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Honda indeed were an interested partner. Murray had a short list of manufacturers that might be able to build large-capacity normally aspirated engines with 100 hp/liter specific output: Ferrari, BMW, and Honda. Honda, the most natural choice, was really interested when he originally specified an engine of around 3.5 liters, but with the new crop of supercars coming out, he raised his capacity requirement to 5.3 liters. At that point, Honda dropped out. BMW came in, and though they missed his weight requirement, they made up for it in power (627 vs the planned 550 hp).
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