I was wandering around in Palo Alto California, and came across a McLaren showroom.
They had a McLaren chassis available. The photographs are below.
I was actually surprised by the simplicity of the design, it is a rectangular tube frame chassis, with a big huge “bucket“ that held the transaxle. It did not appear to me to be very sophisticated.
Well - I say that generally, obviously I would guess that a lot of detail design work went into the suspension, A-arm lengths & mounting points, geometry, etc.
The transaxle itself, which I was unfortunate enough to not get any good pictures of, was a huge monster - at least three times as large as our ZF transaxles.
(I may have to go back there and get a picture of it because it was so stunningly huge that I couldn’t believe it. Standby for more pictures)
The exhaust it’s pretty cool, with extremely small mufflers, vented on the top of the engine. Simple design, nice execution. Not much to it.
Not sure about the induction, it didn’t appear like it had enough flow to support the breathing of the engine, but obviously those guys know a lot more about it than I do.
Here are some pictures. Feel free to criticize my comments or add to the knowledge base.… Especially if you own a McLaren, and you have detailed knowledge of what you’re talking about. I’m just a walk-on, and don’t have enough a lot of knowledge about the car… My comments are based on what I know about Panteras, not first hand experience of McLarens.