RichardK wrote:
10 points, isnt it strange looking, I've been waiting for this car to
come out, just to see if america can actually make a decent supercar.

Grant wrote:
lets see it on the twisties then, it looks to me like a quarter mile
car, and they have been around forever, the lingenfelter Corvette 427TT
has been around longer and is faster, but I dont consider it a supercar

In article <5jiNe.91993$G8.65149 (AT) text (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
theo*dontspammeucunt (AT) letsblowitup (DOT) com says...
Looks more LeMan, than Santa Pod to me.

Type: Twin-Turbo V8
Displacement: 7000 cc
Horsepower: 750 bhp @ 6300 rpm
Torque: 700 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 2.8 sec
0-100 mph: 6.0 sec
Quarter Mile: 10.7 sec @ 136 mph
Skidpad: 1.10g
Top Speed: --- mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: --- ft
Slalom Speed: 73.0 mph


The Ferrari Enzo manages

Type: V12
Displacement: 5998 cc
Horsepower: 650 bhp @ 7800 rpm
Torque: 485 lb-ft @ 5500 rpm
Redline: 8200 rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 3.3 sec
0-100 mph: 6.6 sec
Quarter Mile: 11.1 sec @ 133 mph
Skidpad: 1.05g
Top Speed: 217 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 109 ft
Slalom Speed: 73.0 mph

Seems pretty evenly matched. Next thing you will tell me the Enzo is
crap anywhere else than the strip too.

Oh and Callaway C12 Corvette.
Type: V8
Displacement: 5666 cc
Horsepower: 440 bhp @ 6300 rpm
Torque: 420 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 4.7 sec
0-100 mph: 9.8 sec
Quarter Mile: 12.8 sec @ 116 mph
Skidpad: 1.04g
Top Speed: 192 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 132 ft
Slalom Speed: 67.3 mph

And

Lingenfelter Z06
Type: V8
Displacement: 7007 cc
Horsepower: 500 bhp @ 5800 rpm
Torque: 530 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
Redline: 6000 rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 3.6 sec
0-100 mph: 7.8 sec
Quarter Mile: 11.7 sec @ 124 mph
Skidpad: .98g
Top Speed: 203 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 118 ft
Slalom Speed: 68.7 mph


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"Theo" <theo*dontspammeucunt (AT) letsblowitup (DOT) com> wrote

love the F40 my fave ferrari that! along with the california in that gay
film where that tosser bunks of school, can't remember the title of it right
now. i have the dvd but can't be arsed to look either

Theo wrote:
What's wrong with the Vector W2?

Richard

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Vamp wrote:
Gay film?

Hmm. So not Ferris Bueller's Day Off, then.

Can't stand F40s meself. Much rather have a 550/575, or if I'm going to
suffer that much discomfort, a proper 80s Testarossa.

(not that I'd turn down a 60s Testarossa, you understand).

Richard

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Sleeker GT Phwoar wrote:
wrong one

Corvette 427 TT

Type: Twin-Turbo V8
Displacement: 7007 cc
Horsepower: 802 bhp @ 4600 rpm
Torque: 866 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 1.97 sec
0-100 mph: 4.33 sec
Quarter Mile: 8.95 sec @ 153 mph
Skidpad: 1.01g
Top Speed: est 240 mph

I never said it would be crap on the track, I said lets see it, NA cars
always seem to do better on the track than their turbo counterparts....

Theo wrote:
Nice camera!

Albert T Cone wrote:
not mine lol