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Koll
12-14-2005, 10:02 PM
It looks like there are two cars more powerful and faster then you :D

autoexpress.co.uk

Saleen is now offering buyers of its 750 bhp S7 Twin Turbo supercar the option of a 'performance upgrade'. It costs £46,500 on top of the S7's £320,000 list price and boosts the 7-litre twin-turbo V8 to a claimed 1000 bhp. Coupled with a relatively light kerbweight of 1338 kg, the huge power should allow the S7 to challenge the Bugatti Veyron as the fastest production car in the world. And with 75 examples of the S7 already delivered in the US, the Saleen certainly has every right to claim the title.

Even with the 'cooking' 750bhp engine, the S7 Twin Turbo is said to be good for a sub-three second run to 60 mph, and 100 mph flashes up in a claimed six seconds flat. Currently Saleen claims a top speed of 240 mph for the S7 Twin Turbo but with the 1000 bhp upgrade there are whispers that the car has already topped over 260 mph in testing.

(end of article)

"Expect a future intercooled version with almost twice the boost to make over 1000 bhp."

- Road & Track

The new S7 Twin Turbo runs 5.5 psi of boost.


http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2005/2005-Saleen-S7-Blue-SA-1024x768.jpg

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/967-2.jpg


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Another exotic supercar is the SSC (Shelby Super Cars) Ultimate Aero.

http://www.shelbysupercars.com/

Videos: http://www.shelbysupercars.com/testing.asp

SSC Ultimate Aero

Base Price: $654,500
Top Speed: 260 to 273 mph

The Ultimate Aero is one of the most extreme vehicles--make that one of the most extreme ideas--of which we have ever heard. It achieves such ridiculous performance with a 1,046-horsepower V-8 engine (you read that hp figure correctly), shoehorned into a car that weighs 2,640 pounds.

http://www.shelbysupercars.com/graphics/gallery/img_16.jpg

http://www.shelbysupercars.com/graphics/gallery/img_44.jpg

Ian
12-14-2005, 10:18 PM
yeah, but how do they fare in the mud? :wink:

qwikz28
12-14-2005, 10:45 PM
that second car is so sexy

Savage_Messiah
12-14-2005, 11:03 PM
God those are hot

I <3 S7's

Tru2Chevy
12-14-2005, 11:52 PM
I'm with shorty....S7s are sweet, twin turbos and some intercooling - up the boost - ready to fly.

- Justin

NJSPEEDER
12-15-2005, 06:09 AM
yeah, but how do they fare in the mud? :wink:

prolly get stuck jsut as easy as your jeep :p


that is a sexy car.

12secondv6
12-15-2005, 09:10 AM
Bad ass!

I need to get into the SUPER sexy car realm!

Oddball
12-15-2005, 12:17 PM
I'd take the third fastest car. My LG4 puts out what -- 170HP? Anything over that is welcome.

Pat
12-15-2005, 12:22 PM
do you have any higher res versions of the s7? my monitor is at 1280 x 1024

9secfirebird
12-15-2005, 03:44 PM
VW just announced today that they will be bringing the bugatti into the united stats

1000 hp

price....1,000,000 bucks

Ian
12-15-2005, 05:53 PM
prolly get stuck jsut as easy as your jeep :p


that is a sexy car.


for your information, they guy that was supposed to winch me out got his lifted chevy pick up stuck halfway out to where I was.

and yes, my Jeep is sexy! 8)

WayFast84
12-15-2005, 06:12 PM
o man that shelby is hot!!!
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I want a leingenfelter(sp?) vette 0 to 60 in 1.7 seconds!!

rich98z28
12-15-2005, 07:01 PM
thay all suck arse!!!chevy ONLY and my 12 sec SEXY ass camaro only cost me 12 grand so ha!!!lol

jims69camaro
12-15-2005, 07:17 PM
75 of them are in the united states... driving on which roads, exactly? the only semi-safe place is montana and that's only three months out of the year. so, yeah, you spent 1M to drive a car you'd freak out if a fly landed on for three months of the year if you're lucky.

talk about more money than brains.

Brando56894
12-15-2005, 08:59 PM
what i wanna know is how they managed to get 1,000+ hp outta a v8?

Tru2Chevy
12-15-2005, 09:01 PM
what i wanna know is how they managed to get 1,000+ hp outta a v8?

Welcome to turboville, where everyday is a spool day! :mrgreen:

- Justin

Tsar
12-15-2005, 09:09 PM
Welcome to turboville, where everyday is a spool day! :mrgreen:

- Justin
:werd:

Ian
12-15-2005, 09:44 PM
what i wanna know is how they managed to get 1,000+ hp outta a v8?

how do they get over 5,000 HP out of a 500 cubic inch V8? lotsa boost!

Pat
12-16-2005, 02:25 PM
what i wanna know is how they managed to get 1,000+ hp outta a v8?

i think it's a quad turbo w12

Savage_Messiah
12-16-2005, 02:43 PM
75 of them are in the united states... driving on which roads, exactly? the only semi-safe place is montana and that's only three months out of the year. so, yeah, you spent 1M to drive a car you'd freak out if a fly landed on for three months of the year if you're lucky.

talk about more money than brains.

but be glad those people with more money than brains are otu there, providing a market for all this new technology to be developed and to push car faster and faster

foff667
12-16-2005, 02:47 PM
that second car is so sexy

:stupid:

slasherbarb
12-16-2005, 04:08 PM
:waiting for pat to chime in about his "uber maro": wait, he left...nevermind

Savage_Messiah
12-16-2005, 04:17 PM
:funny: