RE: Tramontana R Edition
Discussion
hayesey said:
dkennedyvxt said:
Is it just me or does the 0-125 time look a bit lame for having all those horses and all that torque AND weighing less than a dieting ballerina.
An ultima GTR would kill that to 125 IIRC that get's to 100 in around 5.5????
are you joking? 1259kgs for a car like that is ridiculously heavy! No wonder it's not actually that fast when compared to similar things.An ultima GTR would kill that to 125 IIRC that get's to 100 in around 5.5????
Carbon fibre bodywork is no good if you make the chassis out of depleted uranium.
A question abuot the engine choices....
Mercedes never made a normally aspirated 5.5 V12.
The 5.5 V12 in the current "600" cars is a 500bhp twin turbo set up.
So why would this company remove the turbos, only to up the power to 550bhp? :scrathchin:
If they used the older N/A V12 from the prefacelift C215 CL-Class and prefacelift W220 S-Class, then that was a 5.8 V12.
The 760bhp and 811 ft/lb torque is about right for a modified 600 bi-turbo engine, and I should think has been uprated a fair bit. Brabus got those kind of figures from their 6.3 "S" conversion to this engine.
Darren
Mercedes never made a normally aspirated 5.5 V12.
The 5.5 V12 in the current "600" cars is a 500bhp twin turbo set up.
So why would this company remove the turbos, only to up the power to 550bhp? :scrathchin:
If they used the older N/A V12 from the prefacelift C215 CL-Class and prefacelift W220 S-Class, then that was a 5.8 V12.
The 760bhp and 811 ft/lb torque is about right for a modified 600 bi-turbo engine, and I should think has been uprated a fair bit. Brabus got those kind of figures from their 6.3 "S" conversion to this engine.
Darren
Why do people build stuff like this at that price? I just dont get it? what sort of nob-end would pay that or do they only hope to sell 2 a year.
Go pay someone to build an Ultima kit car to the highest spec or get a top of the range Ariel atom and save yourself £100k
Theres kit cars out there prettier than this, stupidly fast and a fraction of the price.
sorry - I still cant see them shift any of these at this price - I'll wait till the shape is ripped off by a kit car manufacturer!
Go pay someone to build an Ultima kit car to the highest spec or get a top of the range Ariel atom and save yourself £100k
Theres kit cars out there prettier than this, stupidly fast and a fraction of the price.
sorry - I still cant see them shift any of these at this price - I'll wait till the shape is ripped off by a kit car manufacturer!
Hi all,
this car has been technically developed by a firma called SunRed and located nearby Seat factory. It's the team running the petrol Seat Leon in WTCC (Tom Coronel). If I'm not wrong it has nothing to do with the IFR Aspid.
I had a close look to the car several times last year in SunRed facilities and I can tell you that you are right, it's huge! but at the same time it has lot of racing details in its design - a big surprise for me since the original idea was not to create a trackday weapon. I think that Jordi Gene was the test driver.
Decision about the engine...well, the person who developed the engine ECU told me that you don't need to ask for a supplier contract to Mercedes to install it in your car...just buy one Merc and take the engine.
Interior was a big disappointment for me. I really don't want to spend more than 2 hours in a jet fighter cockpit. Anyway the whole project seems to have more credit than most of new supercars projects out there, which they only are CAD designs.
greetings from Barcelona
this car has been technically developed by a firma called SunRed and located nearby Seat factory. It's the team running the petrol Seat Leon in WTCC (Tom Coronel). If I'm not wrong it has nothing to do with the IFR Aspid.
I had a close look to the car several times last year in SunRed facilities and I can tell you that you are right, it's huge! but at the same time it has lot of racing details in its design - a big surprise for me since the original idea was not to create a trackday weapon. I think that Jordi Gene was the test driver.
Decision about the engine...well, the person who developed the engine ECU told me that you don't need to ask for a supplier contract to Mercedes to install it in your car...just buy one Merc and take the engine.
Interior was a big disappointment for me. I really don't want to spend more than 2 hours in a jet fighter cockpit. Anyway the whole project seems to have more credit than most of new supercars projects out there, which they only are CAD designs.
greetings from Barcelona
durbster said:
Frimley111R said:
By the way, whatever happened to Caparo??
I kept hearing about Caparo selling off the rights to some clever bits of automotive and engineering technology. I suspect the T1 may have been part of a clever marketing exercise to flog such things.dkennedyvxt said:
hayesey said:
dkennedyvxt said:
Is it just me or does the 0-125 time look a bit lame for having all those horses and all that torque AND weighing less than a dieting ballerina.
An ultima GTR would kill that to 125 IIRC that get's to 100 in around 5.5????
are you joking? 1259kgs for a car like that is ridiculously heavy! No wonder it's not actually that fast when compared to similar things.An ultima GTR would kill that to 125 IIRC that get's to 100 in around 5.5????
Carbon fibre bodywork is no good if you make the chassis out of depleted uranium.
Edited by skid-mark on Wednesday 25th February 22:25
yup as others said its massive, even more so when you consider those wheels are 20 inch. Likewise saw one at Le Mans 2008, if you look in comparison to the Enzo behind it, its bloody massive. Doesnt appeal to me at all im afraid...especially at that money!
Edited by El Capitano for calling an Enzo was a F50...!
Edited by El Capitano on Thursday 26th February 11:40
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