My Tamora shown what real power is!
My Tamora shown what real power is!
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tamore

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10,018 posts

314 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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i was trundling up the E40 towards belgium this morning and something came right up behind me at a fair rate of knots. normally if it's anything 'normal' then i'll let it pass and carry on my way. i've no interest in being the fastest thing on every motorway i travel on (these days).

i pulled over a lane and let him past. it was a GT40 (450 ***) anyone know if that's owned by someone on here? thatphilbrettguy perhaps?

anyway, despite the road being fairly damp, he looked like he wanted to play....... so i gave it a go. my god that's a quick car when the taps are opened up. the speed limit signs said 130 so we both pushed that far wink on long clear straights. he was pulling away fairly significantly and when he let me infront to lead the game, he was glued to the back of me.

my tam is the 3.6 with no fettling bar a rebuild a couple of thousand miles ago, so it is basically what was bottom of the range in the post rover v8 era. it didn't do badly by any means, especially as the GT40 is very much a 'super' car and possibly in the bracket coined 'hyper' car.

would the t440 have given it a run for it's money? or the typhoon? even a well tuned tuscan (4.0) or cerb with properly mapped engine? in red rose spec?

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

291 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong

jagdpanther

19,633 posts

249 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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Tyre Smoke said:
I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong
I think you're right

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

295 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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jagdpanther said:
Tyre Smoke said:
I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong
I think you're right
Clarksons one is now wearing PB FGT...

J

madbadger

11,752 posts

274 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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Reminds me of the thread when someone was 'wasted' in his T350..... by a Veyron! hehe

Good stuff. thumbup

Jappo

1,121 posts

239 months

Tuesday 18th September 2007
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Tyre Smoke said:
I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong
But if you're right, that particular car has been tweaked to 600 or so bhp so nothing short of a Sp12 would have it.

ehyouwhat

4,606 posts

248 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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jagdpanther said:
Tyre Smoke said:
I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong
I think you're right
I thought the number on the plate was 550, not 450?!

burriana

16,556 posts

284 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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The GT will also have the huge advantage that not only will it have more grunt, it will undoubtedly be far better at putting the power down than a TVR.

One of the very best of the modern supercars yes

loose cannon

6,057 posts

271 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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also has the advantage of being a substantial amount more to buy than a tamora and requires a motorway sized lane to drive it on hehe

so called

9,160 posts

239 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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I was blown away in my Chimaera twice last year by a Veyron in North Germany.
One of the locals told me its owned by one of the Jagermeister family.
As I was heading for Wolfenbüttel, they could be right.

Made me feel very insignificant.
Anyway all that money and still didnt sound as good as my TVR, he must be very dissapointed. biglaugh

Edited by so called on Tuesday 13th November 17:17

Hoover.

5,993 posts

272 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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I was blown away by an Audi R8..... sat with upto 140mph, and then it took like I was standing still... looked to handel well as well

Chiefbadger

423 posts

228 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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It was definitely 550

ehyouwhat said:
jagdpanther said:
Tyre Smoke said:
I believe 450 MAN was the car that Clarkson had.







I might (and probably am) wrong
I think you're right
I thought the number on the plate was 550, not 450?!