skydivepaul
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 posted on 23/8/06 at 11:03 AM |
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12.9 litre V8 cobra
oooooooooooohhhhhhh yesssss please
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:09 AM |
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Its a good job that my puter is in a comunal area of my house and not in the bathroom. I'd have to lock the bath oom door for a
while.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:09 AM |
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quote:
The MIG-welded chassis is an immensely strong and rigid aluminium and titanium frame
wtf
Fred W B
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iank
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:12 AM |
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That article just sent my cliche meter into the red and bent the needle.
Bet it doesn't do corners 
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Guinness
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:19 AM |
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Surprisingly no mention of fuel consumption figures!
Nor of actual performance, i.e. 0-60 for V-MAX!
Perhaps it's all show and not much go?
Mike
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ecosse
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:31 AM |
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quote:
wtf
Fred W B
LOL..I'll second that
Alex
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 11:44 AM |
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Attention to detail abounds, and even the piston rings are of an ‘endless’ design to prevent compression leakage.
hmmmmm, how do the fit them then?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 12:16 PM |
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"Endless rings" have an overlaps instead of squared-off ends, so that under pressure the ends are sealed - hence no blow-by.
As for performance - he does state that it does 125mph in 4.something seconds, which is fairly impressive.
David
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Alan B
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 04:13 PM |
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"the crank is balanced to zero"
Again, WTF?
More techno-babble...the article is loaded with it and the PHer's are lapping it up...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 04:29 PM |
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Shame he's gone and ruined it by putting that stupid scoop thing on it. Is it actually possible to mig titanium and ally together?
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Danozeman
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 05:05 PM |
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MMMMMMM very nice. I do agree though that scoop spoils the smooth lines of the bonnet.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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joneh
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 08:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Its a good job that my puter is in a comunal area of my house and not in the bathroom. I'd have to lock the bath oom door for a
while.
Dude. euww.
arf.
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alister667
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 09:29 PM |
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If I want to end it all, I'd like to take that for a drive in the wet!
BTW I was under the impression that welded aluminium chassis' had been tried a few times before (on much lower powered sevens) and had always
ended in cracks/metal fatigue......
I know the Elise got round it by bonding instead of welding.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 09:38 PM |
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The trick with this article is to separate the technical achievements of the maker from the waffle spouted by the know-nothing author...
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Coose
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 10:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alister667
If I want to end it all, I'd like to take that for a drive in the wet!
BTW I was under the impression that welded aluminium chassis' had been tried a few times before (on much lower powered sevens) and had always
ended in cracks/metal fatigue......
I know the Elise got round it by bonding instead of welding.
It works for motorbike frames, including 260bhp MotoGP bikes.....
Spin 'er off Well...
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iank
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 09:26 AM |
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In case anyone hasn't seen the link in PH here is a video of what looks to be an earlier version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDE2jqyFmNA
On the other hand this video completely fails to make me want an Veyron - it just doesn't supply the soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFjFaFIcNY&NR
[Edited on 24/8/06 by iank]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 10:06 AM |
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Mmmm - 618cu in/10 litres with nitrous...
And all the controls look clunky and crude... I love it!
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/8/06 at 11:29 AM |
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that veyron sounds like a distant pop concert, with all the whistling and roar in the background!
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