Everybody’s favourite Antipodean rotary head, Mad Mike Whiddett, is continually looking for new and thrilling automobiles to rotary swap and burn tires with. The man has made dozens of Mazda Doriftos, and after a very long time sticking with chassis from the identical producer, he’s began branching out to extra unique {hardware}. Final fall he unveiled the wild five-rotor 787D prototype, and this 12 months for the Goodwood Competition of Velocity, he’s developed a partnership with Lanzante to construct a rotary-powered drift McLaren. Yowza!
Throughout final 12 months’s Goodwood occasion, Mike met with the Lanzante of us and a fast dialog about turning considered one of their mega-buck hypercars right into a drift machine turned a plan. With simply 100 days on the schedule from supply to Mike’s store to delivery out for Goodwood 2024, the warmth is on to show this hybrid track-only monster right into a rotary-powered sideways tire burner. The primary two components of the story have been posted to YouTube already, however there shall be extra to return.
The method has been fairly intense, as there’s little or no of the unique Mclaren remaining. The unique drivetrain has been ditched for a four-rotor with a turbocharger and an X-trac sequential gearbox, which additionally meant the entire automobile wanted to be re-wired and powered with a Haltec stand alone automobile administration system.
I’m guessing that and not using a hybrid system or a giant V8 engine, this automobile will in all probability shed fairly just a few kilos. Contemplating the P1 GTR was simply 3,175 kilos able to drive, Mike’s creation shall be good and light-weight. That stated, there’s no approach they’ll make a four-rotor engine that may push out the identical 986 horsepower because the McLaren had inventory, proper?
Will this automobile, dubbed the MADMAC, be as quick round a observe as a inventory McLaren P1 GTR? Positively not. Will it’s a greater drift automobile? Nearly assuredly. I can’t wait to see it run.
