0 - 60mph in 2.5 seconds!!!

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0 - 60mph in 2.5 seconds!!!

Post by Tom » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:31 pm

2 seat sports car. 1000 bhp/ton. Check it out!! :twisted:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/defau ... ryId=13751

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Post by mckeann » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:36 pm

i drove a N/A version of that engine in a caterham. was fcuk awesome. cant even imagine what it would be like with an extra 150bhp and downforce to pull 3G

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Post by mac » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:00 pm

0-60 in that time is face squashingly qucik.

Was hitting that kind of acceleration on the easter weekend.
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Post by mckeann » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:03 pm

its even worse when you actually have to control it, as opposed to just being strapped to a rollercoaster

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Post by Skyenet » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:00 pm

mac wrote:0-60 in that time is face squashingly qucik.

Was hitting that kind of acceleration on the easter weekend.
and with a 0-60 time of 3.2 seconds I wasn't far off that on my BMW test ride during the spanners and sponges weekend :-)

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