A huge lead weight in the back and more power than you can put down to the tarmac it would seem.
Yer...OK...I'll take one....Elise+
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A huge lead weight in the back and more power than you can put down to the tarmac it would seem.
*sigh*
This wasn't the 'yanks' misunderstanding the Elise (a car which seems to have quite a following in the States, funnily enough....). It was a way for Hennessey to build themselves a supercar to go chase Veyron speeds without having to develop a chassis tub from scratch.
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Stopped reading ^ there.MSN Article said:
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I remember seeing the '20 inch' Elise at Janspeed.
Custom billet crankcase and crank with two R1 heads on to form a V8 engine that fitted in 20"x20"x20" cube.
Saying that atleast the V8 yank thing is all NA, should be drivable, more so than a boosted 1.8 VAG lump. What sort of weight is that engine.
Custom billet crankcase and crank with two R1 heads on to form a V8 engine that fitted in 20"x20"x20" cube.
Saying that atleast the V8 yank thing is all NA, should be drivable, more so than a boosted 1.8 VAG lump. What sort of weight is that engine.
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The point is they have a history of "more is better" and in this case "Too much is perfect". If you want to make a car to take on an insanely powerful heavyweight like the Veyron, why on earth would you start with a car whose reputation has been earned by it's light weight and the fact that it's not corrupted by too much power? This is like the people that put massive V8s into Lotus 7 style cars, completely missing the point of them.
Just because the Elise is an awesome car when powered by <100kg of K series or Toyota engine, doesn't mean it's going to be remotely useful with a massive V8 in the back of it.
they do several different versions
the 1000bhp plus one uses twin turbos
exactly. I think it will really struggle to get its power down. Look at the size of the massive rear tyres on the corvette ZR1. and thats only 600 and odd bhp.
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I suppose at that sort of output it would, of course, been turbo'd! Slight oversight there.
Just read all the drama about that john hennessey guy selling customer's parts without their knowledge to force upgrades down them etc. Quite interesting.
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/21978-efool-gets-punked-his-own-board-1.html
starts with the man himself trying to flame someone.
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/21978-efool-gets-punked-his-own-board-1.html
starts with the man himself trying to flame someone.
lmao at the press article that shows he was experimenting with nitrous ... using a customers car without their consent. He then (presumably out of his depth here) blew the engine up.
LOL makes john thorne look like an amateur like fett said.
LOL makes john thorne look like an amateur like fett said.