Attention Speed Shops

[porschekiller]

What Slaloms At 80 Mph, Corners Over 1g, Busts The 1/4 Mile In Under 11 Seconds, Revs To 10k Rpm, And Is Street Legal With 250 Hp?

A Caterham Csr With A Turbo Hayabusa Weighing In At 1350 Lbs.!

[Crazy_pilot]

Turbocharge it to 500+HP and see what happens.

[Landshark]

Originally Posted by porschekiller

What Slaloms At 80 Mph, Corners Over 1g, Busts The 1/4 Mile In Under 11 Seconds, Revs To 10k Rpm, AND CAN'T BE SEEN BY FAT WOMEN TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND EATING CHEEZBURGERS IN THEIR GIANT SUV'S AS THEY KEEP ON DRIVING WHILE YOU GET CAUGHT IN THEIR WHEELWELL AND KILLED?

A Caterham Csr With A Turbo Hayabusa Weighing In At 1350 Lbs.!

no thanks, i want to live.

[subi-crosser]

Originally Posted by Landshark

no thanks, i want to live.

The same reaction I had to the Kawasaki 'reverse' trike I saw on TV the other day. It was a Porsche front suspension and A Kawasaki bike from the seats back, with a fiberglass front end. He sat about 3 feet from the ground to the top of his head. I would get KILLED trying to pull out of the alley onto the road if the neighbor left his garbage can on the sidewalk!

It looked like it would be fun to play with, but NOT suitable for transportation!

It was a 'big kid's' Big Wheel, with the smoke coming from the back wheel.

[Landshark]

Originally Posted by subi-crosser

The same reaction I had to the Kawasaki 'reverse' trike I saw on TV the other day. It was a Porsche front suspension and A Kawasaki bike from the seats back, with a fiberglass front end. He sat about 3 feet from the ground to the top of his head. I would get KILLED trying to pull out of the alley onto the road if the neighbor left his garbage can on the sidewalk!

It looked like it would be fun to play with, but NOT suitable for transportation!

It was a 'big kid's' Big Wheel, with the smoke coming from the back wheel.

hell, i'd be scared driving to work in a Miata.

[longassname]

If i lived in pensylvania i'd be scared driving to work in a miata too. In fl i'd just be embarrassed.

Originally Posted by Landshark

hell, i'd be scared driving to work in a Miata.

[Landshark]

Originally Posted by longassname

If i lived in pensylvania i'd be scared driving to work in a miata too. In fl i'd just be embarrassed.

correction: scared AND embarrassed.

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by porschekiller

What Slaloms At 80 Mph, Corners Over 1g, Busts The 1/4 Mile In Under 11 Seconds, Revs To 10k Rpm, And Is Street Legal With 250 Hp?

A Caterham Csr With A Turbo Hayabusa Weighing In At 1350 Lbs.!

These are like 4 wheeled motor bikes for power to weight ratio. They travel very hard indeed.

Because they are extremely light the limiting factor for their performance is grip. Because they are rear drive, much over 300 hp and the rears spin rather than grip. If you widen the rear tyre footprint it gets worse, because you have less pounds per square inch pushing down on the wider rubber. Obversely you reach a similar problem on the brakes, you need weight transfer to the fronts before you can brake hard.

The fastest of these machines is currently the Aerial Atom. Top of the range uses a Honda S2000 engine that is supercharged. No other road going car can live with this thing on the track, it reigns supreme.

Joe

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

These are like 4 wheeled motor bikes for power to weight ratio. They travel very hard indeed.

Because they are extremely light the limiting factor for their performance is grip. Because they are rear drive, much over 300 hp and the rears spin rather than grip. If you widen the rear tyre footprint it gets worse, because you have less pounds per square inch pushing down on the wider rubber. Obversely you reach a similar problem on the brakes, you need weight transfer to the fronts before you can brake hard.

The fastest of these machines is currently the Aerial Atom. Top of the range uses a Honda S2000 engine that is supercharged. No other road going car can live with this thing on the track, it reigns supreme.

Joe

Agreed Joe, But ---

I owned and raced a Lotus Seven and who wants grip? All the fun was when it was set up and going sideways.

[porschekiller]

drift, drag, autox, roadrace, rally, it's perfect, but who would commute in it?

Originally Posted by Trevor

Agreed Joe, But ---

I owned and raced a Lotus Seven and who wants grip? All the fun was when it was set up and going sideways.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by porschekiller

drift, drag, autox, roadrace, rally, it's perfect, but who would commute in it?

Me! It was so much fun to drive.

[b3lha]

The guy who owns this car used to work at my company. He took me for a ride in it a few times. Scary fast.

http://www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk/pr...cars_wr1c.html

[Landshark]

i ran across this in a Motor Trend mag today...

Caparo T1
550hp (est)
1300lbs (est)
0-60mph in 2.5 sec (est)
U.S. street legal (pending)

$350,000 (est)

[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Agreed Joe, But ---

I owned and raced a Lotus Seven and who wants grip? All the fun was when it was set up and going sideways.

It's a wonderful design Trevor and I'm not knocking it, just talking about the ultimate limitations.

A powerful Caterham or any Seven clone can trounce most supercars, and for small money.

Respect due, I'm thinking.

[subi-crosser]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

It's a wonderful design Trevor and I'm not knocking it, just talking about the ultimate limitations.

A powerful Caterham or any Seven clone can trounce most supercars, and for small money.

Respect due, I'm thinking.

I might have dumped that goldwing too soon! I should have built something like these out of it. I HATED it as a bike!

(I thought about building a sawmill out of it)