Mike Skeen:
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2023
- Check out my current personal fastest laps ever around the Full Course at VIR in this Ligier P315 with Katech LSx engine package. This is rated at 605 hp vs the original Nissan VQ50 at 420 hp. It is also about 45 lbs lighter. It has a slightly uprated gearbox to handle the power, but is completely stock as far as aero.
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This is only around 2 seconds behind the all time VIR record set by a LMP1 car back when ALMS ran here. Insane
Woah
They're required to run restrictors.
170 at the top of the esses is laugh out loud crazy.
Outstanding run, makes our 130 down the straight seem lame, Love VIR!
So much fun to watch! Speed and down force through esses is insane!
An underrated racing machine, boosted to even greater capability, driven hard around the best race track in the world.
Looks like you had a heck of a fun day out there. 😁
The speeds through the esses, Southbend, and Hogpen are respectively crazy. Thanks for sharing. That was awesome!
A beautiful combination of talent and cajones
That’s awesome Mike, l wonder what the Porsche 919 hybrid would do at VIR
This is so awesome!
Thanks for sharing! That is one wild car
Gettin around VIR faster than most can get around CMP! 😂
I love it!
Absolutely nuts, love to see it
Super dope!!! Well done.
That is an insane piece of machinery!
Absolutely awesome
Awesome, cool machine
Seriously impressive driving and a very cool upgrade to the LMP3. How about a spec series running these engines?
Freaking awesome brother!
That's sick. An LS engine in an LMP car. What twisted and tortured soul thought that up? Brilliant! 😊
Sticking the landing on t10. Jeeee zoooo
Awesome. Skeen
Hell, you saved 45 pounds just in front timing chains.
Damn!!! Your speed at the top of the esses is 🥳
Sweet! That's exactly how I internalize my laps... only about 40ish seconds slower and more knee-jerk!
A motor you can actually get parts for ;) Plus it’s faster. Great driving as usual!
Amazing speed! You can see how much downforce plays a role at VIR from a normal street car. Flat out through the S curves?!?!?! Insane!!!
So cool! Min speed through corners is crazy, 128 in South Bend :o
Psssh, I ran :37s in my N/A Subaru Legacy on street legal tires.
Wait, you said **1** :37?? Ooooohhhhhh! :p
Seriously, amazing driving, thanks for sharing the experience! As others have said, the speeds through the Esses and Turn 10 are just incredible to see, and the car seems to do it with ease.
Holy shit that’s fast
@mikeskeen This is seriously impressive! I am blown away by how much 100% WOT can be used around the course. Just curious, is this a fun track build or meant for a race series entry?? Well done sir!!
It can be (and has been) raced in a series like NASA Super Unlimited, but is really just meant to see what can be done without any rules. Of course, there’s always more that can be done!
Thanks for sharing mike. Now, this thing looks pretty point and shoot, but we know you're ultra smooth. How would you compare driving at the limit this car vs a specE30 or SpecE46?
Man, tough to compare. This car is actually not that hard to handle, just more of a mind game.
Things are happening very fast , thanks for the view ........
What racing series would this specific car race in, or take part in? Don't these particular cars need to have the same powerplant in order to keep lmp3 racing fair?
Thanks in advance.
It's a customer toy that was taken out of IMSA competition a while ago.
Yeah, it’s more of a track day or time attack car. Could do some NASA or SCCA probably.
Amazing!! Where does this sit on the list of fastest cars you've driven?
Fastest lap time I’ve done. Not fastest in a straight line.
I am not sure what was crazier? WOT at 169MPH through the uphill esses (versus 170 on the straights) or the fact that my Neon was 20 seconds slower a lap but 2MPH faster on the back straight. 😮
170 mph at VIR is moving 😳
It makes you wonder why the LMP2 class still exists. Maybe John Doonan will see this video and put into motion a financially practical second tier prototype class tech spec that performs as well as the Gibson powered Oreca!
Is this a K-Tech Engine similar to what comes out of an TA2 car. LS3? Or is is tis something completely different?
I don’t know the details of the internals, but yes. It’s an LS built by Katech with just slightly more power than a TA2.
I'm prepping for an endurance race at VIR and thought "hey, Skeen did an onboard w/telemetry at VIR, I should have a look"
I, uh, don't think we'll be doing the same speeds in our street-tire-shod 458. 170MPH in the esses... good lord.
haha! Show me the video if you do! Let us know when you're going to be there!
@@MikeSkeenRacing We're racing our 458 Challenge on DOT tires in American Endurance Racing -- two 8-hour endurance races at the end of May. Drop me a line if you'll be in the area!
Ahh, crap. That’s the Nurburgring 24 weekend! Looking likely that I’ll be over there.
Almost 3 seconds faster than the LMP3 record. I saw you touched 170 mph, how much faster is that over a stock LMP3 car?
@@MikeSkeenRacing what about the top speed difference?
@@SS454LS6 sorry, didn’t read close enough. Maybe 10-15mph from memory
@@MikeSkeenRacing Thanks Mike.
VK50, not VQ.
Srangely understeery car, or its just grip :D
Just grip
The pov of the climbing esses doesnt even look real..
Did it feel like your personal fastast lap?
Oh yeah, not necessarily hardest, but certainly fastest.