RE: 1050hp Gullwing Dragster At Essen Show

[zippyprorider]

love it! I agree that is rapid faster than most supercars anyway!

[BlackSteel]

So cool it is off the charts

[Belfast Boy]

Love it!!!!

[LCR270]

WorAl said:

8.1/166 Quarter mile? not all that fast really is it?

this bloke runs an 8.87/164 Impreza which he drives to and from the events and uses it in the handling circuits.

Edited by WorAl on Tuesday 1st December 13:10

Not really the same though is it, this sounds brilliant and brutal, and looks fab

Not knocking AndyF stuff, cos I love it, just not as exclusive as this

[FishFace]

zippyprorider said:

love it! I agree that is rapid faster than most supercars anyway!

Most? What supercar can get anywhere near that?

The Veyron is in the mid 10s IIRC.

[FC3SCorey]

Not many people pay attention to drag racing I assume.


8 seconds is stupidly fast.

[chuntington101]

Brill car and very fast!

Off topic but andy scooby is pretty quick. however not that fast as a drag cars as thats not it prime use! its designed to go around corners as well. lol

Chris.

PS. this it would have looked a little 'nicer' with a Nelson racing twin turbo 572 BBC in there...... http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/pix-engines-tt5...

[Mini1275]

Me likey ....wallpaper please

[Fury1630]

8.1/166 Quarter mile? not all that fast really is it?

this bloke runs an 8.87/164 Impreza which he drives to and from the events and uses it in the handling circuits.


I was thinking that, there are a number of streetlegal cars running those sort of numbers.

[Slinky]

Fury1630 said:

8.1/166 Quarter mile? not all that fast really is it?

this bloke runs an 8.87/164 Impreza which he drives to and from the events and uses it in the handling circuits.


I was thinking that, there are a number of streetlegal cars running those sort of numbers.

Read my earlier post again ...

Slinky said:

This car has most probably been built for Super Comp which is an 8.90 index racing class.. So isn't all about trying to get through the top end as quickly as humanly possible.. (yes, that does happen in drag racing..)..

[SimonSaid]

Mini1275 said:

Me likey ....wallpaper please

Sadly this car is unlikely to make Pic of the Week, but here are a few nice high-ish res shots (possibly enough for a wallpaper if your monitor's not too big) from the builders' website:

Image 1

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Image 3

[TheMighty]

Slinky said:

This car has most probably been built for Super Comp which is an 8.90 index racing class.. So isn't all about trying to get through the top end as quickly as humanly possible.. (yes, that does happen in drag racing..)..

The car was actually built to run Comp Eliminator Slinky. Now we should say no more about that as its going to soon get complicated, but I guess we have to:

Its running on the D/A index which apparently is 8.40 in Germany but I guess that leaves him really quite short as you'd want to be running 7.70 - 7.80 to really have the class nailed.

Stefan Winter was the guy behind the now defunct Turtmann events

zippyprorider said:

love it! I agree that is rapid faster than most supercars anyway!

Theres not a supercar comes close. The Ultima GTR is the only "production car" thats managed to get into single figures with a 9.9second run.

Edited by TheMighty on Thursday 3rd December 00:49

[Slinky]

TheMighty said:

Slinky said:

This car has most probably been built for Super Comp which is an 8.90 index racing class.. So isn't all about trying to get through the top end as quickly as humanly possible.. (yes, that does happen in drag racing..)..

The car was actually built to run Comp Eliminator Slinky. Now we should say no more about that as its going to soon get complicated, but I guess we have to:

Its running on the D/A index which apparently is 8.40 in Germany but I guess that leaves him really quite short as you'd want to be running 7.70 - 7.80 to really have the class nailed.

Stefan Winter was the guy behind the now defunct Turtmann events

Edited by TheMighty on Thursday 3rd December 00:36

Well now you've gone and let all of the confusion out of the drag racing sub fora and out into the outside world.. How is anyone who isn't of a drag racing persuasion going to understand complicated eliminator???

[Futuramic]

I'm baffled by the concept of a 6.9 litre 350 Chevy. As 350 is a number of cubic inches, and it equates to 5.7 litres; the car will be running closer to a 400 engine.

[TheMighty]

Its a 422cu in motor. I find it hard to believe that a number of "motoring journalists" have published the story and none seem to have worked out that the "350" relates to 350 cubic inches or 5.7 litres.

But then, this is a car with a American based motor and involved in drag racing... We shouldn't expect the European media to be able to get it rignt should we.

[chuntington101]

TheMighty said:

Its a 422cu in motor. I find it hard to believe that a number of "motoring journalists" have published the story and none seem to have worked out that the "350" relates to 350 cubic inches or 5.7 litres.

But then, this is a car with a American based motor and involved in drag racing... We shouldn't expect the European media to be able to get it rignt should we.

Check the intake ports on that engine! its NOT a SBC based motor! LS or ford maybe, BBC probalby esp at those power levels! thats alot of BHP for a 7ltr NA engine to be making!!!!!

[Slinky]

chuntington101 said:

TheMighty said:

Its a 422cu in motor. I find it hard to believe that a number of "motoring journalists" have published the story and none seem to have worked out that the "350" relates to 350 cubic inches or 5.7 litres.

But then, this is a car with a American based motor and involved in drag racing... We shouldn't expect the European media to be able to get it rignt should we.

Check the intake ports on that engine! its NOT a SBC based motor! LS or ford maybe, BBC probalby esp at those power levels! thats alot of BHP for a 7ltr NA engine to be making!!!!!

The exhaust spacing tells us it's not an SBC too, likely to be a Big Block..

[chuntington101]

Slinky said:

chuntington101 said:

TheMighty said:

Its a 422cu in motor. I find it hard to believe that a number of "motoring journalists" have published the story and none seem to have worked out that the "350" relates to 350 cubic inches or 5.7 litres.

But then, this is a car with a American based motor and involved in drag racing... We shouldn't expect the European media to be able to get it rignt should we.

Check the intake ports on that engine! its NOT a SBC based motor! LS or ford maybe, BBC probalby esp at those power levels! thats alot of BHP for a 7ltr NA engine to be making!!!!!

The exhaust spacing tells us it's not an SBC too, likely to be a Big Block..

totaly right mate! got to love this BIG BBC engines. Anyhting that can make over 1000bhp N/A is pretty impressive.

Chris.

[Slinky]

A touch of thread resurrection, but, when looking at the entry list for this years European Finals at Santa Pod, I've noticed that this car is listed as being entered..

Entry list is here on Eurodragster : -> http://www.eurodragster.com/santapod/live/2010fiae...