American Iron Prototype (AIP)

[MikeP99Z]

News release from NASA for the new NP class:

https://www.nasaproracing.com/news/2014/12/nasa_announces_innovative_new_affordable_prototype _series_at_pri_show

I say we start dropping LS and Coyote motors into these things and create an AIP class...

[Suck fumes]

O awesome!!! Dirt cheap for a prototype! 1/5 of what a DP car costs.

[GlennCMC70]

Great use for the plethora of 4.8 LS motors that can be had for $300 to $500 allnday long.

[Pranav]

V8s in 1500lb cars? Somewhere out there a life insurance adjuster just shit a brick...

[Trublu]

V8s in 1500lb cars? Somewhere out there a life insurance adjuster just shit a brick...

Oh I dunno so much about that. Sounds slightly on the heavy side of a Can Am car

[Rob Liebbe]

Oh I dunno so much about that. Sounds slightly on the heavy side of a Can Am car

Speaking of which, was the banquet invite just a disguise for a Can Am parts cleaning "party"?

[AllZWay]

Sounds like a fun car... still out of my price range though. :o

[Trublu]

Speaking of which, was the banquet invite just a disguise for a Can Am parts cleaning "party"?

Yes. Bring aluminum polish

[AI#97]

60,000 for a kit?! Lose the sequential box and tell me the foot well is large enough for three pedals. Go c5 vette trans axle and an lq4 aluminum 5.3l LS with 400 HP......and a price in the low $30k range..... Too many used race cars on the market to go drop $90k on a car you need a crew to help with on the weekends.....let alone have to have a special trailer to haul it.

[Suck fumes]

You won't need a special trailer, we hauled the IMSA lite car on a flat bed for a customer. Just use really long ramps. You will have to buy a special pull up jack since the car is low and a big socket for the wheels but I bet that's it. I wonder if they will come with air jacks built into the car?

[BryanL]

Cool car and much less than the real thing. But why not build a superlight. Would love to see it catch on. But I would rather see a spec class for half the price with a car that isn't all downforce, you won't tear up going off track or getting in the trailer. Then one that will be easy to work on in the garage. Sounds like I need to talk to Jay Carley.

[Suck fumes]

Easy solution.....stay on the track! Haha

[AI#97]

Ultima GTR can be built for nearly the same price....and will do WAY more than 155mph.

[BlueFirePony]

Ultima GTR can be built for nearly the same price....and will do WAY more than 155mph.
Yumm...can you still get a GTR for $50k or have they gone up?

[AI#97]

Yumm...can you still get a GTR for $50k or have they gone up?

Not sure. Been about 5 years since I looked.

[Cody Powell]

They lost me at "toyo rr"

[jdlingle]

Pretty sweet looking car. I would love to drive a car with a sequential gearbox at some point.

Wonder how much it will cost to keep it on the track for a season?