You CAN have too much power...
28 February 2008, 10:37 PM
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You CAN have too much power...
...no really, you just can 
I'd be dead inside the day if I was given the keys to this thing:
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500bhp V8 in an Atom 
I'd be dead inside the day if I was given the keys to this thing:
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500bhp V8 in an Atom
28 February 2008, 11:50 PM
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To quote what I said after I drove a supercharged Monaro (tuned to 540bhp IIRC).
"Here, have it back, if I have it any longer I'll kill myself, or more likely - it'll kill me!"
"Here, have it back, if I have it any longer I'll kill myself, or more likely - it'll kill me!"
29 February 2008, 12:25 AM
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I was all over an Atom round Donnington 
.... So I thought. 
When he pitted I realised it was the cool down lap for him.
Now they want to put 500bhp from a V8 in that little space frame???
.... So I thought. When he pitted I realised it was the cool down lap for him.
Now they want to put 500bhp from a V8 in that little space frame???
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29 February 2008, 09:53 AM
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Caterham are doing a very similar thing with this beast..
CATERHAM ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE ARM
Caterham teams up with RS Performance to offer official V8 Sevens
Caterham cars has announced a new official performance arm to offer bespoke V8-engined Sevens.
The company has joined forces with RS Performance to offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers who want truly unique cars.
RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house that has spent 16 years developing the 40-valve, 2.4 litre RS-V8 motor.
It reliably delivers 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged variant, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.
Matched to the featherweight Seven chassis the V8 delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron.
The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.
Caterham said in a statement: ‘This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.’
The first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors, and which only seven more of this type will be available, is the supercharged ‘Levante’.
With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, the car boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks, but has a sophisticated electronics package including traction and launch control to help get the power to the floor.
Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems.
Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director, added: ‘Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy.’
The car in these vid is the prototype being tested i believe.
My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.
CATERHAM ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE ARM
Caterham teams up with RS Performance to offer official V8 Sevens
Caterham cars has announced a new official performance arm to offer bespoke V8-engined Sevens.
The company has joined forces with RS Performance to offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers who want truly unique cars.
RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house that has spent 16 years developing the 40-valve, 2.4 litre RS-V8 motor.
It reliably delivers 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged variant, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.
Matched to the featherweight Seven chassis the V8 delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron.
The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.
Caterham said in a statement: ‘This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.’
The first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors, and which only seven more of this type will be available, is the supercharged ‘Levante’.
With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, the car boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks, but has a sophisticated electronics package including traction and launch control to help get the power to the floor.
Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems.
Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director, added: ‘Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy.’
The car in these vid is the prototype being tested i believe.
29 February 2008, 11:03 AM
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whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.
Would like to see the torque figures; BHP gets a bit non-reflective of the real world once the revs go massively above 5250rpm because of the maths: Horsepower = (Torque (lb.-ft.) x RPM) /5250
29 February 2008, 11:08 AM
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"New Atom has double power to weight of a Veyron"
That's the telling line!!
I want a go....not on the road though!!
That's the telling line!!
I want a go....not on the road though!!
29 February 2008, 11:12 AM
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Caterham are doing a very similar thing with this beast..
CATERHAM ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE ARM
Caterham teams up with RS Performance to offer official V8 Sevens
Caterham cars has announced a new official performance arm to offer bespoke V8-engined Sevens.
The company has joined forces with RS Performance to offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers who want truly unique cars.
RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house that has spent 16 years developing the 40-valve, 2.4 litre RS-V8 motor.
It reliably delivers 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged variant, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.
Matched to the featherweight Seven chassis the V8 delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron.
The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.
Caterham said in a statement: ‘This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.’
The first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors, and which only seven more of this type will be available, is the supercharged ‘Levante’.
With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, the car boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks, but has a sophisticated electronics package including traction and launch control to help get the power to the floor.
Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems.
Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director, added: ‘Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy.’
The car in these vid is the prototype being tested i believe.
YouTube - V8 caterham
My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.
CATERHAM ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE ARM
Caterham teams up with RS Performance to offer official V8 Sevens
Caterham cars has announced a new official performance arm to offer bespoke V8-engined Sevens.
The company has joined forces with RS Performance to offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers who want truly unique cars.
RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house that has spent 16 years developing the 40-valve, 2.4 litre RS-V8 motor.
It reliably delivers 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged variant, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.
Matched to the featherweight Seven chassis the V8 delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron.
The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.
Caterham said in a statement: ‘This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.’
The first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors, and which only seven more of this type will be available, is the supercharged ‘Levante’.
With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, the car boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks, but has a sophisticated electronics package including traction and launch control to help get the power to the floor.
Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems.
Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director, added: ‘Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy.’
The car in these vid is the prototype being tested i believe.
YouTube - V8 caterham
My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.
29 February 2008, 11:17 AM
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29 February 2008, 11:35 AM
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YouTube - V8 caterham
My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.
My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.
Can just imagine me trying to pop down to the shops in that thing
29 February 2008, 11:44 AM
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Sounds like my RD500 on full chat (V4 2stoke, therefore same amount of power strokes of a flat-plane v8 at the same rpm )...although sound nothing like itbelow 10,000rpm 
And I suspect this would mostcertainly eat my old Yammy for breakfast
YouTube - RST-V8
(V4 2stoke, therefore same amount of power strokes of a flat-plane v8 at the same rpm )...although sound nothing like itbelow 10,000rpm And I suspect this would mostcertainly eat my old Yammy for breakfast YouTube - RST-V8
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The guy driving it is Andrew Walsh! ( Car Limits )
It just shows what a beast it is. .
It just shows what a beast it is. .
He turned me from a quivering wreck of a driver into a confident hooligan in one day
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