{"id":23280,"date":"2022-05-27T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=23280"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:18:56","slug":"bmw-lmdh-race-car-to-use-v8-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=23280","title":{"rendered":"BMW LMDh Race Car To Use V8 Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports about BMW entering the exciting world of Le Mans Daytona hybrid prototype racing emerged in early May last year and it didn\u2019t take more than a month for the rumors to come true. Later in November, the first teaser was released<\/a>, but we haven\u2019t heard much about the LMDh program since then.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard through the grapevine that a new official preview is expected to land anytime soon, and in the meantime, Autoblog<\/em> has learned from the man calling the shots in BMW M Town a juicy detail. In an interview at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este in Italy, Frank van Meel let it slip the LMDh racer will rely on V8 power.<\/p>\n

The following statement was made to demonstrate there is a direct link between the upcoming XM<\/a> and racing, suggesting the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 \u201cS68\u201d pictured below has been conceived for both road and track applications:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn our 50-year heritage, we\u2019ve always looked at racing and series-production cars to see where each one is going and what they can learn from each other. We\u2019re continuing this with the XM: it has a V8-electric plug-in hybrid system and [our upcoming entry\u00a0into the LMDh prototype category] also has a V8-hybrid drivetrain. You can see that when it works for racing, it also works for the high-performance cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BMW is not the only automaker to utilize a V8 for its electrified endurance racer as Porsche will be doing the same. Much like the brand from Zuffenhausen, Audi is expected to feature a twin-turbo V8, while Peugeot has announced its wingless LMDh car has a smaller 2.6-liter V6, also with a pair of turbochargers.<\/p>\n

Toyota has chosen a twin-turbo V6 as well for its GR010 machine, but with a bigger 3.5-liter displacement. As for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, it originally wanted to use a twin-turbo Alfa Romeo V6, but then regulations changed to increase the maximum power limit of the internal combustion engine. It prompted SCG to switch to a beefier twin-turbo 3.8-liter V8.<\/p>\n

As a final note, Lamborghini confirmed its LMDh entry<\/a> earlier this month, but without going into details about the ICE\u2019s identity. However, with Porsche using a V8, there\u2019s a pretty good chance so will the Italian team to cut costs since the two belong to the same Volkswagen Group.<\/p>\n

Speaking of VAG, the German conglomerate has announced Audi and Porsche will both enter Formula 1 in 2026 when the new engine regulations are scheduled to kick in. Sadly, BMW has already ruled out making a return<\/a> after ending its partnership with Sauber at the end of the 2009 season.<\/p>\n

Source: Autoblog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reports about BMW entering the exciting world of Le Mans Daytona hybrid prototype racing emerged in early May last year and it didn\u2019t take more than a month for the rumors to come true. Later in November, the first teaser was released, but we haven\u2019t heard much about the LMDh program since then. We\u2019ve heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":23281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}