I've seen it claimed and I don't know enough to evaluate it, so I'm asking for opinions. The car is question is Red Victor, which is heavy. It has ludicrous power and torque, so I'm not querying the theoretical possiblity that it could accelerate that hard. What I'm querying is whether enough power could be applied through normal road tires - wouldn't they just fail to gain enough traction, spin and disintegrate?
Is 0-60 in 1 second possible on normal road tires?
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I very much doubt its possible at all
It would be interesting to find out though (I wonder how long those Sante Fe Drag cars take.......a quick google later says fastest production car was 2.6 seconds....would anything be able to do it nearly 3 times faster.....I stand by my original comment
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It would be interesting to find out though (I wonder how long those Sante Fe Drag cars take.......a quick google later says fastest production car was 2.6 seconds....would anything be able to do it nearly 3 times faster.....I stand by my original comment
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there not normal road tires, the words you need to listen for in that vid are "road legal"
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Road legal "drag" tyres barely have any tread cuts at all, so are essentially the same as those used on top fuel dragster, so yes, I'd say it is entirely possible.
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Mmmmmmm squashed organs
I make that acceleration about 3.7g. Which is more than an astronaut in a rocket at takeoff. Definitely squashy.
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Even less! Most are in the .4, .5 bracket now!
100 comes up in 0.8-0.9 and 300-330mph is reached in about 4, 4.5 seconds
Even less! Most are in the .4, .5 bracket now!
100 comes up in 0.8-0.9 and 330mph is reached in about 4, 4.5 seconds
On road tyres?
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No, I was talking to panthro about the top fuellers, hence the quotage 
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There's an older Fifth Gear video than that one, which shows him driving the car around Wolverhampton. It's a bit odd to see it normal roads, but it's properly MOT'd and fine to drive on public roads. Also tax-exempt because it's classed as a classic car, which is probably handy because I doubt if it does well in terms of CO2 emissions
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maybe if it was powered by a ridiculously large jet.
Even less! Most are in the .4, .5 bracket now!
100 comes up in 0.8-0.9 and 300-330mph is reached in about 4, 4.5 seconds
Bloody hell! I only remember that 0.75 secs time from a Performance Car article from 1997, how times change!
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Can road types stop from 60-0 in 1 second? I doubt it....
depends what you crash into
