Yahoo Autos The McLaren Sports Series Will Be the Ultimate Tuner Dream Car in 20 Years
McLaren uses the same bits to build all of their models. Sure, their carbon fiber tub has a lowered sill now for easier access and their M838T flat-plane V8 got various upgrades before it could produce 727 horsepower instead of the initial 592. Yet at their core, all modern McLarens can obviously trace their lineage to the MP4-12Cs.
650S? Improved 12C. P1? Improved 650S with hybrid system added. 675LT? P1 minus the hybrid system. 570S? 650S minus the hydraulic suspension, plus a bit of P1 know-how. 540C? Same with less power for China. 570GT? 570S with a nicer rear and more space, slightly softer springs. MSO HS? A 675LT for those who couldn't get a 675LT. P1 GTR? P1 with a bigger wing, more aero.
The combinations are endless, and this is excellent news for everybody wanting to build the perfect McLaren twenty years from now.
Air-cooled Porsches are easy to modify mostly because the platform remained the same for so long that the go fast parts from newer models will fit an older chassis too. Further down the line, we'll be following the same recipe with McLarens, especially with the Sports Series.
Look at the 570S Track Pack. What is it? More carbon fiber and less metal for lightness, and a bigger rear wing for more downforce, plus the telemetry software originally developed for the P1. Said rear wing was designed for the 570GT at first, because without having the flying buttress at the rear, it just didn't have enough downforce. McLaren now took the GT's wing, made it 2mm taller and put it on the 570S, only to refer to it as a unique part made for the Track Pack. That's fair, but this extension should also fit a 570GT.
And what's a 570S Sprint, you may ask? It's a track-only version of the 570S with a GT4 aero package but no power reduction like on the racing car. It even kept the air-conditioning of the street car.
Today, not many will void their warranties by messing around with a brand new McLaren. But it's been proven already that a 12C with a new ECU and improved cooling can pack over 800 horsepower using the same Mitsubishi turbos. The P1 had less without the electric boost. Twenty years from now, when you come across a high-mileage 540C, you'll know what to do.
Turn it into a 570S Track Pack with the wing off a Sprint, of course.
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