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Originally Posted by georgere
I just came back from GTLM race where BMW is using M6 platform. BMW came in 3rd and 5th. 1st and 2nd were Pcars 911. The gap between 2nd and 3rd cars was huge that one would never be able to catch up. While BMW did good, it is obvious M6 is just too large and heavy. Why not use M4 platform? What is M8 for on a race track? It is going to be another larger and heavier car....
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The M6 has been winning races elsewhere. As far as why not use the M4,this has been discussed before, and obviously there is a reason. Could it possibly be that the V8 can reliably make the horsepower, whereas the S55 would have to be tuned up, to a point where it may not be as reliable in endurance racing?
And since this is a production based class we are talking about, there is no BMW M3/M4 being produced today with a V8. And I doubt a waiver could be obtained like the Z4M GT3 which had a v8.
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