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Old 04-26-2006, 10:55 AM   #16
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... and not to mention some `drivers carī features like the rigid rear axle (De Dion type?) or the 3 speed (automatic?) gearbox. Since when a pushrod based V8 can reach a 1000hp figure even turbocharging it?
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Old 04-26-2006, 10:58 AM   #17
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Oh! I liked the vids, not many around. Thanks a lot.
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Old 04-26-2006, 11:12 AM   #18
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Default Re: videos of the Greatest American Hypercar Ever...

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...eat yer heart out McLaren F1 !
But you got to say, it doesn't look as good as the Mclaren F1.
Beauty is within the eye of the beholder my friend thats why i believe that the......McLaren looks better, obviously
True...that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it looks like the design on the Mclaren F1 was resolved much better then on the Vector.

It is a pretty cool thing that he designed and build his own supercar, although the later version became fat and uglier.
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Old 04-26-2006, 11:30 AM   #19
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... and not to mention some `drivers carī features like the rigid rear axle (De Dion type?) or the 3 speed (automatic?) gearbox. Since when a pushrod based V8 can reach a 1000hp figure even turbocharging it?
Uhm since when?

Every single day - and sometimes 3 times a day .

That's since when.

You are aware that the Viper is a pushrod V10.. right? Turbo Vipers of over 1000hp are now common place - every tuner has one.

You are aware that the there are numerious 1000hp+ Chevy pushrod V8's from every tuner... right?

Before I jump to conclusions, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are not just arbitrarily bashing American pushrod engines because you hate them - but because you are misinformed..
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Old 04-26-2006, 12:13 PM   #20
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This is another french vid of the car with subs, no real action but ...

:arrow: http://rapidshare.de/files/18991022/VectorW8.rar.html
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Old 04-26-2006, 01:12 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by RC45
Originally Posted by Gilles27
... and not to mention some `drivers carī features like the rigid rear axle (De Dion type?) or the 3 speed (automatic?) gearbox. Since when a pushrod based V8 can reach a 1000hp figure even turbocharging it?
Uhm since when?

Every single day - and sometimes 3 times a day .

That's since when.

You are aware that the Viper is a pushrod V10.. right? Turbo Vipers of over 1000hp are now common place - every tuner has one.

You are aware that the there are numerious 1000hp+ Chevy pushrod V8's from every tuner... right?

Before I jump to conclusions, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are not just arbitrarily bashing American pushrod engines because you hate them - but because you are misinformed..


i'm unsure about the "rigid rear axle" part right now... but i know its 4 wheel independant suspension; and there is a torsional bar beneath the motor that applies torque as the engine spins to keep the nose to the ground; where most cars the torque applies left/right, or even rearward...

the engine is 725-749 RWHP on pump gas; at 8psi... there is nothing to remotely try to argue about there... fact is plane as day.
on 114 racing octane, the car is 1200 RWHP @ 12psi; and the boost is fully adjustable built in (no aftermarket nessisary)

both the egine, and the trans can handle that beating with no complaints


Yg60m; thanks for the video... i couldn't find the turbo vids you were talking about in the vault...
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Old 04-26-2006, 01:25 PM   #22
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It has a...3 speed automatic? As in, torque converter...? Uhh

Are there any magazine tests of this thing, or independent tests?

You like this thing more than an S7 nthfinity?
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Old 04-26-2006, 03:12 PM   #23
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the S7 is throughly modern; and a brilliant car/powertrain

but the Vector is the American version of the Veyron; just without the backing (in fact, quite the opposite) of a major manufacturer... which is why the company secumbed to its finances; and temporary hostile takeover.

but the Vector in a class above all the other exotics of its time; even the McLaren F1! and like the F1, its still faster then most of the uber-exotics out there!

there is a reason this car is called Aeromotive egnineered. so many components and systems were built way before thier time... and personally; i love the cars' style... nobody has anything that has ever been so outrageous in all of automotive history! not even the Zonda, Enzo, Veyron, Countach, Stratos (close), or any Bugatti IMHO.

yes, i like this car more then the Saleen S7/TT/1000hp TT; and more then the Ford GT even.... the automtatic has become nearly a moot point once you get an idea how insane this car actually is!
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Old 04-28-2006, 11:16 AM   #24
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Uhm since when?

In spanish i want to say something like `ŋdesde cuando?ī

You are aware that the Viper is a pushrod V10.. right? Turbo Vipers of over 1000hp are now common place - every tuner has one.

I never seen one of this in my whole life. Are road legal or even driveable (out of your beloved drag strips?) Donīt reply me with irony I donīt anything about them.

You are aware that the there are numerious 1000hp+ Chevy pushrod V8's from every tuner... right?

Same for these.

Before I jump to conclusions, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are not just arbitrarily bashing American pushrod engines because you hate them - but because you are misinformed.. [/quote]

I donīt hate American cars I really dream with have a muscle car I love the Mustangs for example the rock nīroll (my 2nd passion) fit nice on one of this.

I donīt know why but when Iīm puting that sentence I was thinking in you `where is RC45 to read this and to jump on my?ī Iīm talking serious: For a long time I have been reading your reply and you really hate others who donīt follow your opinions (manly europeans).

Now I feel like a true member of this community `I have had one confrontacion with the great RC45ī

Iīm not going to follow already with this because that you know much but of cars that I although you donīt have much respect towards the other opinions.
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Old 04-28-2006, 11:26 AM   #25
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only the car which has the performance of a super car and looks like a supercar and is excusive like a super is called a supercar .....
which do not include modified cars ...... the viper is just overrated .... even its name isnt viper
and anyway ... whats a hypercar .. a jumped up version of the word supercar invented by jermy clarkson? .. so shit ...
ohh btw .. RC is just a wuss .... he'd deffinetly second me on this one :d
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Old 04-28-2006, 11:55 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by Saadie
only the car which has the performance of a super car and looks like a supercar and is excusive like a super is called a supercar .....
which do not include modified cars ...... the viper is just overrated .... even its name isnt viper
and anyway ... whats a hypercar .. a jumped up version of the word supercar invented by jermy clarkson? .. so shit ...
ohh btw .. RC is just a wuss .... he'd deffinetly second me on this one :d
um... are you trying to say the Vector isn't supercar because its not exclusive? (try 17 ever for exclusive)

by that though process, a CGT/F360/F430/Gallardo/Murcialago etc. arent supercars, since there are so many of those cars out there!

what is a hypercar? invented by Clarkson???
i dont htink so... a hypercar is something that is on a whole different plane of existance to 'traditional supercars' a car that makes a super-car's accelleration seem slow, its handling seem wobbly, and its prowess seem bland.

the Vector is a hypercar by all accounts

I'm not even sure what to say about Gilles' response... perhaps something is lost in translation?
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Old 04-28-2006, 12:04 PM   #27
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lol NO .... vector is a supercar ... and its deffinetly on my top ten

lol ... a supercar is a supercar .....
there is nothing known as a hypercar ... its been discussed before on jw long time ago .... even Google dosnt know what a hypercar is lol

lol @ the last line ..... you should tell gilles to read the whose tread again 3 times and edit his post
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Old 04-28-2006, 12:20 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Gilles27
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Before I jump to conclusions, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are not just arbitrarily bashing American pushrod engines because you hate them - but because you are misinformed..
I donīt hate American cars I really dream with have a muscle car I love the Mustangs for example the rock nīroll (my 2nd passion) fit nice on one of this.

I donīt know why but when Iīm puting that sentence I was thinking in you `where is RC45 to read this and to jump on my?ī Iīm talking serious: For a long time I have been reading your reply and you really hate others who donīt follow your opinions (manly europeans).

Now I feel like a true member of this community `I have had one confrontacion with the great RC45ī

Iīm not going to follow already with this because that you know much but of cars that I although you donīt have much respect towards the other opinions.
Where to start?

Please - before you go off feeling offended or insulted grab an English-Spanish dictionary.

I said I give you the benefit of the doubt

What that means is that I am NOT saying you hate american cars.. I am saying that you simply don't know that a 1000hp+ V8 is a simple easy thing to make.

Buddy - I don't anyone - and about me "hating europeans" remember it's not because I am american it's because I am of direct european descent and grew up in a colony and I know how opinated and pompous europeans are

And there was no confrontation. - and you were a true member of the community the moment you joined... oh - and there is nothing great about me.. ask saadie... I'm just a wuss..

You indicated you don't believe a 1000hp pushrod V8 is possible - I simply let you know they are not only possible, but common place.

I even gave you the benefit of the doubt... or as you say in spanish "ventaja de la duda" - in other words, I am NOT assuming you hate american cars, but that you just didn't know that 1000hp pushrod V8's exist.

Oh - and having the Mustang as your muscle-car icon is a little weak...
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Originally Posted by Saadie
lol NO .... vector is a supercar ... and its deffinetly on my top ten

lol ... a supercar is a supercar .....
there is nothing known as a hypercar ... its been discussed before on jw long time ago .... even Google dosnt know what a hypercar is lol

lol @ the last line ..... you should tell gilles to read the whose tread again 3 times and edit his post
the same can be said for define: "supercar" as the definitions it comes up with aren't correct

so if the Vector is a supercar, what does that make the Gallardo, F360, F430, Askari, etc. ?? they aren't on the same level at all as cars like the CGT, Vector, McLaren F1/SLR, Enzo, Koenigsegg... how does one separate them from the growing mass of posh poseurs?
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Old 04-28-2006, 01:09 PM   #30
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gotta get me shese vids once I go home.
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