☆☆☆ These mules escaped ☆☆☆
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Feb 6, 2020, 04:09 PM
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What is up with that last C8? Looks like a snorkel coming out of it, and the exhaust and tail lights are different than the other C8s. Any thoughts?
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Uh more pointedly why isn’t there a single engine bay shot? Oddly it would appear that the rear engine glass isn’t tinted or covered. If they were trying to hide the FPC engine I would have expected it to be covered. Maybe they figure cat is out of the bag?
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The bottom pic looks to have headlights installed in the rear. Long distance test in reverse in snow? The cars were run on a salted surface it appears to me. Thats the way cars driven in the Upper Peninsula of Mich look after driven on salted roads.
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Multiple folks have gotten engine bay shots of these cars. They're plain old LT2s with some fire extinguisher gear.
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The taillights on that one mark it as a really early test mule. The early 'ring cars had a weird exhaust on them, so this might be one of those.
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My 2 theories:
1. This is a base hybrid eRay being validated. Will have regular LT2 etc.
2. There is no base hybrid and they're testing the hybrid for the Zora/ZR1, but of course can't do it in a widebody car with a TT FPC with a cover over the engine. They could test systems integration and software etc. in the standard car.
1. This is a base hybrid eRay being validated. Will have regular LT2 etc.
2. There is no base hybrid and they're testing the hybrid for the Zora/ZR1, but of course can't do it in a widebody car with a TT FPC with a cover over the engine. They could test systems integration and software etc. in the standard car.
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Still waiting to see one of the camo cars come through this area. Probably won't happen, so thanks for the pics.
(...hybrid mode??? 
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