BK Racing Lola Mazda ?

[NismoZ]

Is the ALMS LMP2 BK Motorsports Mazda MZR-R Turbo 4 the same thing as the Atlantic engine with a turbo? If a non turbo F-A engine makes 300hp, what will this one do...500+? Could that powerplant be put in the Swift Atlantic chassis and could it then approach DP01 performance levels? Just wondering. (Matos in as driver at Sebring and the Petit.)

[extramundane]

Is the ALMS LMP2 BK Motorsports Mazda MZR-R Turbo 4 the same thing as the Atlantic engine with a turbo? If a non turbo F-A engine makes 300hp, what will this one do...500+? Could that powerplant be put in the Swift Atlantic chassis and could it then approach DP01 performance levels? Just wondering. (Matos in as driver at Sebring and the Petit.)

It's a brand new, AER-designed/built engine. Completely unrelated to the Atlantic engine.


All New MZR-R Engine
MAZDASPEED engineers in the U.S. and Japan, in conjunction with U.K. based Advanced Engine Research Ltd (AER), will debut an all-new MZR-R prototype engine at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring. The new engine, a clean sheet design, is a turbocharged 2.0 liter in-line four cylinder. The performance goals for the engine are 500hp and 400 lb-ft, with the durability to succeed in such grueling races as the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 10-hour Petit Le Mans. The engineering team is working to incorporate the production-based Mazda Direct Injection Spark Ignition (DISI) system into the race motor. The technical collaboration between Mazda and AER has been non-stop in preparation for the season-opener at Sebring.
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[NismoZ]

Nice! Thankyou...:thumbup: Rumor still has an unnamed manufacturer replacing Ford in CC but it will NOT badge an engine, though they will spend a lot more $$ in the series. Could still be Mazda I suppose.:)