The gas mileage alone would make the librats need Pampers..... post haste.
Posted on 01/02/2014 5:00:04 PM PST by zeestephen
Like I said before Muzzies do tend to fib a wee bit!
That’s top fuel territory...on 90% nitro..4 second lifespan...
Note that the power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. A car cruising on a highway at 50 mph (80 km/h) may require only 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) to overcome air drag, but that same car at 100 mph (160 km/h) requires 80 hp (60 kW). With a doubling of speed the drag (force) quadruples per the formula. Exerting four times the force over a fixed distance produces four times as much work. At twice the speed the work (resulting in displacement over a fixed distance) is done twice as fast. Since power is the rate of doing work, four times the work done in half the time requires eight times the power."
S2000 is a sweet little car... my Hyundai speedo goes up to a ludicrous 160 but that's pure fantasy, not to mention i wouldn't trust it over 100 even if it could go 160 hope you have a good EW system 8^)
wee is right! 8^)
100%
Our saying was $1,000 for every .1 second.
Once you broke into the 9's, the cost of building HP got real expensive.
Its amazing where technology has come. We used to be building pretty serious racing engines for late model stock cars with 600+ HP. Today, cars like the Z06 approach this, the ZR1 and Viper surpass this and are completely streetable.
Heck, the Cadillac CTS-V has 540 and D3 had tuning upgrades for STS-V to about 550. A BMW 760 has 540 hp.
500+ hp in a luxury car.
i read once that back in the day engines were sometimes spun up electrically then dumped with fuel and spark to produce what was called flash horsepower where today they are rated at the rear wheels... can't remember where i read it though
Engines are dyno tested either on a stand BHP or in the car RWHP.
I don’t have to go 160, because some moron got his girlfriend to take a video of the speedo when he did and posted it to youtube.
Lot’s of 30-40 mph twisty mountain roads in NM, with great scenery. That’s enough for me.
twisty is much more fun...
The first 12 miles of my commute is mountain road... used to have a Ducati, but got old. ;)
I agree 100% - hands down the best performing car ever made for the cost.....and I drive a Cayman S.......
I’d think of getting one but I could never drive an “in your face” car like the Stingray.....my Cayman S is a subtle sleeper no one notices that performs almost as well as the new Stingray.....
Other reason after having GM cars/trucks almost all my life, I’ll never buy another product from Government Motors.......
Yeah, 100hp/liter for normally aspirated sports cars was cutting edge back then.
The Honda S2000 hit that make a few years ago.
fast bike... and i hear ya, i no longer ride anymore either one of my best friends lives in Idaho and had to sell his Aquila after he his company went out of business
The Cayman is the most attractive Porsche to me... the best balance between performance and price. Had a 914 2.0 liter with dual Webers back in the 80’s, fun but a money sink.
Like my Honda S2000 much better.
Even though I had all the gear, good attitude, proper paranoia... one day I just said “This thing is gonna leave me in the top of a tree with both boots off.”
Love my S2000.
I'd ridden in one of the Factory Five replicas with a 408 Windsor and Jerico transmission. The cabin will roast you with engine heat, even in the winter - and there's so much noise that an aircraft style set of communication earmuffs would be a wise addition. Even so, I want one. Gotta love a car that was tweaked all the way through its' LeMans qualifying runs - because it needed more downforce and stickier tires to prevent wheelspin at 180+ mph on the Mulsanne Straight.
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