This is a brand new car from GTF…the Sagaris GT. The new gull-wing doors are to aid speedy ingress and exit during the driver changes in Endurance Racing. The additional Louvers, which are everywhere; are there to reduce drag, lift and ofcourse underbody temperatures. The new fueling and fuel filler system is to improve high fuel flow under extreme loads.
The new engine is just that, a new engine. The power plant here has been specifically developed and built for them by none other than John Eales. The UK’s No1 V8 engine builder and builder of my own engine in the Monster Sagariff. The techy-babble has been withheld to some degree whilst tests and testing has been underway, but the car has an LS2 block with a load of trick internals and its own specially developed ECU programs. This should give the best combination of power, strength and value possible. Power output was around 509bhp on the dyno (Class limit), 430 at the wheels with pretty much all of that being available from 2,800 rpm to the racing redline of 6,500 or so. Torque was around 490 lb/ft peak at 5000rpm, again available most of the time.
Source: TVR Power
