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30-08-2011, 12:59 AM | #31 | |||
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Drag cars have tyres with coefficients of friction in the 2-2.5 range, 0.9 is ultimately just a high performance passenger car tyre. If the drag car was powered by an electric motor of the same power(we are talking 2000hp+ here), it would be be only able to achieve ~half the acceleration of one with a fuel motor. Reason being: the vertical thrust from the exhaust gases of the fuel motor provide enough thrust to ~double the force over the back wheels, doubling the force that the tyres can provide before slipping at launch, but not having to accelerate double the mass, hence getting the accel into the 5g region. so 100km/h in 0.9 secs, requires 3.2g of accel or tyres with coefficient of friction of 3.2(nope they dont exist), and unless the thing has some pipes pointing skywards, I say hoax, or perhaps its got a jet or rocket engine attached! |
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30-08-2011, 04:07 AM | #32 | ||
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I'm not sure it has enough power to get to 600km/h let alone in 7 seconds.
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30-08-2011, 07:23 AM | #33 | ||
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Red Victor achieves similar acceleration numbers. I'm not sure that I'd want to go around corners with the baggy, soft tyres and drag setup suspension though.
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30-08-2011, 08:08 AM | #34 | |||
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It would have to be powered by something like this where acceleration is not dependant on the ability of the tyres. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waDeveWle54
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30-08-2011, 12:01 PM | #35 | ||
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Believe it when I see it
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30-08-2011, 12:05 PM | #36 | ||
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ok i'll say it, 0-600 in 7 seconds is absolutely impossible.
Absolutely, undeniably impossible. Let alone the fact that the driver would probably grey out under full throttle like a fighter pilot and wrap it around a tree
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30-08-2011, 06:11 PM | #37 | |||
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http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor...829-1jhw3.html
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30-08-2011, 07:13 PM | #38 | ||
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so i should be able to buy this the drag top fuel cars then?
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30-08-2011, 07:22 PM | #39 | ||
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To make that power it would need 4 GT42 turbo's
Hard for me to see this being streetable and it defiantly won't reach those 0-100km figures
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30-08-2011, 09:05 PM | #40 | ||
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I think the car in the "secret" picture is a Ferrari 458. Look at the headlights and their positions in location to the guards. And the rear view mirrors. Or possibly a Gallardo.
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30-08-2011, 10:07 PM | #41 | ||
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On an unralted note ... saw one of these ^^^^^^^^^^^ cruising around Ferrers Rd Eastern Creek the other week. Droolworthy indeed.
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31-08-2011, 08:21 AM | #42 | ||
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it's possible, Mike Moran built a 3000hp quad turbo motor over 5 years ago.
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31-08-2011, 11:27 AM | #43 | ||
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Would be interesting on a wet road........
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