Toyotas Engine Plans For 2006

[Scorpion]

Seemed a bit strange to me that a team so early on into the previous (this) seasons calendar would reveal what they are doing for the coming year....i dont think it has ever been done before so is it true?

Or are they just getting teams to think they are making redical engine changes for the future.

Mike Gascoigne is NOT present at this w/ends race and is said to be at Toyotas h/office currently working on this.

They are reportedly working on a 2.4 V8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fidgits]

that was announced at the second race of the season (by Bernie) that they were going to have V8's next season...

I think this was the first time they mentioned the capacity though..

[Scorpion]

That explains that one then as i missed the 2/3 races of the season.

[Mark D]

They are reportedly working on a 2.4 V8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That'll be two Yaris 1.4L engine blocks welded together with Dual VVTLi then :P

[mrdsukautos]

They are reportedly working on a 2.4 V8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That'll be two Yaris 1.4L engine blocks welded together with Dual VVTLi then :P

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The idea is actually that they can chop 2 cylinders off a 3litre V10 and so get a 2.4 V8.This is supposedly to make the engine change a cheaper option.

This is not really true though as it will still need a lot of development money due to the new harmonics of the engine having to be researched at the high revs.

Also Cosworth have developed this V8 already and are getting amazing power figures out of it.Around 925bhp i believe it was.Theres been a lot of discussion on the F1 forums about this new engine.

[chips229]

Theres also talk of the engines Branded as Lexus.

[Parthiban]

Theres also talk of the engines Branded as Lexus.

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Seems unlikely, but would be interesting, to have Mercedes, BMW and Lexus competing :eerrrmm:

This is slightly off topic, but is it TTE that do all the F1 stuff, or is there a separate F1 division?

[chips229]

Theres also talk of the engines Branded as Lexus.

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Seems unlikely, but would be interesting, to have Mercedes, BMW and Lexus competing :eerrrmm:

Im sure thats what i read on a F1 news site on the web.