[Murf the Surf]

The Widow-maker

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

The Widow-maker

I'd sell my 993 for one of these.

[Lady Jane]

Michelotti redesigned Porsche 356

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Michelotti redesigned Porsche 356



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Hideous. Proof that everyone has a bad day?

[Lady Jane]

1967 mid-engine Ford Mustang Mach 2 concept.

[Mosaud1998]

idk how "cool" this pic is but

[Dino GT]

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[Dino GT]

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[Dino GT]

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[Mosaud1998]

[Buug959]

TTT

[wdb]

^^^^^ Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekazoids.

[Dino GT]

BMVV

[Dino GT]

GT-IV

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Dino GT

GT-IV

^^^^^^ Now we're talkin'.

[Dino GT]

It's Lamborghini 60th anniversary this year.

https://cnaluxury.channelnewsasia.co...upercar-218151

[Lady Jane]

1962 Ford Cougar 406. 6.7L V8 and 405 Hp.

[Murf the Surf]

What 10,000 horsepower does to a top fuel tire at launch.
TOP FUEL ACCELERATION PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower (10,000 HP) than the first 5 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1.2-1.5 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug.
This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.
* In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acce leration approaches 8 G's.
* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
* Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
* The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
* THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.
0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin ‘chutes at 300 MPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth . . quicker than a jet fighter plane . . . quicker than the space shuttle.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.420 seconds for the quarter-mile (2004, Doug Kalitta). The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run (2005, Tony Schumacher).
Putting this all into perspective:
You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you.
He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!
That's acceleration!

[snowbimmer]

Now, that puts everything in perspective.

Holy moly.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

1962 Ford Cougar 406. 6.7L V8 and 405 Hp.


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Sometime around early 1967, I came close to buying a red 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 with the 406 engine and 4-speed manual. I say almost because after I test drove it for a couple of days I could see that it had been driven hard and put away wet. The thing did have some serious get up and go, though. On the last day of the test drive, I left about 200 feet of rubber on the cement highway in front of our Junior college (the owner had removed the posi-traction differential). The smoke was impressive. That black strip (right wheel only) remained on the highway for months!

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Sometime around early 1967, I came close to buying a red 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 with the 406 engine and 4-speed manual. I say almost because after I test drove it for a couple of days I could see that it had been driven hard and put away wet. The thing did have some serious get up and go, though. On the last day of the test drive, I left about 200 feet of rubber on the cement highway in front of our Junior college (the owner had removed the posi-traction differential). The smoke was impressive. That black strip (right wheel only) remained on the highway for months!

I remember getting pulled over by Metro Police (I ended up working for them for about 30 years) in front of my high school after putting down a couple of big black strips. The officer asked me if I was trying to impress the young lady that was in the car with me at the time. I replied that I did it for my own personal satisfaction. He let me off with a warning.....I think he might have been a car guy.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I remember getting pulled over by Metro Police (I ended up working for them for about 30 years) in front of my high school after putting down a couple of big black strips. The officer asked me if I was trying to impress the young lady that was in the car with me at the time. I replied that I did it for my own personal satisfaction. He let me off with a warning.....I think he might have been a car guy.

I forgot to mention that I got about 5 feet of 2nd gear rubber on that 200 foot, 1st gear tire shredding run. Then the water pump started leaking...