Explain this to me!

MightyBobo · 04-25-2009, 06:03 AM

You'd be surprised how much difference that extra horsepower can make. Just look at the Veyron. If I remember right, it only needs a couple hundred horsepower to get to 130 or 140 MPH, but it needs the extra 800 horsepower required to get up past 200 MPH to overcome its own coefficient of drag.

Either way, its hard to give a solid answer when you arent really giving us specifics here lol. "...something like 20 seconds", and "about 30 seconds" is a very big difference lol. Find the exact numbers and it might be easier to go from there

Oh, and in a choice between exotics, I'd probably take one of these:

m4a1mustang · 04-25-2009, 07:23 AM

There was a great article in one of the car mags back in the 80s that really showed the difference downforce/drag makes in speed. It was an all-out speed test between an IMSA Porsche 962 and Tim Richmond's Monte Carlo Winston Cup car.

Both cars made about the same power, but back then NASCAR stock cars weren't really in the business of making downforce... it was all about reducing drag. His car was much, much faster than the Porsche as it didn't have all that added drag.

tvfreakazoid · 04-26-2009, 05:52 AM

OH god that's one ugly car LOL. Isn't that called a gumpart or something.

I believe the tt viper did it in 20 seconds and the koenigsegg on their website stated 27 seconds.

Here's link and the ford gt tt did 0-200 in 18+ seconds. Crazy fast.

http://carvideos.caranddriver.com/?b...id=13585927001

MightyBobo · 04-28-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid

OH god that's one ugly car LOL. Isn't that called a gumpart or something.

I believe the tt viper did it in 20 seconds and the koenigsegg on their website stated 27 seconds.

Here's link and the ford gt tt did 0-200 in 18+ seconds. Crazy fast.

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MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 53	You'd be surprised how much difference that extra horsepower can make. Just look at the Veyron. If I remember right, it only needs a couple hundred horsepower to get to 130 or 140 MPH, but it needs the extra 800 horsepower required to get up past 200 MPH to overcome its own coefficient of drag. Either way, its hard to give a solid answer when you arent really giving us specifics here lol. "...something like 20 seconds", and "about 30 seconds" is a very big difference lol. Find the exact numbers and it might be easier to go from there Oh, and in a choice between exotics, I'd probably take one of these: __________________ I don't own a car anymore.

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m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6963	There was a great article in one of the car mags back in the 80s that really showed the difference downforce/drag makes in speed. It was an all-out speed test between an IMSA Porsche 962 and Tim Richmond's Monte Carlo Winston Cup car. Both cars made about the same power, but back then NASCAR stock cars weren't really in the business of making downforce... it was all about reducing drag. His car was much, much faster than the Porsche as it didn't have all that added drag. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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tvfreakazoid A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: kommie kali Posts: 1,238 Drives: 2015 Audi S5; 6spd. Rep Power: 10325	OH god that's one ugly car LOL. Isn't that called a gumpart or something. I believe the tt viper did it in 20 seconds and the koenigsegg on their website stated 27 seconds. Here's link and the ford gt tt did 0-200 in 18+ seconds. Crazy fast. http://carvideos.caranddriver.com/?b...id=13585927001 __________________ Mudders milk Last edited by tvfreakazoid; 04-27-2009 at 03:17 AM.

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