[DeTomaso] 15" Tires

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Maybe you guys need to build a hot rod fuel truck and you can pretend that
you have a land based SR-71 Blackbird and a KC-135R and top off the tank at
150 mph while participating in some of these OOR events.
What do you think Mad dawg....

You won't have to stop fer nothin!

;-)

Michael Shortt



On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:

> I've read before that a Countach uses about 40 l/100 km when speed
> approaches 300 km/h. That gives a consumption of around 120 l/h. If we
> simply assume that going 400 instead of 300 uses (4/3)^3 times that amount
> of fuel (correcting for air resistance increase only) we end up at ~284 l/h.
> Wikipedia lists the Veyron fuel tank at 100 liters and also the 12 minute
> drain claim. 500 l/h is quite a bit higher than my estimate but the
> difference is not completely unreasonable.
>
> Tomas
>
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> To: "Thomas Tornblom" <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 15" Tires
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>
> > We could ask Carapi what it takes in tires and fuel at these kind of
> speeds.
> > In any case, in an entertainment program such as Top Gear, so slamming
> > those figures high in the "Sensations circles".
> > Goran
> >
> >> Approved at 400+ kph, and only usable on a very limited number of very
> >> expensive cars probably.
> >>
> >> I saw the Top Gear program where James May takes the Veyron to its top
> >> speed, and he said that the tires only last about 15 minutes at the top
> >> speed, but that is OK as the fuel runs out in 12 :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
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