http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHgu9q7uD5M

Jesus
1200HP and 1500 ft/lbs of torque in THAT chassis. That has to be the most fun street car in history
http://www.dallasperformance.com/DPFGT/index.htm

 

damn the lag on that ish must be worse than dial-up connection

 

damn that is amazing

 

Disgusting

 

ha, and your car is any better? you put out 1500ft/lbs buddy?

 

lol. nice comparison

 

straight REDIC!!

 

Turbo lag on a 7-liter engine... you're funny

 

If I had this and a TT Gallardo, I'd never need a woman.

 

i dont think any of us would lol

 

As cool as that is, and as much bragging you can do by just owning something remotely close to something like that, that car is pretty much worthless and can't be driven normally no matter what you're doing or where you are.

The Gumpert has 700-800hp and it's hard to keep the back from stepping out with just partial throttle (0-60 magazine did an article on that car a few months back where they drove it through Berlin and tried doing some daily driving in it). It proved to be pretty much impossible to drive normally due to the amazing amount of power that is on tap, and now double that number and you have what we saw in the original link of this thread.

What can you do with that kind of power on such a small/light RWD car? Can you even get traction in any gear? Maybe if the entire rear end was one giant flinstones style tire (slick), like one super sticky slick single tire that spanned the width of the rear end of the car, because I can't imagine that those street tires he has on the car will do jack **** to keep that car down on the ground. Just imagine the traction problems you would encounter with that kind of torque and hp!!!


It's basically an extreme hp/torque show car that can't be driven anywhere and all it's good for is bragging about the fact that you have a car that makes 7,000,000 horse power.


Don't get me wrong, but the stock GT40 was already fast as hell, so maybe it would have been wise to add 100-150 hp to the stock motor and you'd have a REALLY fast car that you could actually drive, or instead of could have that REALLY deafening/loud motor that produces so much horse power that you'd lose to civic hybrids because you can't catch any kind of traction what so ever. By the time the civic crosses the 1/4 mile marker you're in 6th gear and going 20mph because of the massive wheel spin.


So besides being a show car and a trophy of insane HP, what good purpose does that car serve?

 

I am sure a competent driver could get it around the track just fine.

Think about it...you do not hate on an F1 car, do you? Not sure about the HP ratings, and I know they are "purpose built" for the track, but they are FAR lighter.

A little info I dug up for conversations sake. Feel free to add more current info, or correct any mistaken info. The Ford GT, stock, has a weight of about 3500 pounds (not sure about the car posted) and this car has 1500 HP, for a power to weight ratio of 3 HP per 7 pounds. A 2000 Ferrari F1 car has a power to weight ratio of 7 HP to 12 pounds...based off of 770 HP and 1320 pounds. A Sprint Car (open wheel, dirt track car) has about 700-800 HP in a 1200-1300 pound car and they FLY around a dirt track. It is actually one of the the most spectacular types of racing out there, especially considering it is on an oval!! But back on topic

I believe that makes the GT 36/84, and the F1 car 49/84. Again, please correct my math.

I know I am comparing apples and oranges, but it is relevant to a small point...that small point being that with the proper setup I am sure it could be manhandled around the track

 

nevermind

 

all that and no videos in action??

 

That is what i was hoping for...