Originally Posted by SFDMALEX
Dude Im not even talking about increasing power by adding a supper charger. 220 is plenty enough for that chassy.....it would loose all balance and would have shitty traction unless you have a feather for your right foot.
Adding more power would mean reinforcing the chassis etc...especialy on an atom...look at it its made up of a few tubes...
Most machines of this class, are designed with everything in mind...if these guys felt like it would benifit from more power they would make more power...its already not a cheap car and its supposed to be the ultimate track weapon so they would do whatever it takes to make it the fastest.
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btw the one JC tested on Top Gear was one with a supercharger and 300bhp, just fyi.
As for the chassis, I don't think it would have any problem at all putting more power down. As it was in Top Gear it didn't seem to have much wheelspin at all even off the line, and around the track it had near no oversteer. It was actually more planted and neutral than any of the other supercars, and that hints that it would be able to control more power.
And of course they take everything into consideration. They also consider price. Doing loads of tuning would up the already fairly substantial price, plus it might (MIGHT) upset their partnership with Honda as the engines would become less and less Honda.
Anyway, I'm not saying it needs any of that. It is a hell of a weapon as it is. But I'm just offering the idea of what it
could be if more money was thrown into it and it put out more power. Sure it might take away some of the purity and fun of it... but damn it already has 600bhp per tonne, imagine the performance if that ratio was further increased...