Lola T616 Gr.C Junior with rotary Wankel - Assetto Corsa
Added 2021-03-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTCHere we go with another rotary powered car, and on me oppinion one of the most eye catching car from C era - Lola T616!
Long-looking front lamps, front spoler and very low rear spoiler on LM version make this car looks so extreme and pleasent! Please enjoy it!
It's interesting, that T616 Lola set slower lap time record during 1984 LM ther her sister Mooncraft Mazda 727C, but finally did her.
Based on the T600, Lola's original GTP / Group C car, the new T616 was built around an aluminium honeycomb monocoque, which used carbon-fibre reinforcements. The engine served as semi-stressed member of the chassis with part of the load shared by tubular frames that ran from the rear of the monocoque to the gearbox on either side of the engine.
Mounted amidships was a Mazda supplied rotary engine, which was compact, light and relatively powerful. It featured two combustion chambers with a swept volume of 1,308cc, which using the equivalency factor for rotary engines, equated to 2,616cc. To further improve combustion, the twin-rotor engine was equipped with twin-spark ignition. It tipped the scales at just 110kg, yet produced in excess of 300 bhp. The howling engine was mated to a five-speed gearbox supplied by Hewland.
Big Thanks to Neil.B!
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