I agree, free flowing increases HP but the noise can be a problem for a street driven car.
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I agree, free flowing increases HP but the noise can be a problem for a street driven car.
Can't say that I've had any problems with noise and the H&S system is also very quiet around town (unless I'm playing ;) ) and when cruising on the m'way.Quote:
Originally Posted by AR
Someone said recently that S2 has a very stealth like appearance now which I think is quite appropriate.
Ref the RS4 and CSL numbers - its nivce to think I'm kicking out more power but I doubt it very much. I appreciate what Iain the tester said about both manufacturers over stating their numbers but not by this much. I'm still confused by this 'front wheel' problem. On the RS4 I accept it as this is 4x4, but the CSL :confused: . Is the suggestion that BMW have a sensor on the front axle somewhere that wont let the engine deliver full power? Can someone explain please?
regards
Thanks for posting the article Nathan.
If you took the CSL's power to be 280 and it's weight to be similar to a late NSX then it makes sense that both are getting to 62 at slightly under 5 seconds. I know there ar emany differnet 0-62 times quoted for a 3.2 but I think it is just under 5.
Obviously the important bit is how much power the CSL and NSX are actually getting down and I would have thought the NSX is more aerodynamic and there are lots of other factors coming into play blah blah but I wont go into all of them... so I'll generalise and say that speed and weight are about the same so I think it not unreasonable to believ that the CSL is only pushing 280 bhp:D
L*
Regarding acceleration, it's not the peak power figure that determines acceleration. As they say, 'it's the area under the graph'. It's torque that produces acceleration. Lots of torque across the rev range will produce the best acceleration. The NSX is good at this, and is why a lot of people can't understand why it is fairly quick given it has 'only' 280bhp.
No probs Luke. Thought it was quite interesting after what we witnessed on Saturday.
Agreed Kevin, the torque of the NSX is quite impressive compared to many other sports cars. Still . . . a supercharger wouldn't go amiss ;)
If I was you I'll go for short gears before I go for an SC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Minch
Cheers
AR
As a confused looking Mr Gallardo learned earlier today, all the way upto xxxmph :D and he's just spent £100k more than most of us :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
I'll try again!
Does anyone have the bhp figures for the:
- M3 CSL
- Ariel Atom
- RS4
that went to the rolling road day with you...
Cheers
Martin
A bit difficult to answer as the RS4 and CSL apparently didn't produce "real" figures!
from what I can remember
RS4 about 360
CSL 280
ATOM 260
Pretty sure these are there abouts but I'm sure I'll get correected if I'm way out on any.
My brother has conveniently "lost" the CSL figures... I was interested to see what torque figs it was producing.
L*
Hi Martin,
The CSL was 288bhp. I believe the Atom was about 25-30bhp down from its published 275bhp but as Ritchie said this is not an unusaul result. The RS4 was well down but I believe the rollers were'nt reading the 4x4 properly so this was an unrepresentative result (or thats we told Paul ;))
regards