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    Toyota Prius Land Speed Record

    PRIUS SETS LAND SPEED RECORD FOR HYBRIDS

    The lean, green Toyota Prius has swapped Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills for the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set a new world land speed record for hybrid powered cars. The record setting car will be displayed at the Detroit Motor Show in early January 2005.

    The green meanie set the mark at 130.794 mph on the three-mile short course using a standard Hybrid Synergy Drive power-train – a mixture of 1.5 litre petrol engine and an electric motor.

    An engineering group from Toyota Motorsport in the USA prepared the car by changing the gear ratios (4.32:1 to 3.2:1) and increasing the inverter voltage from 500 to 550 volts. A transmission cooling system was added to decrease the temperature of the inverter and electric motor to maximise efficiency. Ambient temperature on the salt flats was nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit with nearly 100 degrees humidity. Ice was added between runs to keep the system cool.

    The interior of the car was stripped to save weight, a roll cage added for safety and the whole car lowered by five inches to improve the aerodynamics for this highly specialised record attempt. Even the 26 in front and 25 in rear tyres were made especially by Goodyear.

    Toyota will display the Land Speed Prius at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

    Prius also holds the record as the first hybrid powered car to compete in and finish an FIA-sanctioned event when it ran in the 5,000 mile Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally in 2002.

    Prius is the European Car of the Year 2005.


    Land Speed Prius Specifications

    ENGINE


    Petrol engine: 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, twin-cam, DOHC 16-valve EFI with VVT-i, aluminium-alloy block and head
    Torque: 97 lb.ft. @ 4,200 rpm
    Horsepower: 96 hp @ 5,800 rpm

    ELECTRIC MOTOR/GENERATOR/POWER STORAGE

    Motor Type: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor
    Electric Motor Power Output: 50kW/1,200 – 1,540 rpm
    Torque: 295 lb.ft. @ 1-1,200rpm
    Battery type: Nickel-metal hydride
    System voltage: 550 volts maximum

    SUSPENSION

    Front independent MacPherson strut suspension with stabiliser bar, Eibach Racing coil springs, Bilstein shock absorbers
    Rear torsion beam with stabiliser bar, Eibach Racing coil springs, Bilstein shock absorbers
    Tyres: 25 and 26-inch Goodyear Eagle Land Speed Record tyres
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    Oh God, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, we don't need to feed Karrmann again
    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...s+speed+record
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    to late, i'm fed!

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    I saw a prius the other day stuck in the snow!
    "It feels loud, fast and scary. It feels like someone has torn off your arm and is beating you to death with the soggy end." Clarkson talking about a TVR.

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    and I saw an Insight doinhg the same, but it had a shattered rear windshield.

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    I don't understand why they only use nickel metal hydride batteried....lithium is much more energy dense...sure they're a bit dangerous but that's only if you totally ignore any safety procedures for them...and safeguards could be engineered in the ECM to manage the batteries
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    that's why they use nickel batteries, cause if something unsafe happened with the other batteries, Toyota would get their ass sued off, yoiu know [eople these days, look at the Ford Explorer firestone incident.

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    After they taped shut the grill and other cracks on the car it hit like 132-133 miles an hour.haha

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    yeah, im suprised it wasnt karmann who started this thread
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    prius' are so s**t its untrue. Who cares about the planet. Where only here for maybe 75 years average.
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    YIPEEEEE-KY-YEAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I better go and trade my Audi for this fast @ss car,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOT!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Karrmann
    and I saw an Insight doinhg the same, but it had a shattered rear windshield.
    We need more of that stuff around here
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    you're right, we need more wrecked Insights

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    Quote Originally Posted by nopassn
    The green meanie set the mark at 130.794 mph

    Shortly after reaching this "incredible speed" the car suddenly burst into flames, dissintegrating into a few mere peices of melted plastics.

    Rescues officials were on the sceen almost immediately following the sudden crash. They were amazed to find such little of the car left; sadly there were no survivors.

    Let this be a lesson to all Prius drivers, who think they are invinceable....I'm Werty reporting live from the Salt Flats.

    Later today, a Ferrari Enzo set the record for most enviromentally friendly supercar....
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    Quote Originally Posted by werty
    Shortly after reaching this "incredible speed" the car suddenly burst into flames, dissintegrating into a few mere peices of melted plastics.

    Rescues officials were on the sceen almost immediately following the sudden crash. They were amazed to find such little of the car left; sadly there were no survivors.

    Let this be a lesson to all Prius drivers, who think they are invinceable....I'm Werty reporting live from the Salt Flats.

    Later today, a Ferrari Enzo set the record for most enviromentally friendly supercar....
    LMAO!!! That's jokes. The Enzo is no where near environmentally friendly...it's at the other end of the list. The only hybrid car anywhere close to "cool" is the Honda Accord Hybrid. I wish they would make a hybrid Accord Coupe or Civic SiR
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