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tempest
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 Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:01 pm |
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| dtm42 wrote: | | It might be called the Viper GTS (heavily modified of course).. |
No, I was thinking of an original vehicle being produced and sold as a street super-car. There is the Mosler MT900s, which has 1800 hp, but that's not the one I was thinking of...
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Banken
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:03 am |
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| tempest wrote: | | Banken wrote: | | 1700 HP in a car that weighs 2400 pounds (plus the 140-pound driver... since I wouldn't guess that Speed is a very hefty guy) and doesn't have anything even resembling sufficient tire grip or downforce would be terrifying to drive, much less race... |
Actually, the article mentions several things about the Mach 5's tire grip being second to none. Super-special nano-tech tires and tire crampons  ;
Heheh...
Actually, there is a sports car being produced right now (forgot the name), that has 1700 hp and weighs under 3000 lbs.It's faster than the Veyron, but doesn't qualify as a "production" vehicle.
Makes my Cosworth-Subaru seem like a kitten I guess....
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Well, they said "a warm F1 tire," and F1 tires don't have spit for grip until they're HOT (a near-boiling 180 degrees)... plus, as far as racing tires go, F1 tires are limited in grip because they're required to have grooves.
Also, MOST of a Formula cars grip comes from downforce, not pure tire grip. |
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tempest
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:41 am |
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| Banken wrote: |
Also, MOST of a Formula cars grip comes from downforce, not pure tire grip. |
Varies from formula to formula, but definitely true for F1, I had forgotten that.
Still, the crampons.... If we're treating this car like it's real, we're supposed to believe that it's capable of pulling black-out inducing 6gs in the corners / skidpad.
I wonder if Sonada got his idea for the crampons on Bean Bandit's car from the Mach 5. I admit to never seing Speed Racer, are the crampons part of the original, or something new they're using for the movie. I assume the former, but...
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