Ferrari Mailing List: Re: BUGATTI WOW ! - (NFC)

[E M (pokiebaron]

You couldn't build the F1 today as it was, and I don't know if the BUG was
even trying to beat the F1 at it's own game.  The F1 had everything build to
save weight, including the radio.  Even given the BUG's very high levels of
performance, I think it was still intended as a super fast GT, not a full
out sports car.

I read some pretty impressive stats one, comparing both the F1 to the BUG.
>From memory, if the BUG were to start off the line from a standstill, and at
the same time, the F1 passed it a 100 mph, the BUG would still beat it to
200 mph!  Even with 24 turbos, I'm impressed! ;-)

Building a car that can do big numbers isn't a big deal, almost any company
can do it today.  A good number of Mercedes AMG models will break 200 mph if
you take the limiters off them.  The real trick, is designing it so you can
poke along in traffic with 1000 hp under you, and not have every pothole you
hit require a trip to the dentist.

If you're looking for 250 mph plus from 600 hp, that's going to be one very
light car, with NO down force designed into it for high speed stability.
That's the only way your going too see those kinds of numbers from 600 hp.
That formula scared the crap out of most 917 drivers in the day, and you can
bet, you'll never see a road car build and released to the public with those
kinds of instabilities.  It's just not going to happen.

Ed
911SC

2009/3/30 LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>

>
> Is it really an engineering accomplishment? I beg to differ, it has 24
> turbos and 50000 horsepower. Big deal...a kid could predict that.
>
> An engineering accomplishment would be to design a car that could do the
> same with 600bhp or without all of the complication...and a lot of race cars
> have come close to that. There's nothing impressive about a 4700lb "sporty"
> car that is as complicated as the Veyron.
>
> McLaren F1 is still the ultimate!
>
> LS
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com>
> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:45:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] BUGATTI WOW ! - (NFC)
>
> I think the record was set by a Peugeot, of 253 mph, or 406 kmh.  I think
> they put the  twisties in Mulsanne straight, late 80's real 90's to help
> keep top speeds down.
>
> I think the old porsche 917s were touching up near 240 mph, but I can't
> find
> any official times for it posted.
>
> The thing with the BUG, if you drive it like that, you'll be out of gas in
> about 12 minutes, if you start with a full tank, and tires probably not
> long
> after. lol.  Still, it is quite the engineering accomplishment for a road
> car!! ;-)
>
> Ed
> 911SC
>
> 2009/3/30 <red5hilser [at] aol.com>
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> > Does any Tifosi out there know what the all-time top speed reached on the
> > straight at Le Mans is? I think it's not too much slower than this. Just
> > wondering . . .
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