Hoonicorn, capable of setting a decent time?

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
09/25/2017 at 14:17 • Filed to: None

I was sorely disappointed that they didn’t have the 1400 hp hoonicorn set a Pikes Peak time. As it sits right now it’s probably incredibly drift-inclined? Not necessarily setup to be a competent time-setting vehicle on the hill climb? But do you guys think it’s capable if perhaps the suspension and all wheel drive system were tweaked. As well as perhaps some more race-oriented rubber?

DISCUSSION (15)

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:26

It’s capable but it would have to be during the hillclimb, not while they were shooting

McMike > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:26

I had the same thought in my head this morning.

Stop screwing around and get a stopwatch, let see what it can do.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > McMike
09/25/2017 at 14:31

Yeah, it’s almost criminal that they were at Pikes Peak with a 1400 horsepower AWD monster and as far as we know at this time, they did not set a time.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
09/25/2017 at 14:31

Why not make a run while they were shooting?

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:40

Because then they would have to change the entire setup and ken would have to relearn the car. Well actually, they could do it while they were shooting but they would have to find a class that the hoonicorn would be competitive in

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:42

It has pretty race oriented rubber right now. Its running the new R888's.

Its mostly just suspension tuning and engine tuning. Car is set up for acceleration. You can see at times in the video he is in sixth gear.

But he has a race team so im sure its pretty easy stuff to change and then im sure it would rip

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
09/25/2017 at 14:46

Dusty Ventures brought up a good point in a discussion on the Jalopnik article. It may need (a lot) more aero/downforce.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:49

yea that is true. I wonder how much it has when they first built it because its pretty custom body work

functionoverfashion > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 14:51

Couldn’t agree more. Forget about changing out parts. Just send it and see what he can do, without any of the shenanigans. I actually was hoping he’d have a timer going anyway, including the drifts. But then I saw he added in some “detours” which makes it even more irrelevant than with just drifts.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > functionoverfashion
09/25/2017 at 15:14

I was so excited when I started watching and then I was like “WHAT WHY YOU SPIN OUT?” oooohhh right. This is Ghymkana.

functionoverfashion > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 15:51

The films all display some impressive driving, and I like that the settings have changed up quite a bit now. But why does he always include a stupid cone. He did that at the top anyway! Put it there after the finish! It’s like a commercial break right at an exciting moment in a movie, it totally kills the momentum (also literally, in this case).

CaptDale - is secretly British > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/25/2017 at 18:00

I was sad too that he didn’t try and set a real time

Dusty Ventures > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
09/25/2017 at 18:48

The Hoonicorn has very little downforce, because it was never built with speed in mind, it was built for fun. Pikes Peak cars on the other hand can produce up to three times their weight in downforce on the faster sections.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Dusty Ventures
09/25/2017 at 20:31

yea it has some aero bits. the rear wing and diffuser and front splitter. Im curious at how much downforce those make

Dusty Ventures > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
09/25/2017 at 21:42

Probably a few hundred pounds at best