Looks like fun:

It does indeed haul lol. That driver has a BIG set lol. He gets it air born and out of shape a fair few times by the looks lol.
 
Yea, he's a development engineer - no doubt very skilled but I wonder what differences would exist if they put a current racing driver in it!
 
I dont know. He seems pretty insane and on it from what im watching lol

He changes up a gear at like 173mph. as you do
 
That is intense! Those parts where he gets air time are uncomfortable to watch because it looks like something will go wrong any second. He has big balls indeed!
 
Yea, especially when he hits that hump before the corner at ~1:10 - I was just thinking "......is he going to come out the other side of that?", especially when he had to start braking :D
 
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Bit out of my league but MAN, what a machine.

Specs:

Displacement: V8 6.2 L (378.3 cu in)
Horsepower: 638 bhp (476 kW) at 6500 rpm
Torque: 604 ft·lbf (819 N·m)
Bore: 103.25 mm (4.065 in)
Stroke: 92.0 mm (3.62 in)
Compression: 9.9:1
Supercharger maximum boost: 10.5 psi (72 kPa)
Red line: 7100 rpm
Clutch: 260 mm (10 in)
1st gear ratio: 2.29
1st gear top speed: 64 mph (103 km/h)
6th gear ratio: 0.67
Wheel size front: 19 in (480 mm) diameter by 10 in (250 mm) width
Wheel size rear: 20 in (510 mm) diameter by 12 in (300 mm) width
Tire size front: 285/30R-19
Tire size rear: 335/25R-20
Brakes front: Brembo 15.5 in (390 mm)
Brakes rear: Brembo 15.0 in (380 mm)
Front/rear balance: 52/48
Curb weight: estimated 3,300 lb (1,500 kg)
0-60 mph (97 km/h): 3.4 sec
Top speed: 205 mph (330 km/h)
Price: US$105,000 to US$115,000
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638HP and 819NM!! That car could pull a small planet out of orbit. Those tyres must've taken a serious beating in 7.5 minutes.

Jimmy is a nutter.
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Thats only 603 in real money, not very impressive for a blown 6.2 V8. Typical yank tank here, brute force engineering at its best.
 
Clarkey said:
Typical yank tank here, brute force engineering at its best.
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You say that like it's a bad thing....

And besides which - it's hardly low-tech. It's got traction control! Suspension that can be stiffened on the fly! Carbon fibre bodywork! A trick fuel pressure regulator!

Being slightly more serious for a second, it's also got unequal diameter half-shafts as part of a number of things that minimise wheel-hop when launching hard*. It also helps balance out the weight of the battery - battery is mounted on the passenger side, so they put a thicker and heavier half-shaft on the driver side to counteract that.

I'm not that 'up' on the E60 M5, but did BMW think of this when making the manual 'box version for the US market? 'cause they had to limit the power in the lower gears to minimise wheel-hop in that car.

* - the main other one being the aformentioned suspension computers. The system softens the rear end when launching, stiffening it on rebound. How this car can be referred to as simply being Americans doing their usual low-tech thing is beyond me....
 
fair enough, it doesn't look very composed at all out there on the 'ring though, seems to be out of shape half of the time. Look at the GTR video and it is all very much smoother and more controlled. This could just be down to a ham fisted driver though.
 
It does look a handful, for sure - but then it is supposed to be a car that is designed to be driven, rather than driving you. It is a 600BHP+ supercar after all and not something designed for driving Ms. Daisy, although it'd probably be more than capable of doing so if you hit the open road in it and closed the throttle a little :D
 
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