P1 [Official] McLaren P1 Supercar


The McLaren P1 (codenamed P12) is a flagship sports car produced by McLaren Automotive. It is the second installment in McLaren's Ultimate Series after the McLaren F1. Considered to be the spiritual successor to the F1, the P1 was one of the first high performance sports cars to be introduced incorporating hybrid technology; the Porsche 918 Spyder having begun taking orders prior to the P1 and the LaFerrari introduced alongside it.
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How big is that f#cking house?🤣

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Is anyone else following the Tavarish P1 rebuild? He’s just decided to junk the hybrid system. A new battery was going to cost 160k. The cars getting bigger turbos and a complete engine rebuild, he expects 1300hp. I think removing the hybrid basically turns in into little more than a 650 wearing fancy dress.
 
Is anyone else following the Tavarish P1 rebuild? He’s just decided to junk the hybrid system. A new battery was going to cost 160k. The cars getting bigger turbos and a complete engine rebuild, he expects 1300hp. I think removing the hybrid basically turns in into little more than a 650 wearing fancy dress.
I din't know about that!

1300hp P1!?

Madness and i love it!

Thanks for the info.
 
Is anyone else following the Tavarish P1 rebuild? He’s just decided to junk the hybrid system. A new battery was going to cost 160k. The cars getting bigger turbos and a complete engine rebuild, he expects 1300hp. I think removing the hybrid basically turns in into little more than a 650 wearing fancy dress.
A better decision, saves almost $200k and gets more performance out of the car. Remember there is likely a 1000+hp hybrid V8 coming from McLaren in the near future. The hybrid system isn't unique to P1 in the McLaren world. Okay, maybe that particular one, but the application in general I mean.
 
Is anyone else following the Tavarish P1 rebuild? He’s just decided to junk the hybrid system. A new battery was going to cost 160k. The cars getting bigger turbos and a complete engine rebuild, he expects 1300hp. I think removing the hybrid basically turns in into little more than a 650 wearing fancy dress.
I have mixed feelings about this.

Some people are dissapointed because they were hopeful that a hybrid car is fully repairable/salvegable. If Tavarish cant do it with extensive community support then no one can repair a thoroughly water damaged hybrid.

The $150,000 battery pack isn't just expensive but it's not guaranteed that it will work 100% in the car. Ecu, harnesses and other components might be damaged too.

Mclaren electronics have a bad enough reputation. Good luck diagnosing gremlins in salvaged one with a new battery.

Instead of rebuilding and turbo charging the engine, isn't he better off putting a 720s engine in the car?
 
Is anyone else following the Tavarish P1 rebuild? He’s just decided to junk the hybrid system. A new battery was going to cost 160k. The cars getting bigger turbos and a complete engine rebuild, he expects 1300hp. I think removing the hybrid basically turns in into little more than a 650 wearing fancy dress.
agree, due to chassis sharing of Mclaren that is essentially what it turns into

i also feel that he should've kept the active aero and maybe give it a unique wing/clamshell instead of a P1 GTR aero, making his car stand out even among P1 GTRs, by making it have an almost GTR body then people will easily mistake it for a GTR at first glance
 
I have mixed feelings about this.

Some people are dissapointed because they were hopeful that a hybrid car is fully repairable/salvegable. If Tavarish cant do it with extensive community support then no one can repair a thoroughly water damaged hybrid.

The $150,000 battery pack isn't just expensive but it's not guaranteed that it will work 100% in the car. Ecu, harnesses and other components might be damaged too.

Mclaren electronics have a bad enough reputation. Good luck diagnosing gremlins in salvaged one with a new battery.

Instead of rebuilding and turbo charging the engine, isn't he better off putting a 720s engine in the car?

The P1 engine is already turbocharged, he's putting on much larger turbos.

In one of the earlier episodes he went to a company in the UK who specialise in P1's, they make there own battery pack, I can't remember the price but I'm pretty sure it was far less than 160k.

Anyway as far as I'm concerned without the hybrid system, and active aero it's no longer a P1, it's 650 with P1 bits and bobs. It should also take a huge hit in value, this is not a $2m hypercar anymore.
 
The P1 still looks modern, it could have been launched in 2023 and wouldnt look dated at all. One of the best McLarens ever, brilliant speed and track pace.
 
agree, due to chassis sharing of Mclaren that is essentially what it turns into

i also feel that he should've kept the active aero and maybe give it a unique wing/clamshell instead of a P1 GTR aero, making his car stand out even among P1 GTRs, by making it have an almost GTR body then people will easily mistake it for a GTR at first glance
At least he put maximum effort into exploring whether it could be restored to be as original as possible.
 
It's the only way to go with the P1. Screw that hybrid system that added nothing to the car, even Uncle Rich agrees.

I'm just surprised he's finishing up this project on time.
 
It's the only way to go with the P1. Screw that hybrid system that added nothing to the car, even Uncle Rich agrees.

I'm just surprised he's finishing up this project on time.

It’s even less P1 now that he’s using a 720 engine, not the P1 engine.
 
It’s even less P1 now that he’s using a 720 engine, not the P1 engine.
I believe P1 GTR-18 by Lanzante uses the same setup and that's a crazy setup. As long as it has a P1 chassis, it is a P1 regardless of what powers it.
 
Tavarish P1 is like the automotive newborn of the YouTube car community. It’s heart warming to see several businesses getting involved in the project.

Some of them are performing meticulous work that is teaching me a lot of about cars from engines, CF repairs, restorations etc.
 
No wonder why Tavarish decided to ditch the hybrid system.

He is completely ruining the car. Granted it already was, but let's stop calling his project a P1.
It's worthless at this point. And he seems to have stopped making videos about it too after SEMA.

And yeah about the costs....they're hypercars not just for their performance. The maintaining costs are hyper too. Not a damn problem for most owners. And for the ones who it is a problem for.....you're out of your league then owning a hypercar.
 

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