What's the point? To beat up on a bunch of Civics and some WRX Subies? Pretty slow company, really. For 520hp. The whole key to lapping quickly is HP to weight and traction to weight..Start with a relativly heavy bus and you need all 520hp to lap just slightly quicker than a relativly slow car like Subie, which are pretty quick up to about 120mph but then they die..More suited to a rally than a close course RR track. At racetrack speeds, you can gain ground more with braking than with pure power..a heavy vehicle with great brakes will still lag behind a lighter vehicle with great brakes... Probably pretty fun to drive that bus though. I got to try my buddies small block chev 914 a few times...fun, but not especially effective at lapping quickly... I think Leno owns a V-10 viper-powered motorcycle..Now that is really silly... Don Hanson On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote: > Great! > > Apparently the split-window has a Porsche drive-train. 520HP! > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvjVvFdMIY> > > > > Angus Gordon > Bainbridge Island WA > > birdworks@gmail.com > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com> > wrote: > > > Came across this video on U-Tube (haven't seen it referenced here in > > the year that I've been on the list). Would love to know what kind of > > drivetrain mods they've done. That and seating. Those things are > > really cornering. > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLFGPl1Kdk&feature=related> > > > > To be honest I wouldn't want to do this to my Vanagon as I kinda like > > going slow and sitting up high. If I need to get somewhere fast I'll > > hop in the car. But it would be fun to drive one fast just to say I > > did it. > > > > Mark K > > 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD > > > |
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