It's a shame this car broke down on the first lap at Le Mans in 1976. Engine failure, burnt piston. Would have loved to see it been able to run well and finish.
And sounded like. One pulled up next to me the other day at a gas station. When I heard it I was convinced it was a Honda Civic and looked over to see a C8.
The flat plane crank Chevy engines didn't exist when this car was built. The original engines in these cars were 5.5 litre engines derived from the LS9.
I think what surprised me more than the exhaust soundtrack is the shifter. I always thought the old DP cars use sequential shift levers. This one is paddleshifted. Not sure if its part of the car stock or converted to paddles by the owner.
@@PistonAvatarGuy The DP category as a whole was extremely weird. They're all tube frame chassis, have relatively limited aero, and for the first few seasons only had a 5-speed gearbox. They're the prototype equivalent of a stock car, and they were stupidly cost effective because of it.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Yup, then the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series merged to create IMSA, they ran these Daytona Prototype's alongside LMP2 Cars for a few years, then everyone upgraded to DPi's in 2017.
Yeah, quite an old one too 😅 So I use a GoPro 7 2.7k/ 50 fps with the old microphone for my Sony, an Audio Technica pro24cm Definitely why I jump on the occasion to put the camera in it 😁
I think I have a soft spot 😆 Once again, an onboard with a V8.. but it sounds so damn good, murica f*ck yeah 😅 But stay tuned, Jaguar e type is coming 👀
