2,280 HP Saleen S7 Alters Earth Rotation, Days Now Shorter

"PRBot II" (prbot2) 09/03/2013 at 21:11 • Filed to: saleen, dyno

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In what NASA has dubbed "the most powerful force ever generated on the Earth's surface", days are now 0.02 seconds shorter after this Saleen S7 ran a dyno test.

Casper > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:13

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Someone just got a new DD...

YSI-what can brown do for you > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:14

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I feel the need to post this:

Party-vi > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:15

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Fortunately a top fuel dragster was on hand to do a 4.6 second 1/4 mile at 320mph and correct the 0.2 second error :D

Paul, Man of Mustangs > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:15

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Holy shit! It better be able to break 300 mph with that sort of power! Can someone run this at Bonneville? Please?

daender > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:16

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It's one hell of a cool AWD, V8, twin-turbo monster but I wonder how much S7 is left in it.

Bandit > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 21:18

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HOLY SH... my god that thing is insane! It jumped about the dyno like no tomorrow and the room was thrown into choas.

DasWauto > daender 09/03/2013 at 21:19

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Is it really AWD? I couldn't confirm it from the video. I would think it's just an AWD dyno as the 'regular' S7 is RWD and it wouldn't be easy to do a conversion from that (most mid-engined awd supercars have the transmission in front of the engine).

Paul, Man of Mustangs > daender 09/03/2013 at 21:20

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But, the S7 isn't AWD.

Paul, Man of Mustangs > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/03/2013 at 21:20

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Also, what's with the AWD claim? The S7 is rear wheel drive.

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I guess it is AWD.

daender > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/03/2013 at 21:21

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The one in both videos has a custom-made AWD system.

daender > DasWauto 09/03/2013 at 21:22

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Here's another view of the same car. Notice the same exhaust exit before the rear wheel and the design of the rear frame are the same on both cars.

Paul, Man of Mustangs > daender 09/03/2013 at 21:27

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Yeah, found these videos afterwards. That's pretty intense that they designed their own AWD system.

DasWauto > daender 09/03/2013 at 21:27

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O_O Interesting. I want to read more about the awd system. It's probably got some sort of torque vectoring that allowed the front wheel to be stationary while the rears turned.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/03/2013 at 21:29

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300mph might be possible, although the limiting factors could be the tires. Would love to see this beast at Ehra-Lessien.

daender > DasWauto 09/03/2013 at 21:33

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It's probably some sort of manual torque split controller, like this one used in a drag-spec AWD R34 GT-R. The driver has to pump the lever with the blue button to build pressure in the system to re-engage the AWD system after doing a RWD burnout.

Another example on this R32 drag machine.

DasWauto > daender 09/03/2013 at 21:47

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Neat. I hadn't heard of this. I know very little about drag racing, even less so when it comes to AWD machines.

Paul, Man of Mustangs > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 09/03/2013 at 22:09

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Definitely tires. I also wonder what it could do in the mile, which I guess is what it's being built for.

cbell04 > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 22:37

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The violence that ensued at WAT... My god what have they created!!?? Thought it was going to suck all the oxygen out of the entire neighborhood.

PatBateman > PRBot II 09/03/2013 at 23:36

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Should have... Sent... A poet.

candyfobreakfast > DasWauto 09/04/2013 at 05:10

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Nope, just a wet clutch at the back of the transmission where the output shaft for the front is. Instant on or off whenever they want.

3ch0 > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/05/2013 at 07:39

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I dunno. 200 extra horses only gave the Veyron a few more MPH IIRC.

Remember the James May fruitcake analogy? 300 mph would probably be like driving through a slab of beef or something.

Paul, Man of Mustangs > 3ch0 09/05/2013 at 10:59

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This car was also designed with aerodynamics first, so it's always been more aerodynamically efficient than the Veyron. It could theoretically hit 243 mph with 750 hp. They tripled that. Air resistance increases with the square of the speed, so by tripling the power, so it might be able to do it. I don't feel like doing the math right now, since it's just way too early in the morning. They'll be able to at least hit 280 mph.

lonestranger > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/05/2013 at 11:14

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Catch a RIIIIIDE!

3ch0 > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/05/2013 at 11:41

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No math? But it's not even Friday yet. Well, not here it isn't.

Paul, Man of Mustangs > 3ch0 09/05/2013 at 11:42

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But it's before 10 am here.

3ch0 > Paul, Man of Mustangs 09/05/2013 at 13:00

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Fair point.

3ch0 > 3ch0 09/05/2013 at 13:01

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Yeah...

3ch0 > 3ch0 09/05/2013 at 13:30

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The math:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(phy…

Tetrisaurus > PRBot II 09/05/2013 at 13:52

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I want to see this thing trying to de-tire itself on a racetrack. Actually, scratch that, I NEED to see this thing on a racetrack other wise I may not be able to continue living.

3ch0 > 3ch0 09/05/2013 at 14:00

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Applied to a similar car trying to go 300mph:

http://www.bobnorwood.com/300%20mph%C2%A…