Elan 6L8 engine

The Elan 6L8 is a four-stroke, naturally-aspirated, OHV, V-8 racing Internal combustion engine, designed, developed and built by American manufacturing company Élan Motorsport Technologies, in partnership and collaboration with Roush-Yates, for sports car racing, between 1997 and 2005. The engine itself is based on the block of the Windsor engine, but the engine itself is also derived, and uses the technology from the Modular engine.^[1][2][3]

Elan 6L8 engine
Overview
Manufacturer	Élan Motorsport Technologies/Roush-Yates(Ford)
Production	1997–2005
Layout
Configuration	90° V8
Displacement	6.0 L (366 cu in)
Cylinder bore	104.2 mm (4 in)
Piston stroke	87.6 mm (3 in)
Valvetrain	16-valve, OHV, two-valves per cylinder
Combustion
Fuel system	Zytek electronic multi-point fuel injection
Oil system	Dry sump
Output
Power output	~ 600–640 hp (447–477 kW)
Torque output	~ 500–538 lb⋅ft (678–729 N⋅m)

Applications

• Riley & Scott Mk III^[4]
• Panoz GTR-1^[5][6]
• Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S^[7]