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Lotec Sirius concept -- 1,000 hp!

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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 08:46 AM
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http://gallery.consumerreview.com/car/gall...ec_sirius-1.asp

This horsepower war is getting ridiculous. If you look at the last sentence it says that with 1.2 bar of boost, hp goes up to 1300.
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 08:55 AM
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Is anyone else board with the mid-engine, stupid-huge-hp-Vector-S7-Mosler-Paggini (SP?)-Vyron Supercar?
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 09:21 AM
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tell me about it, might as well get a rocket put on the car.
cars are getting more and more HP!! i wouldnt be surprised if in 10 years, the corvette would have 600hp standard and the Honda's around 350-400hp.
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 09:38 AM
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Call me crazy, but if I didn't know better, I'd say you guys are complaining over cars having MORE horsepower...
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by AlexM
Call me crazy, but if I didn't know better, I'd say you guys are complaining over cars having MORE horsepower...
Well not exactly. I would say that a car like the Vyron with 1000hp is stupid. In day to day
life are you really having more fun with 800hp than 400hp.

The thing I like best about the S2000 is it well engineered balance.
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 09:54 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ElTianti
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Well not exactly.
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 10:05 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ElTianti
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Well not exactly.
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 10:23 AM
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A 250 mph top speed with only Z rated tires?

And the fronts are only 225/45?

1300 HP is pretty sick, but I'd love to have it
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 01:32 PM
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Check the specs! the car has only a 5SPEED MANUAL Tranny!!!! Would it better with a 6SPD???
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Old Jan 9, 2002 | 02:31 PM
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All the horsepower whiners who see this as an arms race must not have been drivers back in the 60's and 70's. Remember the term "muscle car"? Sure they weighed tons and guzzled dead dinosaurs like mad but 450 HP on the showroom floor, and a 12 second 1/4 time, was not THAT uncommon.
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