...in your Corvette Z06 and see this pull up next to you. A Vauxhall Victor? Surely he wouldn't have the nerve to challenge me! He does however, and you chuckle to yourself and prepare to school the poor boy. The light turns green, and before you can even react he's GONE. That's because this particular Vauxhall Victor happens to be the world's fastest street legal car, with 2,200 horsepower safely tucked under the hood. 0-60 comes in a mind-blowing ONE second, and the quarter mile disappears in 7.8 seconds at 183 mph. Then after that, he can cruise over to Sonic for a burger!
0-60 in 1 minute is pushing the laws of physics; it's mind-boggling that you could get the torque to transfer to the pavement through rubber efficiently enough to achieve that.
Did you know if you travel inside a object moving at the speed of light, time would almost come to a screeching halt? That's why I drive really fast all the time.
time slows down the closer you get to the speed of light. and you drive fast? How fast can a dodge stratus go bro?
Ugh..pagan...if next to me a car with a custom Hood and racing slicks comes up to me asking to race...I would not think it was a good idea.
That's whats I said. Time outside the object would move at regular speed, time inside the object would slow down. Which is why... you know what, I shouldn't have to explain this to you. /hops in 1988 Chrysler LeBaron and leaves this thread
Right; but that's propelled largely by the supercharged jet of exhaust, no? We're talking here about torque-to-pavement through rubber...think about it: if you burn rubber even for just a fraction of a second, that 1-second figure becomes physically impossible. It has to be like the tires are glued to the pavement and every pound of torque transfers perfectly efficiently. In fact, the more I think about it the more I just don't believe it. It just doesn't seem possible for a car; a motorcycle maybe...but a car?
Bro...I've had Honda Civics pull up next to me with custom hoods, wings the size of satellite dishes, and street legal racing slicks. Don't mean **** unless you have the goods to back it up. Aside from the fact that if it's on the street you wouldn't be thinking dragster capabilities. Actually Nabo no...jet cars use the exhaust to propel them, but top fuel dragsters are just supercharged 500 cubic inch hemi engines. It's completely torque-to-pavement through the tires, and believe it or not, they do burn some rubber at launch and STILL hit 0-60 in .4 seconds. Think about it, they pass through the 1/4 mile at over 300 mph in about 4 seconds. Read this again and you'll see. 2,200 horsepower will do that bro.
Nabo...here ya go. Watch this bad boy move. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRrleV9QWU"]Worlds Fastest Street Legal Car - 0 to 60 MPH in 1 second [/ame]
i was really expecting to see like a bright rust-orange ford fiesta with one hub cap and a muffler hanging on the ground that could blow your doors off.seeing a race car like that pull up next to me..umm yea i would expect it to leave me in the dust even if i was in a corvette.
Then Mr "Coolguy" Vauxhall Meets his Match with the much Faster AMERICAN version [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-y2mxYS6c"]YouTube- Larry Larson's 6 second Nova Cruising the Strip in Vegas 1.mov[/ame]
