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"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
11/10/2014 at 23:12 • Filed to: None

Ultimate vaporware?
Ultimate vaporware.

DISCUSSION (20)

CAcoalminer > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:16

I don't consider the Speed 12 to be vaporware because they actually did build one.

Blondude > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:18

Not really. This one actually exists after all.

TheHondaBro > CAcoalminer
11/10/2014 at 23:18

True, but they never did put it into production.

ACESandEIGHTS > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:20

Legendary anyway. Sometimes you have to build some crazy shit to prove it can be done. Hence: Veyron.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:23

TVR built a few and it also went racing. I don't consider it vapourware.

CAcoalminer > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:26

True but one is better than none.

CAcoalminer > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:28

I love this quote:

Wheeler's dream of Speed 12s roaming the earth, putting the bite on XJ220s and F1s, never did come true, but Ben Samuelson, TVR's head of PR at the time, didn't see the endeavour as ill-conceived: 'Peter was never happier than when designing and building things with the quite brilliant engineers he surrounded himself with. The Speed 12 was the ultimate expression of this – a car whose only reason for being was because Peter could do it. And, yes, it really did blow up the dyno.'

Baeromez > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:32

I love trying to drive this thing all out in Fourza with no assists (seriously who uses assists?). If you can tame the Cerbera, you have truly reached the mountaintop.

TheHondaBro > Baeromez
11/10/2014 at 23:36

My Cerbera Speed 12 is maxed out all the way in terms of power and top speed. That thing is absolutely BATSHIT INSANE!

I don't play with assists either, which makes it even crazier.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:37

So powerful, it broke TVR's dyno.

Baeromez > TheHondaBro
11/10/2014 at 23:41

I've got mine set up for R3 so it is somewhat driveable. Bootin up now to max it out and see if I can hang on. Got any good tunes for it?

zachaput > CAcoalminer
11/11/2014 at 00:17

There's a second one now too. Powered by a modified Aston Martin V12

CAcoalminer > zachaput
11/11/2014 at 00:20

Interesting. They must have put it together using old parts from the race cars.

zachaput > CAcoalminer
11/11/2014 at 00:26

I believe that's what they did. There was a thread on Pistonheads about it.

CAcoalminer > zachaput
11/11/2014 at 00:31

Very cool. I'd love to see the link if you have it.

zachaput > CAcoalminer
11/11/2014 at 00:36

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.…

CAcoalminer > zachaput
11/11/2014 at 00:39

Thank you.

TheHondaBro > Baeromez
11/11/2014 at 01:14

Damn, I haven't played Forza 4 in a long time. I guess just my typical track tune, like a couple degrees more camber, slightly more pressurized tires, gear ratios that eliminate most wheelspin, etc.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TheHondaBro
11/11/2014 at 07:59

I've seen it in person. It's amazing. I'll find the pics later.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > TheHondaBro
11/11/2014 at 17:02

Well these actually raced but they were quickly made obsolete by a change in regulations, and they decided that they were too crazy to make homologated versions (from TVR, of all people), so they just put together this bad boy from a bunch of race and road cars.

This and the Quattro S1, the best.