RE: BAC launches new Mono R

[otolith]

treeroy said:

Ariel Atom V8 is not a bike engine.

It's two bike engines! But it's in a car. So it's a car engine.

[kambites]

treeroy said:

Ariel Atom V8 is not a bike engine.

Well it sort of is - the heads were lifted straight from the Hayabusa with minimal modification and consequently the block owed most of its dimensions to the 'busa as well. There's a few V8s constructed in similar ways and of course they are not bike engines in that the engine itself was never actually in a bike, but the design still owes an awful lot to the donor unit.

Fabulous unit either way.

[treeroy]

kambites said:

Well it sort of is - the heads were lifted straight from the Hayabusa with minimal modification and consequently the block owed most of its dimensions to the 'busa as well. There's a few V8s constructed in similar ways and of course they are not bike engines in that the engine itself was never actually in a bike, but the design still owes an awful lot to the donor unit.

Fabulous unit either way.

I did not know that, thank you.

[evo69]

HugoM46 said:

LCC Rocket, Ariel Atom 500

Mazda RX8, Caparo T1 ?

[SlimJim16v]

Nice as it is, I think it's more Frog nose than Shark nose.

[Esceptico]

ntiz said:

Is one of these really 2-3x better than 620R with the same power to weight ratio?

I have never really got what these offer over and above stuff like an Atom?

The fact that they have sold out suggests that enough people think so.

[RumbleOfThunder]

treeroy said:

RumbleOfThunder said:

Can we stop naming stty bike engines please.

Ariel Atom V8 is not a bike engine.

Thanks for that revelation, Gordon Murray.

Attention PH - Can we stop the pointless attempts to one up each other in the knowledge stakes. It makes every thread a pissing contest. Correcting people when necessary is fine but needlessly seeking out comments to misinterpret them for the sake of a quick win is growing tiresome

[otolith]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Attention PH - Can we stop the pointless attempts to one up each other in the knowledge stakes. It makes every thread a pissing contest. Correcting people when necessary is fine but needlessly seeking out comments to misinterpret them for the sake of a quick win is growing tiresome

It's not a comment, it's the frigging headline on the story!

[Itsallicanafford]

this would be my perfect retirement car - trailer it to tracks all over Europe and live a very contented life...due to funds i think it will be more likely going to be a Caterham though...

[isaldiri]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Highly developed aero. Carbon construction. The R&D cost alone compared to a Caterham must be huge.

The mono only has cf panels. It does not have a carbon fibre monocoque unlike say the KTM X bow.

[RumbleOfThunder]

isaldiri said:

RumbleOfThunder said:

Highly developed aero. Carbon construction. The R&D cost alone compared to a Caterham must be huge.

The mono only has cf panels. It does not have a carbon fibre monocoque unlike say the KTM X bow.

Thanks, Adrian Newey. I didn't say it had a carbon monocoque.

[Fetchez la vache]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Attention PH - Can we stop the pointless attempts to one up each other in the knowledge stakes. It makes every thread a pissing contest. Correcting people when necessary is fine but needlessly seeking out comments to misinterpret them for the sake of a quick win is growing tiresome

RumbleOfThunder said:

Thanks for that revelation, Gordon Murray.

RumbleOfThunder said:

Thanks, Adrian Newey. I didn't say it had a carbon monocoque.

Christ your'e grumpy today...
U ok hun?

[poppopbangbang]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Thanks, Adrian Newey. I didn't say it had a carbon monocoque.

But carbon construction would generally be a term used to describe a composite chassis car rather than a space frame. It's also not got any aero to speak of, developed or otherwise, beyond some basic anti lift stuff. Mono is a zero downforce car by design.

[anonymous-user]

Rather have a Model 3

[SpudLink]

The design seems a bit less elegant than the original. But I still love it.
Still the first thing in my lottery win garage.

[curley]

SpudLink said:

The design seems a bit less elegant than the original. But I still love it.
Still the first thing in my lottery win garage.

I agree , hoping theres a few second hand ones hitting the market soon .....

[lankyarcher]

All I can say is, in person, the details are fantastic... you should all see it in the flesh.
She’s a beauty!

[Panjy]

I'm a big fan of these cars.
Had the pleasure of being on track alongside two of them at Donington a few years back.
Really quick and also very well finished, made the multitude of Caterhams on the same track day look like something from the dark ages.

[ceebmoj]

Frimley111R said:

Shut up and take my money*!!!!

• house

I have kidney as well.

[Orchardab]

Ducati V4 is 210bhp+ out of 1liter.