Building McLaren F1 R1

[Seb]

On 2001-12-13 03:37, Shaunt wrote: Wait up! Is this the Platinum Motors located in California?

Now i remember where i heard Platunum Motors first. It was the company that built those 6 Diablo VTTT and they also sold 100hp kits for Diablos.

I heard later that a company called Sterling Motors took over the production and made some VTTT.

[PlatinumXtcs]

Hello,
This is not the Platinum Motors in Orange County. Thisd is Platinum Exotics. I do know the owners of Platinum Motors, they are good people. This will be an exciting project...

[yoz]

What a joke even the person who orignaly posted it is laughing.

[F1]

Hi Jeff


I have tryed to get in contact with you. I send you a mail to this mail adress PlatinumExotics@Hotmail.com with the subject: Serious Proposal. But I haven got any replay on it and I just want to see if I can get in contact with you in a other way.

Best Regards

Björn

[thepolarfoxqx]

Is your engine based on the 5.4L BMW V12? As an engineer, I can tell you that that engine would need major block modifications, cam replacements, and quite possibly a new head in order to produce 627hp (it makes 324hp stock). It is a low winding engine that makes its power in mid level torque. I know that it cannot be the original 6.0L V12 M BMW engine (it has been put out of production - with a contract with McLaren dictating it cannot ever be reproduced without McLaren's permission. How do you intent to get over 100hp/l out of the 5.4 and keep it sporty and reliable (i mean, you could bore it out and add stroke plates, increase compression obscenely, place dangerously agressive cams in and place immense fuel injectors on it, but that would yield a highly inefficent, and hardly palettable engine (the V12 used in the McLaren achieved that power rating from great refinement, it ran at incredible efficency, which cannot be easily reproduced. My concern is that because you cannot obtain original engines, a copy would not be hardly the engine the original was. I guess I am just curious to know how you intend to get 627 hp from the 5.4L (that is the only BMW V12 currently in production, it is based on the same 5.0L V12 the mclaren engine is, but the mclaren engine got the best of current M technology, as well as a large development budget.

How are you going to get a like original engine?

[F1 Sweden]

Hi Every one


Is there any one been in contact with Jeff. And is there anyone seeing the replicas. I am still very interested in building a McLaren replica so if any one of you know a kit please let me know

Best Regards
Björn

[F1 Sweden]

Originally Posted by PlatinumXtcs Hello my name is Jeff anf I have something for all of the McLaren Enthusiast out there. We are building the first McLaren replica for an excellent price. Original engine, tubular chassy etc. For more information email me or im me. You want to talk cars? any exotic car? send me an email and let me know where you stand with exotics automobiles... All dimensions are correct on the Replica... Order one now with half down... Get one Today!!! Jeff Platinum Exotics <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: PlatinumXtcs on 2001-12-12 18:59 ]</font>

He Jeff

Please get in contact with me . I am very intressed in your project

Best Regards
Björn