Speed Racer Mach 5

[ebellis]

My friend showed me this article at school today,
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=6466
^ article
interesting stuff in the article about the tires, a good read

http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0408_rt_mach5_chart.pdf
^ specs (pdf)

highlights:
7 mpg
60 db idling
84 db at redline in 1st gear
0-100 in 1 second
1/4 mile in 2.7 seconds @ 197 mph
turbo v-12
1700 hp @ 8000 rpm

[rene]

it says 0-60 in 2.7 and 1/4 in 7.2 dude


still impressive.

[rene]

My friend showed me this article at school today,
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=6466
^ article
interesting stuff in the article about the tires, a good read

http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0408_rt_mach5_chart.pdf
^ specs (pdf)

highlights:
7 mpg
60 db idling
84 db at redline in 1st gear
0-100 in 1 second
1/4 mile in 2.7 seconds @ 197 mph
turbo v-12
1700 hp @ 8000 rpm


"Special thanks to Warner Bros. Studios for supplying the car; Yokohama Tire Co. for their support arranging the photo shoot; Willow Run Airport for renting us a hangar, and Polyphony Digital Inc. for creating a virtual simulation of the Mach 5 that we used for our performance tests. "

[ebellis]

oh my, i feel rather dumb, still cool i guess

[beelzebub]

"Special thanks to Warner Bros. Studios for supplying the car; Yokohama Tire Co. for their support arranging the photo shoot; Willow Run Airport for renting us a hangar, and Polyphony Digital Inc. for creating a virtual simulation of the Mach 5 that we used for our performance tests. "

the paragraph above that one didn't give it away for you?

[VolksFaggin]

fuck the car, give me those tires.


Anything that comes close to a warm F1 car tire = :eek9: in my book!

[eN_2_Oh]

very well written daydream/movie leak!

[AWD]

They could have made the 1/4 mile specs a tad more realistic. They made it basically 2 seconds faster, 200+lbs heavier, 150+ mph slower (give or take) and about 5300+ less hp compared to a top fuel dragster..lol

[al]

Orlando, I think it's real.

[Em1_Kid]

holy shit 2.7 in the 1/4 my cars rated stock at over 7 seconds 0-60 bwuahahaha

[AWD]

Orlando, I think it's real.

duuuhhh...

[NOPISTN]

holy shit 2.7 in the 1/4 my cars rated stock at over 7 seconds 0-60 bwuahahaha

oh wow

[Drift Gangsta]

0-100 in 1 second made me LAWL

[_Zac]

These are the same people that tested the GTR to be the fastest/best looking car ever. They simply forgot to put that it was all a dream in that article as well.

[Renaissanceman]

1/4 miles are a little funny...and yes i know they made up but 2.7 at only 197 should be closer to 300-350mph

[Renaissanceman]

not a bad price $5million

[BrapKiLz]

This reminds me of the mach 5s they use to make from the c4 corvette chassis and engines. obviously much different specs though.

[DA_LsVtAk]

oh man, talk about child hood dreams. speed racer is the sole reason why im into cars now :D

the mach 5 is fkn badass, very sexy and elegant

[zakats]

I was going to buy one but even with my credit they wanted about 90k/60 months. I just can't see myself paying on a car 5 years down the road..ya know?:hsugh:

[zakats]

btw "It ran to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds and to the quarter-mile mark in 7.3 sec."
page 2 paragraph 2 sentence 3

[Red88Si]

Read it before, and I said it then:

Hobart instructed me to fly to a remote location in Mexico. From the airport, I was driven to a giant state-of-the-art indoor testing facility, complete with a 1-mile drag strip and an oval identical to the Daytona International Speedway's.

I realized it was a joke when they mentioned a state of the art facility in Mexico.

[SexualChocolate]

They could have made the 1/4 mile specs a tad more realistic. They made it basically 2 seconds faster, 200+lbs heavier, 150+ mph slower (give or take) and about 5300+ less hp compared to a top fuel dragster..lol

It's not faster than the LS2!!!

LS2 FTW:thumb: