Bentley is readying itself for a run up the Pikes top worldwide Hillclimb later this month, with a specially customized version of its Continental GT3 racer developed to run on synthetic fuel, as well as has verified a few of the specs for its new challenger. 
The Continental GT3 Pikes top for 2021 is powered by a specially tuned version of its twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 engine, which has a higher compression ratio, a stronger carbon fibre inlet manifold, one-off titanium exhaust manifolds as well as larger turbos to create much more boost.

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The result is “more than 750bhp” as well as an huge 1,000Nm of torque – as well as Bentley states it plans to turn up the wick even much more for the event. The utilize of renewable synthetic fuel has the prospective to slash the car’s greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 85 percent, declares the brand. 
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The Continental GT3 Pikes top is based on a heavily customized version of the road car’s chassis. aside from the new race livery, the most apparent upgrade is the aerodynamic package, which has been large to cope with the thinner air (and for that reason less downforce) offered near the top of the 14,000 ft-high Pikes top course. 
The huge rear wing is complemented by a two-plane front splitter, a big rear diffuser as well as all way of vents as well as channels developed to suck turbulent air front beneath the car. The rear windows have likewise been ditched in favour of vents, which awesome a secondary radiator mounted in the boot.
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In all, the aero tweaks have enhanced the car’s downforce by 30 percent at sea level, which approximately correlates to the 33 percent aerodynamic loss the GT will experience at the top of Pikes Peak, because of the lower air density.