I have a friend who is a development engineer for GM who is working on the
latest GM Grand Touring vehicle still under development. Sadly, I must remain
a bit cagey on the details....but this car, which debuted last year as a
concept vehicle, will compete with the high end Mercedes 2 seater abnd the
Jag convertible. His dilemna is presently an oiling question....ie. how much
protection should be designed into the oil pickup system to allow the car to
compete in an autocross environment.
In order to justify the expense of certain designs, he needs to know if the
Mercedes 2 seater or the Jag convertible have been competing in autocrossing.
If even a few people are willing to expose their $70-80 thousand dollar cars
to the high G-forces imposed by autocross or high speed driver's ed. events,
then he can justify to the bean counters the extra expense of baffling the
oil pan.
Has anyone out there seen one of these specific models at an autocross or
driver's ed. event?
Thanks
John Hartsock
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