Dehydration is a S.O.B eh? dont worry, im only doing 11 hours days
Dehydration is a S.O.B eh? dont worry, im only doing 11 hours days
"Horsepower sells motor cars, but torque wins motor races."
-Carrol Shelby
Oh really?Originally Posted by ANOBLEman
Well I'm sure Bugatti will be saddened by the loss of your business.
Horsepower wins races. Torque pulls trailers.
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg <Live cast from the 'Ring.
Power, whether measured as HP, PS, or KW is what accelerates cars and gets it up to top speed. Power also determines how far you take a wall when you hit it
Engine torque is an illusion.
its a poster car! people don't need to buy it, it just exists to adorn posters on spotty teenagers walls (no offence waugh ). Besides we all piech never got enough kicks from the perfect phaeton so went further to massage his ego with the veyron.
I'm willing to work with ht99 on this one.....
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Using ricer mentality that many here seem to love when bagging pushrods..........the Veyron needs 4 turbos and 8 odd L to achieve a measly 1000hp.Got proof? Nope? didnt think so....
Now the turbo rule as used in most racing clubs of 1.5 (per turbo) x 4 (for the 4 turbos used in the Bugatti) + 8 (for engine displacement). So what you have is 14L to achieve 1000hp........which is 71.43hp per litre. The Ultima GTR640 on the other hand using the humble 6.2L Chev engine pumps out a stunning 640hp without forced induction, this equates to 103hp per litre.
If you take this further and even the two engines out by adding an extra 7.8L for the Ultima to equal the Bugattis 14L total capacity then you get a monsterous 640hp + (7.8 x 103)hp = 640hp + 803.4hp = 1443.4hp
Nontheless, the Veyron produces a conservative 125hp/L while the race tuned Chev gets just over 100, the Veyron makes use of the exhaust power the Chev chooses to waste, so the Bug is the more efficient.Originally Posted by MC
Horsepower wins races. Torque pulls trailers.
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg <Live cast from the 'Ring.
Now compare this to drag cars and their power per L!!!!!!!Nontheless, the Veyron produces a conservative 125hp/L while the race tuned Chev gets just over 100, the Veyron makes use of the exhaust power the Chev chooses to waste, so the Bug is the more efficient.
By drag cars I assume you mean funny and top fuel dragsters. Now what goal would that accomplish? You cannot possible compare the two because the only similarities between the bug and a top fuel drag car include the steering wheel, 4 wheels (however disproportionate), and internal combustion. If we drove cars with similar hp/l, we would need to strip down the engine, replace all the gaskets and valves, ect... after every drive and simply accecpt that. Boy would that be fun.
"Horsepower sells motor cars, but torque wins motor races."
-Carrol Shelby
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