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06-02-2003, 10:11 AM
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The Griffin
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Koenigsegg CC8S
     Now the goodies... General specifications Country of origin Sweden Year of introduction 2002 Introduced at 2002 Geneva Motorshow Numbers built N/A Body design N/A Weight 1170 kg / 2579.4 lbs Drivetrain Engine Ford Cobra SVT 90º V8 Engine location Mid, longitudinally mounted Displacement 4.601 liter / 280.8 cu in Valvetrain 4 valves/cylinder, DOHC Fuel feed Fuel injection Aspiration Supercharger Gearbox 6 Speed Manual Drive Rear wheel drive Performance figures Power 655 bhp / 488.6 kW @ 6800 rpm BHP/Liter 142.4 Torque 750 Nm / 553.2 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm Power to weight ratio 0.56 bhp/kg Top Speed 242.3 mph / 390.0 km/h 0-60 mph Acceleration 3.40 s |
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06-03-2003, 03:14 PM
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Go faster!
Location: Wisconsin
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I think the motor to use for this car would be a BMW V12 powerplant be it "M"-ified or not. The car looks good, but I'd use the BMW motor. Can't be much bigger than the Ford 4.6 S/C, can it?
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06-05-2003, 03:43 PM
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Tilted
Location: Southern PA
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I like the idea of mixing euro exotica with american muscle, and the end result is an amazing car!!
I'm sure no one would complain about the Ford heart if it were parked in their garage.
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06-05-2003, 07:15 PM
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Go faster!
Location: Wisconsin
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142.4 HP/Liter beating race engines?!?!
M-B/Penske Indy 500 engine: 950hp (conservative...actual in the 1000-1100hp range) from 2.65 Liters = 358.5 HP/Liter This engine was turbocharged with a pushrod actuated valve train. They run on methanol. Winston Cup engines: 750-800hp from 5.7 Liters = 131.6 - 140.4 HP/Liter These engines are naturally aspirated with a pushrod actuated valve train. They run on a high octane version of pump gas. I don't know specs for F1 engines, but the old school Indy Car engines were in excess of 300hp/liter...15 years ago. NWC motors would be better off with fuel injection. They'd probably see a boost of 50hp without any other mods to the motor. Tune it be a fuelie, and they may see 65-70hp more. I realize these comparisons are a little off, since the Ford engine is blown with fuel injection and an OHC valvetrain versus the small displacement, blown, pushrod, fuel injected CART engines and the large displacement, carbuerated, pushrod NWC engines. But, you get the idea. They are just now getting 140+ HP/Liter from a boosted engine. CART & NWC have been at or substantially above these levels for a long time, one with small displacement and high revs, the other with old school pushrods, carbuerators, and large displacement. Oh, to clarify myself on the Ford engine choice. I didn't say the motor was bad, although there are better alternatives in cost, and power. I'm just saying that that motor choice in that car is poor. Even a LS6 from the C5 ZO6 would be out of place in that car. That's why I mentioned the BMW V-12. It's a solid piece that costs less than Ferrari or Lamborghini alternatives. It makes good power, is smooth, and sounds nice. Oh, and I don't like Ford, just for the record.  Eeks! That was long. 
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06-28-2003, 09:06 PM
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The Best thing that never happened to you
Location: Silverdale, WA
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Holy shit! That's like F'n Transformers yo. I bet there's a robot face underneath that car somewhere, and a laser gun too! Sweet stuff.
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06-29-2003, 01:19 AM
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On the styling: Kinda looks likes a guy at VW got a hold of a 360 Modena.
Apart from that, let's not bash Ford too much. They did come out with some wonderful cars. Anyone remember the GT 40? Any of the Shelby's. Hell, the Ford Lola cars? And no, I don't even really like Ford the brand much at all. I just think that the Mustang engine may have been a good choice because it's dirt cheap and it produces a whole lot of power. It's probably also a stab at Le Mans. The Corvettes and Dodges are beating the hell out of Ferrari and even Porsche because they use engines that have a rediculous amount of displacement and produces lots of power at low revs. Anything that revs higher is at a disadvantage because of the air restrictor plates they use. <a href="http://media.gm.com/gmracing/endurance/lemans/corvette_technology.pdf">http://media.gm.com/gmracing/enduran...technology.pdf</a> Corvette says it all themselves. Anyhow, the mustang engine makes sense.... ok, ok. Not that much sense. But if they enter Le Mans, we all know why they put a big 'ol 'merican engine in it. At risk of making this too long, I'd like to add that the CART cars make that much horsepower because they're not road cars and they rev up to 11k rpm or whatever it is. But that fact that this may be street legal and make 145 hp a liter is still pretty impressive. Oh yeah, the new Bugatti only makes 125 hp/liter or so. With how many turbos? |
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06-30-2003, 09:46 PM
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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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mmmmm pretty car
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