5000 HP, 357 MPH Supercar?

[Guest TankerHC]

There are a lot of doubters in the car industry that this thing is anything more than a fraud. But if you look at what Dubai has done in Architecture, I wouldn't doubt it is real. I have been reading some of the writers saying there is no way to get 5000 HP out of 16 cylinders in a car in that size and configuration. If it could be done, Bugatti would have already done it. 

 

And aint it funny that EA's need for speed has a 560 Kmph car. (Not real of course).

 

Here is an interview from Racer Times who asked him about what they call his "so called 5000 HP supercar). Read the comments for some good laughs. Jay Leno getting burned to a crisp. "This thing has spectacular explosion written all over it". "You push the button, it goes from 800 HP to 5000 HP for about 5 seconds then you just replace the engine".

 

"Those really fancy single-piston calipers up front are definitely up to the task of stopping a car from 348 MPH."

 

I think I can guess his other project. A 2000 HP, single cylinder, motorcycle capable of doing 300 MPH

 

http://www.carthrottle.com/an-interview-with-the-5000hp-devel-sixteens-deluded-developer/

 

 

http://youtu.be/UgwuiWUrQHI

Edited November 13, 2013 by TankerHC

[austin7.62]

Sounds like a nice choice for a daily driver.

[billyscott]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snh1b7h2sMA

[Oh Shoot]

The land speed record for wheel driven was 644.96 km/hr or 403mph.  Car weighed over 4 tons, needed for the traction I guess.

 

And jet propulsion wheeled is 1223 km/hr or 763 mph, weighed over 10 tons!

 

Just what "record" are they trying to break with a paltry 560 km/hr?

 

- OS

Edited November 13, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Guest TankerHC]

The land speed record for wheel driven was 644.96 km/hr or 403mph.  Car weighed over 4 tons, needed for the traction I guess.

 

And jet propulsion wheeled is 1223 km/hr or 763 mph, weighed over 10 tons!

 

Just what "record" are they trying to break with a paltry 560 km/hr?

 

- OS

 

Both those cars were Jet propelled, could only go in one direction (a straight line) and had no practical use other than to go fast. These guys want to break the Supercar daily driver record, currently held by the Bugatti Veyron, with an 1200 HP W16, top speed 268 MPH. I think its possible, but not practical which is why Bugatti hasnt done it. I am not going to try to say I know more than Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Ferarri engineers because then I would look like an idiot. But they say it is just not possible to get 5000 HP out of an engine in that configuration and a car in that configuration no matter how many turbo chargers you put on it. But the Architects in AD said that the rotating designs for skyscrapers in Dubai were not possible. And they were right, in Dubai because of financial problems they are not possible, so they built one in Taiwan, one began construction last year in London, and another is scheduled to be built in New York. 3 or 4 years ago the Architects were saying it was "Preposterous idea and not possible", read it today, they are saying "Its the future of skyscrapers" SAME PEOPLE. 

 

I would rather see Ford do it, but I have no doubt someone might build something like this. People line up for years to buy the Veyron and Lambo's and other Supercars. I bet Carrol Shelby could do it. (If he were above ground)

Edited November 13, 2013 by TankerHC

[Guest Lester Weevils]

That thing couldn't even haul a 2X4, much less a sheet of plywood.

[bowtieguy]

We want to make a unique car. Complete BS. I don't even know if you could call this a fraud since that would imply someone would actually be fooled by it. More of a hoax. Wonder what the equivalent of April fools day is in Dubai.

[Caster]

John Force's car runs around 8,000 hp and will run 323 mph in less than 4 seconds. He don't need 16 cylinders either, he manages on a piddly little ole v8 of no more than 500 ci. LOL!!!

[Sam1]

Tanker, the power in a v16 isn't an issue. TFD's make 10,000hp+ on a big v8 with nitro.

Double the cylinders (helps in reducing detonation by firing more small ones at once) use some type of fuel and 50% of that would be reasonably attainable. The part that is not reasonable is how they would cool it down. That would take 2 dozen radiators, or some placed in spots that would disrupt aerodynamics severely. Hell, I think the veyron has 10 heat exchangers with a fraction of the power. Edited November 13, 2013 by Sam1

[Sam1]

We want to make a unique car. Complete BS. I don't even know if you could call this a fraud since that would imply someone would actually be fooled by it. More of a hoax. Wonder what the equivalent of April fools day is in Dubai.

Yeah, it's already been debunked, the exhaust manifold pictures look like a kid welded them together and the primaries do a 90 degree bend into the collector. That doesn't work on a big power car lol

[E4 No More]

BS or not, those folks have plenty of money to throw away on trying.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

An engine the size needed for that kind of horsepower wouldn't fit in the car. If it could, it wouldn't last long enough to run more than

a couple of minutes. And just pushing a button to add horsepower is only good for so much, not the kind of power gains they are

talking about. The fuel would have to be exotic. The turbo, or superchargers, give only so much. Besides, the power output would be

extremely difficult to get to the ground. an engine capable of delivering that much power reliably, with current materials, needs to be

much larger than that car could support.

 

A typical modern day locomotive power plant capable of 5000-6000 horsepower weighs close to15-20 tons and has a max of about a

1000 rpm to be reliable. A car with the same power output just couldn't work with what's around today. Maybe one of these days, but I

doubt it.