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[Entwood]

A tad quicker than an Omega .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26350059

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A tad quicker than an Omega .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26350059

Almost twice as quick in fact.

But does the Venom have the sheer prestige and the 'wow appeal' of the mighty Vauxhall flagship?.......

[aaronjb]

Another in a long line of American cars to use the same formula ..

Take one lightweight British car
Throw an enormous displacement V8 in it
Declare success



(It's a Lotus Exige with a GM LS7 chucked in the boot..)

[05omegav6]

Another in a long line of American cars to use the same formula ..

Take one lightweight British car
Throw an enormous displacement V8 in it
Declare success



(It's a Lotus Exige with a GM LS7 chucked in the boot..)

And...

Displacement is dead. Long live forced induction displacement

[aaronjb]

Ain't no replacement for displacement ..

.. suitably augmented by some forced induction

[05omegav6]

Ain't no replacement for displacement ..

.. suitably augmented by some forced induction

Precisely 

You won't see a 1.0 turbo Mondeo doing 270 mph unless you drop it nose first from a plane

Any one been incumbered with one that they wish to donate?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ain't no replacement for displacement ..

.. suitably augmented by some forced induction

Ah yes, Aaron. Those 'good ol boys' from the mountains of Kentucky (those that are married to their sisters) just  'lurve' a big cubic inch motor.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ain't no replacement for displacement ..

.. suitably augmented by some forced induction

Precisely 

You won't see a 1.0 turbo Mondeo doing 270 mph unless you drop it nose first from a plane

Any one been incumbered with one that they wish to donate?

....and even then it will only reach about 120 MPH.

[aaronjb]

Any one been incumbered with one that they wish to donate?

Hold on, I'll just check in the garage under the tarpaulin...



...nope, just a few spiders the size of my fist, sorry! You're welcome to those if you want, though..

[Kevin Wood]

Another in a long line of American cars to use the same formula ..

Take one lightweight British car
Throw an enormous displacement V8 in it
Declare success



(It's a Lotus Exige with a GM LS7 chucked in the boot..)

..and I bet the handling hasn't suffered a bit!

But to be officially recognised by Guinness World Records the car must make two runs in opposite directions, which the Venom was not allowed to do on Nasa's runway.

"Shucks! now we'll have to fit one of them darn steerin' wheel things like the commies in Europe have.

[05omegav6]

Ain't no replacement for displacement ..

.. suitably augmented by some forced induction

Precisely 

You won't see a 1.0 turbo Mondeo doing 270 mph unless you drop it nose first from a plane

Any one been incumbered with one that they wish to donate?

....and even then it will only reach about 120 MPH.

Actually a hypothetical 474mph if you can keep it nose first

Calculated using a few assumptions...

Namely it weighs 1800 kgs, has a drag coefficient of 0.26 and a frontal area of 2m²

Any one been incumbered with one that they wish to donate?

Hold on, I'll just check in the garage under the tarpaulin...



...nope, just a few spiders the size of my fist, sorry! You're welcome to those if you want, though..

Meant a 1.0 turbo Mondeo rather than displacement 

Someone must have one as a pool car...

[05omegav6]

Another in a long line of American cars to use the same formula ..

Take one lightweight British car
Throw an enormous displacement V8 in it
Declare success



(It's a Lotus Exige with a GM LS7 chucked in the boot..)

..and I bet the handling hasn't suffered a bit!

But to be officially recognised by Guinness World Records the car must make two runs in opposite directions, which the Venom was not allowed to do on Nasa's runway.

"Shucks! now we'll have to fit one of them darn steerin' wheel things like the commies in Europe have.

It has steering... about 5° of lock and a finely tuned throttle

Not much use in a car park though

[Marks DTM Calib]

Meant a 1.0 turbo Mondeo rather than displacement 

Someone must have one as a pool car...

No but we have one in a Focus....its truely horrific, Smart car/1.0 Corsa engine noise, jack all torque on the bite point, then a sudden rush of 'a bit of go'.

Its not clocking the miles like the other options in the car park as it seems to be being 'avoided' 

[05omegav6]

Meant a 1.0 turbo Mondeo rather than displacement 

Someone must have one as a pool car...

No but we have one in a Focus....its truely horrific, Smart car/1.0 Corsa engine noise, jack all torque on the bite point, then a sudden rush of 'a bit of go'.

Its not clocking the miles like the other options in the car park as it seems to be being 'avoided' 

Will any one mind if we arrange for one of Entwoods' understudies shoved it out of the back of a Hercules to see if it will do anything like 270 mph