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Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« on: October 02, 2020, 10:05:21 AM »
In one of the most epic looking cars of all time...

https://www.thedrive.com/news/36848/going-0-186-mph-in-the-single-gear-koenigsegg-regera-is-borderline-unsettling?fbclid=IwAR23OtYtx_RZ8wzCm3C7iqTjOJ-A-H8QNvmHFP3FgUTy7ehzvXXdnb1bcZ4

The article doesn't have a good picture of the Regera, although the overhead shot is quite nice...

But the convertible version?

Oh my various gods...

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2020, 10:12:15 AM »
The speed race theme song pops into my head.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2020, 10:20:19 AM »
I still like the Knight Industries Two Thousand better ......... [tinfoil] [popcorn]
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2020, 10:33:21 AM »
Pfffft... slackers. The Corvette Z06 could do standstill to 177 in one gear way back in 2009.

https://youtu.be/Ko9kzyqW-l8?t=90

Sweet looking ride. A bit on the spendy side, though.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2020, 10:40:12 AM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on October 02, 2020, 10:20:19 AM
I still like the Knight Industries Two Thousand better ......... [tinfoil] [popcorn]

You just like it because you can't spell Koenig... Konig... Keo7!zexd....

That car.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2020, 09:12:25 PM »
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Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...

My A320 engines have a single gear.  I think I can easily beat 200mph.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2020, 11:23:34 PM »
I still like 330 mph in under 4 seconds.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2020, 06:51:03 AM »
"Pfffft... slackers. The Corvette Z06 could do standstill to 177 in one gear way back in 2009."

A number of other cars have been able to do that, including the Veyron, I believe.

But none of them have looked as right, as EPIC, as the Regera.

Compared to the Regera, the Corvette looks like a dowdly housefrau with curlers in her hair and a Marlboro hanging out of the corner of her mouth.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2020, 10:32:43 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on October 03, 2020, 06:51:03 AM

Compared to the Regera, the Corvette looks like a dowdly housefrau with curlers in her hair and a Marlboro hanging out of the corner of her mouth.


Yeah, but insult the housefrau and she might beat you up. The Regera would just viciously redecorate your living room.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2020, 10:37:53 AM »
Quote from: Jim147 on October 02, 2020, 11:23:34 PM
I still like 330 mph in under 4 seconds.

Who dat?
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2020, 10:54:46 AM »
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2020, 03:25:51 PM »
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2020, 04:02:24 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on October 03, 2020, 03:25:51 PM
Single gear?

Yup. Direct drive with a multi-stage clutch.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2020, 08:38:42 PM »
They do have a reverser. They used to have a two speed but went too fast. Then they limited gear ratio to keep slowing them down more.

I can't  imagine what one unleashed could really do.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2020, 07:38:19 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 03, 2020, 10:32:43 AM
Yeah, but insult the housefrau and she might beat you up. The Regera would just viciously redecorate your living room.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2020, 09:16:29 AM »
Quote from: Jim147 on October 03, 2020, 08:38:42 PM
They do have a reverser. They used to have a two speed but went too fast. Then they limited gear ratio to keep slowing them down more.

I can't  imagine what one unleashed could really do.

And they do it all in 1,000 feet now instead of the full quarter mile.  Amazing tech.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2020, 12:44:34 AM »
Quote from: Fly320s on October 04, 2020, 09:16:29 AM
And they do it all in 1,000 feet now instead of the full quarter mile.  Amazing tech.

How many gallons per foot?
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2020, 09:58:00 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on October 06, 2020, 12:44:34 AM
How many gallons per foot?

15 gallons a run, give or take.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2020, 10:09:45 AM »
Quote from: French G. on October 06, 2020, 09:58:00 AM
15 gallons a run, give or take.

Nitromethane injector flow test.

https://youtu.be/xGTbQuhhluY?t=12

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2020, 10:11:43 AM »
Quote from: French G. on October 06, 2020, 09:58:00 AM
15 gallons a run, give or take.

So, about 1.5oz per foot.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2020, 10:16:13 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on October 06, 2020, 10:11:43 AM
So, about 1.5oz per foot.

Or roughly 15 cents per inch.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2020, 10:18:02 AM »
Add pit warm up and burnout puts you close to 23 gallons. And stuff is not cheap.
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2020, 10:19:10 AM »
Quote from: Jim147 on October 06, 2020, 10:18:02 AM
Add pit warm up and burnout puts you close to 23 gallons. And stuff is not cheap.

About $1450 a drum last time I checked.

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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2020, 11:29:23 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 06, 2020, 10:09:45 AM
Nitromethane injector flow test.

https://youtu.be/xGTbQuhhluY?t=12

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Like the video says, that is only for one cylinder.  And that was 12 years ago.   :O
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Re: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear...
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2020, 01:11:30 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on October 06, 2020, 11:29:23 AM
Like the video says, that is only for one cylinder.  And that was 12 years ago.   :O


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