Rhys Millen's Hyundai-powered Pikes Peak challenger featuring HRE Wheels!
 

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THE RMR HYUNDAI GENESIS PM580

In the world of racing, Unlimited, means "Anything Goes." Unlike other forms of motorsport (NASCAR, Indy Car, F1, etc.) the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Unlimited Class gives teams the freedom to create any kind of race car they want to conquer the mountain without restrictions on tires, weight and horsepower. Teams can make their cars as light as possible, with an unlimited amount of horsepower and with whatever braking, drivetrain or suspension package they desire.

With this in mind, Rhys Millen Racing is fabricating a modern Le Mans style car with a target weight of 1,850 pounds powered by a 4.1-liter Hyundai Lambda turbocharged V6 engine. The team feels to have a competitive power-to-weight ratio, the car will need to produce 675 horsepower. Current engine testing shows the engine is capable of producing 750 horsepower, which is more than needed to tackle the mountain.

The car will feature a carbon fiber aerodynamic body with an active rear wing. The wing will create less drag in the straight-aways and more stability in cornering and braking. Active wings are outlawed in other forms of racing.
"We are building a car for today's road," said Millen "The car will have a sleek aerodynamic body, the grip of Toyo Proxy tires and the power and durability of a Hyundai engine. This is the package I need to break the record."

The RMR Hyundai Genesis PM580 will use an active center differential. This differential will allow a 10 to 100 percent torque split to the front wheels. This is important because the course changes from asphalt to dirt multiple times and allows the Genesis PM580 to have more than one set up on the 12.42-mile course. The car will be ideal on the mixed surface at Pikes Peak. The Genesis PM580 address a fundamental reason on perhaps why the 10-minute record has not fallen. Most race cars do not work well on both dirt and asphalt.

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SPECIFICATIONS
Chromoly frame and roll cage
Two Quaife differentials
Weismann semi-automatic AWD transmission
Tilton Racing clutch
3.8-liter Lambda V6 engine stroked to 4.1-liters
HKS T04Z turbocharger
Bar and plate intercooler
Custom RMR stainless exhaust manifolds
Carbon fiber Brembo brakes and pads
17-inch HRE wheels
275/40 Toyo rear tires
RMR customer carbon fiber body with front and rear diffusers
Active wing by Aeromotions
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I call that car engineering

you call crap computer renders engineering?

Uhh, wheres the ground clearance?

that's my friend's pshop rendering he uses for his cartoons in the newspaper LOL

It's actually not a computer rendering in the traditional sense; it's an illustration of the car done in Adobe Illustrator and Pshop based on photos of the raw car during early build stage, not even close to being this far done. If you saw the photos the illustration was made from, you'd probably think, damn that's a pretty nice illustration. The final car will look like what you see here, only better of course when it's the finished actual vehicle, and it will be killer. Can't wait to see it in action. I think the ultimate goal is just shy of 800hp and less than 1900lbs.

Would be surprised to see that car in 5 lug and not center lock..

Mike

Rhys's preference, he could get whichever he needed. That wheel comes in centerlock or multi-lug.

Im sure he can get whatever he wants as well as them coming both options.. still surprised to see the car pictured in 5 lug is all..

Mike

I hear ya, I'm used to seeing prototype racers with them, so I see what you mean.