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I would use the money to buy a small aircraft that does 200mph all day long and never stops at stop signs and you will never be stopped by the police. But then you can't impress your friends when you are a mile above them.
I would use the money to buy a small aircraft that does 200mph all day long and never stops at stop signs and you will never be stopped by the police. But then you can't impress your friends when you are a mile above them.
I'd rather have a jet boat where I can have 4 women in bikinis I'd get pretty bored up in the sky after a while. A few friends of mine have one each and we have a blast every summer!
It may be street legal but is it street usable? I haven't seen the video - but that speed on a prepared sticky track, with drag slicks, launching at 5,000 RPM, with the line locks engaged and all the staggered nitrous shots engineered in (if it does use the bottle), etc...not practical and repeatable on the street. Besides that, it's strange they are measuring 0-60. On a drag strip it's all about time - 60 foot times maybe, then speed.
Also - there is a point were horsepower, particularly on a small displacement engine without torque, maybe huge cams and ported out heads, becomes impractical and NOT FUN on the street. You have to wind those babies up, and an otherwise high performance race car that does it's cruising at between 2,000 and 3,000 RPM becomes a sluggish dog on the street.
Edit: However, this is a stock production car from second glance? Otherwise impressive and I am sure they would make it street friendly.
It may be street legal but is it street usable? I haven't seen the video - but that speed on a prepared sticky track, with drag slicks, launching at 5,000 RPM, with the line locks engaged and all the staggered nitrous shots engineered in (if it does use the bottle), etc...not practical and repeatable on the street. Besides that, it's strange they are measuring 0-60. On a drag strip it's all about time - 60 foot times maybe, then speed.
Also - there is a point were horsepower, particularly on a small displacement engine without torque, maybe huge cams and ported out heads, becomes impractical and NOT FUN on the street. You have to wind those babies up, and an otherwise high performance race car that does it's cruising at between 2,000 and 3,000 RPM becomes a sluggish dog on the street.
Edit: However, this is a stock production car from second glance? Otherwise impressive and I am sure they would make it street friendly.
It's not a production car. AMS has been building monster GTR's for years now and they know how to get these cars to perform and I believe the AMS GTR has run a 7.7s quarter mile. The important bit is that its street legal and has a full interior so it isn't some stripped out race car. They probably mention 0-60 just because its ridiculously quick for any car but particularly one with a full interior and relatively large weight. I can't comment on street drivability but I imagine it wouldn't be as responsive as a stock GTR.
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I'd get pretty bored up in the sky after a while. A few friends of mine have one each and we have a blast every summer!
