Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Weight of Modern Sports Cars

[E M (pokiebaron]

It just goes round and round.  Big heavy car, so you need to put a bigger
engine in it to move it.  Now is so big and heavy, with so much power, you
need 4 wheel drive to keep it on the road.  Better add even bigger wheels,
to fit over the huge brakes you now need to stop that train.

As Larry said, it all comes down to power to weight in the end.

Ed
911SC

2008/11/29 Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] att.net>

> Remember that Lambos are all wheel drive which doesn't help much in the
> weight category.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:22 AM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Weight of Modern Sports Cars
>
>
> > Howdy -
> >    Was watching a program about modern sports cars and the said the doors
> > were steel but most of the rest of the body panels were carbon fiber
> which
> > kept the weight down to a "lean 1660 Kilos" - *lean* ?  isn't that
> roughly
> > 3500#s - I know 580hp can help power to weight a lot but that seems like
> a
> > lot of weight (a Lambo was being discussed) for a sports car.
> >
> > If CF is used extensively where is all the weight coming from?  I
> *assume*
> > the engine is some exotic light weight stuff - as is the tranny I woul
> > think.  Yet it weighs what a  90s MB E Class did (IIRC).
> >
> > I'm pretty sure this is common - using weight saving mat;s and ending up
> > with a car still over 3000 #s.
> >
> > Just goes to show - the most important number to use when discussing
> > new/old cars is power to weight - my 66 MGB weighed around 2000#s with
> > 95hp for a P-W of 21#'s / HP - and while the acceleration wasn't earth
> > shaking it still made fo a fun car to drive.
> >
> > Anyway - I guess EPA and safety stuff makes for some heavy add-ons
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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