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Community => Mess Hall => Topic started by: karx-elf-erx on May 06, 2011, 05:40:37 AM

Title: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: karx-elf-erx on May 06, 2011, 05:40:37 AM

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-67596.html

This car uses a post WW1 airplane engine with 46 litres displacement, 750 HP and 10.000 (ten thousand!) NM torque!

It is has been renovated by the technical museum in Sinsheim, Germany and is fully operable again. A crazy English guy drove 200 km/h with this car - that's when the guy reached his limit, the car was still far off its own. :D

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Scyphi on May 06, 2011, 05:46:49 AM

/me imagines what the people at Top Gear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_%282002_TV_series%29) would do if they got a hold of that car... :P

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: TechPro on May 06, 2011, 09:04:11 AM

If Top Gear let Jeremy Clarkson behind the wheel ... he'd crash it (of course) and then call it "absolute rubbish" but of course Richard Hammond would love it.

Mmmm.  Chain drive plus carbon flavored hotdogs.  ;D

Actually, I'm pretty impressed with it.  Good find, Karx.

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Greyryder on May 06, 2011, 03:27:42 PM

James May would probably tool along in first gear, complaining about the ride quality.

I just want to see the Stig take around the track.

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Matthew on May 06, 2011, 04:27:30 PM

That's not really much horsepower, tbh. That's a crapload of torque though. I bet you could destroy some tires in that thing  :o

Put it this way... I can spin my tires with about 1/50th of that.

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: D2Disciple on May 06, 2011, 09:47:06 PM

I'm quite impressed with the acceleration ability of my little junker Pontiac Grand Prix, with 220 lb/ft of torque.
/me goes shopping for WWI plan engines. :P

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Alieo on May 07, 2011, 12:25:03 AM

 It looks .sdrawkcab

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Matthew on May 07, 2011, 03:56:22 PM

This post got my a bit intrigued, so I did some googling... Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTxg8LAbDc

All I can say is... I wish my car did that. Or sounded like that.

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Alieo on May 07, 2011, 10:19:49 PM

@IHateHackers: It's like the munchkin from The Wizard of Oz with the raspy voice! LOL!

Title: Re: Forget all the Bugattis, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and what not!
Post by: Jeremy.west on May 16, 2011, 07:52:09 AM

did you checked it break system on tha right side of driver ? its funny