BAC has revised their bonkers Mono, adding more power via a displacement bump and a dry-sump oiling system.
This is a pretty good way to announce that your company has made an already absurd car even better: driving it up Lord March's driveway very quickly. That's the method BAC has employed with the revised 2016 Mono, which gains 25 brake horsepower over the previous model courtesy of an approximately 200-cc displacement bump.
That's because the 2.3-liter Cossie lump is out, and a 2.5-liter Mountune engine derived from a Duratec unit (seemingly the Mazda L5 as seen in some Ford products) takes its place. In full-race spec, as it is in the Mono, it employs a dry-sump system and upgraded internals. In the Mono, it'll also be throttle-by-wire.
Remember, the 2.3-liter car weighed 1278 lbs. dry. I can't imagine the Mountune lump adds a significant amount of weight. That's an admirable power-to-weight ratio by any standard.
BAC's claiming it sent the 2016 Mono up the hill in (unofficial) record time, but the run below isn't a record. It's a practice by test driver Oliver Webb. Enjoy.
Source: www.evo.co.uk
