it starts up in as default (the reason why most cars default to 'Comfort' mode & not 'sport' mode). In one of the three videos I've seen on this car, Gordon Murray said that the car's default mode was the 12,000rpm mode & not the 9,000rpm mode. I'm not entirely sure but I imagine testing would require the full rev range of the engine in it's default mode (12,000rpm). Again, they'll probably get certain leniency being a small volume manufacturer.
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The emergency services are already on standby..
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