1200HP/1000TQ Twin Turbo Vette!

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http://www.montygwilliams.com/

Holy crap!

http://www.montygwilliams.com/engine_top_left.jpg
http://www.montygwilliams.com/engine_top_right.jpg

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Too bad it handles like crap.

Mark

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Where does the line go between good handling and bad? I'm not very experienced concerning cars so it's a genuine question.

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it might handle decently, given the NASCAR-like suspension pieces it has. But anything with 1200 hp is going to be a bear to drive on a road couse, that's for sure.


Fet- 'good handling' is kind of an abstract combination of a number of factors. Generally, a good handling car will be able to corner sharply at a high speed while remaining stable and predictable. The problem with a 1200 hp car is that it's going to be very easy to spin the tires when accelerating out of turns, which will cause oversteer and ultimately a spin.


'good handling' is also largely subjective.

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jonny,

I was being sarcastic... :)

Mark

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Mark- include a winky face man! ;)

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"Nothing with 1200HP will handle well...unless it's a plane, or a boat...or mabye a tank. "

Michael Schumacher might disagree.

Mark

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where's peak power on that thing tho, 13000 rpm?

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19,000 rpms

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Did you know...

A Ferrari F1 car set at max downforce decelerates from 160 with the same force as a Z06 on a full ABS stop simply by the driver taking his foot off the gas?

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19000? wow.

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BMW currently have an unofficial record for revving an F1 engine, apparently they reached 19,050rpm at Monza last year. The new regs mean that this year they *only* rev to around 18 and a half.

To make a 1200bhp car handle well would take some serious work - check out the CanAm Porsche 917/30. Raced with 1100bhp and the back tyres were 19 inches wide if memory serves correctly. Apparently it handled pretty well!

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Pikes Peak Specials rally cars have over 1k hp and they handle well enough.

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A brabham race car had 1200 hp in race conditions and handled well enough to win the formula one world championship.


It was a 4 cylinder.

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Damn, 1200hp from a 4-cylinder... Did it have VTEC or something?!? ;)

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Oh, better tell that to the top fuel guys!

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LOL