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Billthe3:
--- Quote from: JC on October 23, 2005, 01:10:14 pm ---If anyone cares... Final Objective, the most powerful street legal car in the world was on ebay for sale
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D4582238267%26fvi%3D1&item=4582238267#ebayphotohosting
3,000 hp from a 1,650 Cubic Inch Supercharged V12 Packard Merlin Rolls Royce Engine!!
Was made here in Australia too by Castlemain Rod Shop
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I laugh at whoever tries to get traction in that thing!
Elchfaenger:
--- Quote from: Salubri6 on October 23, 2005, 08:28:24 pm ---Well, the facts that cars are getting heavier is rather a common trend that happens everywhere. I mean, even modern porsches weight a lot these days...
Sadly enough, but I guess that's one more incentive to remove the backseat etc... ;)
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Well, add A/C, airbags, power-steering, lots of computers and so on to an old porsche and see what happens... It's all that comfort/safety stuff that makes a car fat!
But fortunatly because of better tires, suspensions, engines modern cars are usually as fast as old ones.
On the other hand... I saw a comparison of old and new hot-hatches on tv, cornering ability, acceleration and stuff. The old ones won clearly!
Salubri6:
Well, I guess that depends on the type of car, but then again, most modern day hatches have more computer systems to keep them on the road than a plane has to keep it in the air. Ah well, guess that's progress for ya... :-\
Thank god a lot of stuff can still be removed form the car...
Brokenimage0:
thre trend of more weight and a bigger engine is bad for me since i happen to be a big fan of a lightweight car with a smaller engine but still a good power to weight ratio. i just cant see myself driving a big 2ton hunk of metal. thats why im sucha big fan of the lotus elise...rather one of them
JC:
Billthe3... It's quite driveable... Apparently, but that's due to the extremely large tyres on the rear end :P
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