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02-09-2009, 11:49 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Toronto/Calgary
Posts: 1,908
Car: goes pssssh
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Zero to 60 in 1 second street legal!
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02-09-2009, 12:09 PM
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rawr
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: under a bridge
Posts: 2,285
Car: dragon
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eat that skyline
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02-09-2009, 12:15 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: YYZ / ORD
Posts: 6,488
Car: M5
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WTF? How is it possible to even have enough traction to sustain a 0-60 launch in one second?!
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02-09-2009, 12:34 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Toronto/Calgary
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The car takes off in first gear, then shifts into second gear at 8,200 rpm. The car is designed to transfer power from the engine to the wheels in a way that promotes traction and prevents spinning at takeoff.
That means that as quick as you can say "one Mississippi," Saboury's Corvette goes from the starting line to 60 feet, or a distance of nearly two-thirds the length of a regulation basketball court. At takeoff, its front tires go airborne.
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02-09-2009, 12:36 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: toronto
Posts: 1,511
Car: 2001 BMW 330i
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yeah...that is streetlegal, but I put a supercharger and an exhaust on my car and I get pulled over for having illegal modifications....makes total sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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02-09-2009, 12:54 PM
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the misanthropist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: a house
Posts: 5,955
Car: '05 4Runner, 87 325
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Weeeeeeeeeell, the car may be technically street legal but I doubt the tires it did the record with are street legal.
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02-09-2009, 12:57 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Reykjavik
Posts: 3,471
Car: Something BIG V8 Twin Turbo
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I would like to see what he does when he sees turns.
That is completely useless car to drive on the road ! Cool yes but retarded too!
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02-09-2009, 01:23 PM
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King Sirex
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto
Posts: 9,723
Car: VW
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well magnus if you read the article you would have found out that the owner/driver/racer, likes drag strips, and his dream was to build a car that could do the quarter mile in the 6 second mark. which is what he acheived.
That being said, there are many american cars that are superb at "roads with turns", infact I think it was on Discovery channel where a Corvette beat a ferari at the track.
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02-09-2009, 01:39 PM
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6th Gear Member
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Location: toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sirex
well magnus if you read the article you would have found out that the owner/driver/racer, likes drag strips, and his dream was to build a car that could do the quarter mile in the 6 second mark. which is what he acheived.
That being said, there are many american cars that are superb at "roads with turns", infact I think it was on Discovery channel where a Corvette beat a ferari at the track.
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Yes, but that test was against a brand new Z06 vs a dated 360 modena. They shoould have used a 430...that would have made more sense.
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02-09-2009, 03:01 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 272
Car: E39 M5
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Some states might have an emissions exemption for older/classic cars.
They have tires like Mickey Thompson ET's that are DOT compliant and thus street legal.
Steet legal or not, I would not want to be driving that around town. A nine second car is already quite the malcontent on the road.
But yeah, it is quite the accomplishment to have done that to an old shell. Props to the obvious committment and money put into this project!
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02-09-2009, 03:01 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,894
Car: 2007 335i
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wow
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02-09-2009, 03:50 PM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 670
Car: 323i
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sick!
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02-09-2009, 04:29 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Niagara Region
Posts: 1,794
Car: 93 325Is, 95 Superch
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Now who said Chevy is slow?
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02-09-2009, 05:39 PM
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King Sirex
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto
Posts: 9,723
Car: VW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cisco911
Yes, but that test was against a brand new Z06 vs a dated 360 modena. They shoould have used a 430...that would have made more sense.
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ya youre probably right
but the corvette did do an alright job you gotta admit that for the beast that it is.
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02-09-2009, 11:25 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Toronto/Calgary
Posts: 1,908
Car: goes pssssh
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Z06 Corvette's are beasts. ZR1 is unreal.
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