“If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower.”
personally I'm not that keen on the Veyron, I mean I wouldn't say no, but it's not THAT good. If HP was my thing I'd build something with more power.
Sunday cars:
1984'ish Ferrari 328 GTS (this one is actually within reach, maybe one day!)
original 427 SC
the last of the air-cooled Porsche 911 turbo's
Dodge Viper RT10 (series 1)
Lamborghini Diablo VT
Dailys:
Porsche Cayenne GTS
Audi RS6
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 482 all aluminum Tunnelport Self built and owned since 1980 frame#0000017 and owner of frame CCX 33961 looking for an FIA body to go with it
or deeply into the realm of stupid, this one... Dagger GT, 2700hp, 315mph...
Custom for TranStar Racing: Nelson Racing Engines polished, aluminum BBC Twin Turbo 632 cubic inches, V8 twin turbo, octane-on- demand multi-fuel system
Compression Ratio 8.8 : 1
Bore x Stroke 4.600" bore x 4.750" stroke
Power bhp 2000 bhp or 2700 (optional) on racing fuel mix; 1300 hp on pump gas
Torque 2000 ft-lbs, or 2300 ft-lbs (optional) on racing fuel; 1335 ft-lbs on pump gas
Displacement cu in 632 c.i./10.35 Liters or 427 c.i. (race/street)
Block Dart Aluminum 10.2 Billet Cap 4.6 Bore Block
Thanks for that link Slowy. From there I found the Ferrari 512 Modulo. I had this car as a toy car as a kid and always wondered what it was.
Being the early 70's it looked like something out of the British Sc-Fi series UFO at the time. I never realized it was a real car. There were a bunch of concept cars from this era that look futuristic even today.
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Melbourne Australia
GT40 Mk II. And I've already got one (SPF). I suppose an original would be even better, but I'd feel guilty risking it on the road since it's a piece of original history.
There were a bunch of concept cars from this era that look futuristic even today.
That's so true - I remember as a kid being fascinated by the Maserati Boomerang and trying to decide whether I loved it or hated it!
It went on to sire the Maserati Bora which I still like to this day.
If however money was truly no object, road going vehicles would take a back seat to my own personal flying yacht. Included would be a bay that would house a lightweight, fast custom built car - probably of my own design.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
Quite the car. I was at the Monterey Historics this year and there were THREE of those racing side by side. Listening to those engines rev, even parked in the pits, was incredible.
Cobra Make, Engine: RMC with 6 litre 307KW LS2, Comp Cam, 348rwhp & 532.5 ftlb of torque with 6L80E Tiptronic Transmission
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Simple, Ferrari 250 GTO.
Jeff,
You have stolen my No.1. Bucket list. There were only two cars that I really loved. Thats was the the 250 GTO and the Cobra. I have the Cobra, but the next step up is pretty steep. Who knows. I have been buying $5 lottery litckets which in NSW is worth now $35 million, so I might just scrape in for a GTO if my lucky number comes up. I woukld still keep the Cobra though. What a great garage pic that would make. One for rsin and one for fine.
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