1976 ErinSport Civera Silhouette BRC76
1976 ErinSport Civera Silhouette BRC76
Sports car racing had been ErinSport's domain for some time by 1976, and the Civera Silhouette was the most successful. Having been entered in Group 5 racing since 1968 with a variety of turbocharged prototypes, Erin wanted to expand into Group 4 and also advertise their vehicles a little better. A homologated Civera was the answer.
Debuting in 1971, the Civera Silhouette was a masterpiece of a race car. Well proportioned, well balanced and very versatile, it had seen use with a variety of engines, teams and raced right across the world; certainly a successful career, but 1976 would sadly be the last year for this vehicle. With the Mk 2 Civera on the way, Erin would soon discontinue the chassis...
...but not without a bang. ErinSport decided to make the 1976 BRC season its grand finale, with a tumultuous version of the car that took the new displacement-to-weight ratio limit to a whole new level. Under the bonnet was a 5.7L all-Aluminium V8, made in flat plane configuration in order to shoehorn it into the car. That was, as near as makes no difference, the second biggest engine ErinSport had ever developed, and one of the most powerful too. At 550 bhp, the Civera Silhouette BRC76 was more powerful than some supercars today, meaning back in the mid-70s, it was positively insane.
In return for this huge displacement, the car had to be fitted with a steel body, a change away from the aluminium and Kevlar-composite used on previous versions of the Silhouette. Still, it made it very safe, and the extra weight allowed them to fit a large fuel tank and made the chassis very rigid. Even with all that weight, the vented disc brakes could stop the car in just over 32m.
Style wise, the Civera Silhouette BRC76 had all the bases covered. Big wing, stylised intakes, black plastic, ridiculously flared wheel arches and the twin centre exhausts, a trade mark of ErinSport's design team.
One special edition of this final edition was made for the 1000km of Hockenheim, the opener of the 1976 season. The engine was configured to run more efficiently and the suspension setup to be kinder on the wheels. Despite this, the car could still maintain the 5.3 second 0-60 time of the final edition and topped out at 180 mph (and 8000 rpm, at which point the engine was so loud, it could start earthquakes halfway across the world).
This car competed in the BRC76 QuER 1000km of Hockenheim: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=10060
AutomationHub Page: http://www.automationhub.net/company-ca ... rmodel/740
Sports car racing had been ErinSport's domain for some time by 1976, and the Civera Silhouette was the most successful. Having been entered in Group 5 racing since 1968 with a variety of turbocharged prototypes, Erin wanted to expand into Group 4 and also advertise their vehicles a little better. A homologated Civera was the answer.
Debuting in 1971, the Civera Silhouette was a masterpiece of a race car. Well proportioned, well balanced and very versatile, it had seen use with a variety of engines, teams and raced right across the world; certainly a successful career, but 1976 would sadly be the last year for this vehicle. With the Mk 2 Civera on the way, Erin would soon discontinue the chassis...
...but not without a bang. ErinSport decided to make the 1976 BRC season its grand finale, with a tumultuous version of the car that took the new displacement-to-weight ratio limit to a whole new level. Under the bonnet was a 5.7L all-Aluminium V8, made in flat plane configuration in order to shoehorn it into the car. That was, as near as makes no difference, the second biggest engine ErinSport had ever developed, and one of the most powerful too. At 550 bhp, the Civera Silhouette BRC76 was more powerful than some supercars today, meaning back in the mid-70s, it was positively insane.
In return for this huge displacement, the car had to be fitted with a steel body, a change away from the aluminium and Kevlar-composite used on previous versions of the Silhouette. Still, it made it very safe, and the extra weight allowed them to fit a large fuel tank and made the chassis very rigid. Even with all that weight, the vented disc brakes could stop the car in just over 32m.
Style wise, the Civera Silhouette BRC76 had all the bases covered. Big wing, stylised intakes, black plastic, ridiculously flared wheel arches and the twin centre exhausts, a trade mark of ErinSport's design team.
One special edition of this final edition was made for the 1000km of Hockenheim, the opener of the 1976 season. The engine was configured to run more efficiently and the suspension setup to be kinder on the wheels. Despite this, the car could still maintain the 5.3 second 0-60 time of the final edition and topped out at 180 mph (and 8000 rpm, at which point the engine was so loud, it could start earthquakes halfway across the world).
This car competed in the BRC76 QuER 1000km of Hockenheim: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=10060
AutomationHub Page: http://www.automationhub.net/company-ca ... rmodel/740
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