300mph road car how long?
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Not one offs I mean full production.
How many years are we away from this?
Clearly they could have made the Veyron SS and F1 max out at 200mph the acceleration would be monumentally quicker than they are due to longer gearing.
So I guess if we had the Veyron SS and the McLaren F1 how much more power would they need to max out at 300mph as in geared to hit that in highest gear right on the engine limiter.
I'm assuming there are plenty of Engineers in PHead so the challenge should you choose to accept it is to accurately calculate the power required and the test circuit would be the Nado ringand we will assume 16 degrees ambient temp and zero head or tail wind.
How many years are we away from this?
Clearly they could have made the Veyron SS and F1 max out at 200mph the acceleration would be monumentally quicker than they are due to longer gearing.
So I guess if we had the Veyron SS and the McLaren F1 how much more power would they need to max out at 300mph as in geared to hit that in highest gear right on the engine limiter.
I'm assuming there are plenty of Engineers in PHead so the challenge should you choose to accept it is to accurately calculate the power required and the test circuit would be the Nado ringand we will assume 16 degrees ambient temp and zero head or tail wind.
Given the exponential increase in power required to reach 300mph in a road car and the considerations of emissions and fuel consumption in the future I do not think it is a likely outcome. Perhaps with new power plants such as fuel cells or hydrogen powered engines it may be attained.
GC8 said:
300mph tyres are far more of a problem than a '300mph car'.
Drag/salt flat racers and have been doing it for years. With the fashion for cars like the FXX/Zonda R that you buy but don't keep I could see someone releasing a road legal "thing" that can only do 200 miles on a set of tyres and the manufacturer will carry it around in a truck when not in use (for a price).randomwalk said:
Given the exponential increase in power required to reach 300mph in a road car and the considerations of emissions and fuel consumption in the future I do not think it is a likely outcome. Perhaps with new power plants such as fuel cells or hydrogen powered engines it may be attained.
Exactly. Back-of-envelope says c.1800Hp min. is indicated; an honest, sustained 1800hp at that, to push a 'regular format' car so fast. Even overlooking the tyre problem that's not going to happen in series production.Where you be able to drive it? There's virtually nowhere to use a 200 mph car!
In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Where you be able to drive it? There's virtually nowhere to use a 200 mph car!
In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
There is nowhere in this country to use an 80mph road car In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Where you be able to drive it? There's virtually nowhere to use a 200 mph car!
In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
Yes, those pesky Veyron SuperSports, travelling everywhere at circa 250mph.In any event, fuel consumption would be so high that a 300 mph car would almost certainly be slower than a 150 mph car for any journey lasting more than 5 minutes - bearing in mind it would cover 25 miles in that time.
It's the 330d that does 300mph.rottie102 said:
Have you ever seen one in real life? They are much smaller than you would expect.
I have and in no way are they small, maybe not as large as a v12 lambo, but they are larger than a mondeo, which for a relatively small cockpit is a lot of car around you.But that is a minor point.
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