However, due to Covid-19 concerns the auction, originally scheduled for a date early in the new Formula 1 season, has been postponed to at least mid-June. We’d be spitting in the wind to guess whether this will affect the price will sell for, but there’s no reserve. Tempting....
The engine is set to produce 900bhp, while each of the four motors kicks out 295bhp and 200lb ft of torque. So, if you punch all these numbers into a calculator you end up with a very big number at the end. Things in the real world are a bit different of course, but even so...
SorryDodge Demon, your 1,025bhp crownhas been blown away in a haze of twin-turbo fury by this: the 1,064bhp Corvette ZR1. Though it takes the same ‘Small Block Gemini’ engine architecture as theZ06’s LT6, it’s not just that plus turbo. Now called ‘LT7’, the 5.5-litre V8...
Another reason for a difference between thecalculatedrequired filter size for astockengine and theactualfilter size is that the formula is assuming we are gettingpeak VE(Volumetric Efficiency) atredline. We do this to build in some headroom for modified engines. If you do not want the calculator...
Lamborghini And Ducati Announce Another Limited-Edition Bike There’s more to come, too - Manhart says it’s working on “several other engine stage upgrades”. Downpipes, another full exhaust system and a carbon intake are all developed, along with a set of coilovers....
have been wildly inaccurate but these are generally down to the use of slicks and other pro drag setup factors that we have not included. For street cars you can realistically expect to get within .5 of a second of the indicated time, depending on your change times and getting a good ...
“To give you the full truth, Andy always asked me to put that Formula One engine in a road car. He always had the idea of putting it into the GT. I told him ‘forget it’. Top GearNewsletter Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. Your Email*...
“Such is the performance of the new road-going Vantage, it required no engine upgrade, no changes to its cooling system and no upgrade in braking performance to adapt it for its role as FIA Safety Car,” says Aston Martin in its press release. Yeah, 656bhp should do ...
Inside it’s an existing formula. The cabin is built around a 10.1-inch MMI display angled towards the driver. There’s a suite of RS-specific readouts from g-forces to live torque output. A head-up display is an option, while a new RS Mode button is standard. The idea is that dri...
Gordon Murray - the Formula 1 designer - first started making noises about making a small sports car around 10 months ago. The attributes it would supposedly have sounded very much like a petrolhead’s dream car - a low weight figure, a power output you could actually use on the road, an...