2024 Next Gen Car

Charlie Spencer said:
GM is already fielding hybrid Cadillacs. Honda (Acura) is too, so they'd be ready if interested. Indeed, I read one of the reasons for the Honda / Nissan merger was to improve hybrid and EV development. I don't know about Ford or Toyota but I'd be astonished if they weren't working on something as far as racing goes. I can tell you I'm delighted with my hybrid Ford Maverick.

For a variety of reasons, some good and some 'What the...?', NASCAR has historically been slow to adopt new technologies.
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You know what? I had no idea there was a Maverick truck, this is the Maverick I remember. 😁
 

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Charlie Spencer said:
GM is already fielding hybrid Cadillacs. Honda (Acura) is too, so they'd be ready if interested. Indeed, I read one of the reasons for the Honda / Nissan merger was to improve hybrid and EV development. I don't know about Ford or Toyota but I'd be astonished if they weren't working on something as far as racing goes. I can tell you I'm delighted with my hybrid Ford Maverick.

For a variety of reasons, some good and some 'What the...?', NASCAR has historically been slow to adopt new technologies.
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Toyota has twin turbo 6 hybrid experience in the WEC. While the GR stuff is probably a branding exercise, it would be interesting to know if there would be some sharing should NASCAR go the hybrid direction. I would imagine so as the narrative is GR unites all of Toyota's racing activities. On the consumer side, Toyota has a turbo 4, twin turbo 6, and soon a twin turbo 8 hybrid in the line up in addition to the hybrid 4s. A new manufacturer simply is not going to sing up unless the tech becomes more relevant, but I don't think that NASCAR is willing to spend to make this happen. Head scratcher for those who actually like the race cars.
 
Revman said:
Toyota has twin turbo 6 hybrid experience in the WEC. While the GR stuff is probably a branding exercise, it would be interesting to know if there would be some sharing should NASCAR go the hybrid direction. I would imagine so as the narrative is GR unites all of Toyota's racing activities. On the consumer side, Toyota has a turbo 4, twin turbo 6, and soon a twin turbo 8 hybrid in the line up in addition to the hybrid 4s. A new manufacturer simply is not going to sing up unless the tech becomes more relevant, but I don't think that NASCAR is willing to spend to make this happen. Head scratcher for those who actually like the race cars.
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Horsepower is horsepower. It doesn't care. Little huffed four bangers work harder than larger displacement motors. That is a fact of physics. Another law. There is no substitute for cubic inches when you are making horsepower.
 
StandOnIt said:
Horsepower is horsepower. It doesn't care. Little huffed four bangers work harder than larger displacement motors. That is a fact of physics. Another law. There is no substitute for cubic inches when you are making horsepower.
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Dont forget torque, its the reason I love my 7.3 diesel so much
 
I do wonder how the racing would be if they went to something like a 6 cylinder turbo charged engine? You could really mess around with performance with different sized turbos to get the result you're looking for.

The engineer in me would be really interested in seeing how this would perform across the different types of tracks.
 
wi_racefan said:
I do wonder how the racing would be if they went to something like a 6 cylinder turbo charged engine? You could really mess around with performance with different sized turbos to get the result you're looking for.

The engineer in me would be really interested in seeing how this would perform across the different types of tracks.
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If you limit the horsepower, it doesn't matter how you get there.
 
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