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New Lamborghini Reventon, 1.4 Mil + Tax

Krawlin said:
Hmm, odd last time I watched Top Gear (yesterday), it was still the Pagani Zonda who was on top of the list with the fastest time. (Sig drove it of course... that is how you spell their test drivers name/nickname right?)

And the name is Krawlin , not Krawling. lol :lol:;-)"thumbsup"



Ummmm, what ever. And for some reason, I thought most people hadnt heard of it. Oh well. And its not outdated. They are still pumping out new ones (well, about 20 per year I think), but they can still whoop anything out there. It beat the Ferrari's and Lambo's on Top Gear's test track. So there! HA! HAHA! LOL. :lol:
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The Zonda got stuck trying to get out of a parking garage in France on the show. Whats so Super about that? I used to like the Zonda, then I saw the Koenigsegg.

Koenigsegg FTW!!!
 
Cool car(s) but for 1.4 million I would rather own an array of muscle cars, drag cars, and hot rods. I could have 10 different ones and still have half a mil left :lol:

This was my last joy ride. I sold it when when my second girl came. Its now in australia

Over 700 hp, left my knees shaking for 10 minutes afte every drive, everytime I drove it.

mycamaro1
 
lol sweet lets race my chevell that keeps the front wheels in the air from a dead stop threw 3rd gear pimp my ride can suck on those apples:ror::ror::ror::ror::ror::ror: lol8)
 
whoodie said:
Ok now your talking purpose built racecars vs "street" cars. Here is something that will smoke the Escudo

http://www.speedace.info/speed_record_club.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0KdxhYgfY

763 mph

1 up buddy.
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Thats a plane with the wings chopped off :flipoff: lol

Atleast the Escudo could be made street legal and would outhandle any Italian job ever built, especially on a back dirt road. And its a 2.0 liter with over 1000 hp, They need 12 bangers to even come close to 1/2 that power. 6 second 1/4 mile 2.0 liter, now thats engineering at work.
 
Ummm, the Escudo has 2 engines. For a car to be street legal it must be homologated, ie they have to build 500 or so, according to the FIA. The Escudo is purpose built for one race type, a hill climb. It could never be made street legal

Renault was putting 1300 Hp out of their 1.5 liter V6 engines in the seventies.
 
Not according to my motor vehicle inspection license. It can be inspected as a custom vehicle. How many times have you seen streetrods that were completely scratch built on the roads? Jay Leno has a garage full of 1 of a kind street legal vehicles. The stipulations for a car to be driven on the streets isnt that hard to achieve and the Escudo would need very little work to achieve street worthyness. Brake lights, exhaust that exits from under the vehicle with atleast 1 muffler. 2 rearview mirrors minumum, headlights, turning signals, hood over the engine compartment, able to acchieve a safe stopping distance from 55-0 mph, windshield, if one not available, then a helmet with visor is required, seatbelts for each seat. DOT spec'd tires, windshield wipers.

Of all these, the only things that would probably be required on the Escudo to pass inspection would be turn signals, tires and the exhaust. You could license and street drive a bathtub on a tube frame, powered by a Blown Hemi as long as these reqirements are met. So yes, the Escudo could very, very, easily become a street driven vehicle.
 
Most of those custom cars are based on production chassis that have already been crash tested.

If you are such an expert on motor vehicle inspection, tell me how I can legally get away with a V8 swap into an RX7 or 240SX.

I think it is asinine to think that someone would allow a fully built racecar to be driven on the street. It just screams "I want to break every motor vehicle law ever devised." If you build something fast, keep it on the track.
 
whoodie said:
Most of those custom cars are based on production chassis that have already been crash tested.

If you are such an expert on motor vehicle inspection, tell me how I can legally get away with a V8 swap into an RX7 or 240SX.

I think it is asinine to think that someone would allow a fully built racecar to be driven on the street. It just screams "I want to break every motor vehicle law ever devised." If you build something fast, keep it on the track.
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you can drop any motor you want into that rx7 as long as it meets the smog laws of the new of the two. like already said above all you need is a few mirrors and light to make any car street legal. crash testing only applies to production vehicles. so it's not that "asinine" to think any of these cars could be street legal.:roll:
 
From someone who has built National SCCA winning auto-x cars you have to be a retard to think that a purpose built racecar has a place on the street."thumbsup"
 
Like whoodie said, a race car built for a certain purpose in racing dosent belong on the street. I'm sure you could drive it on the street but that's not where it should be.
 
Listen whoodie, there is a guy who lives 22 miles from here with a big block chevy in a 79 Chevette and he drives it all summer long. There is another guy with a blown 460 in a Ranger, another with a 69 VW Buss with a Blown Hemi in the passenger compartment behind the front seats. Anything can be licensed and inspected as long as it falls in the local, county and state law guidlines. In Cali you practicly can't change a damn thing on a car, here in NY I can run headers with 3 inch long mufflers, dump it out infront of the front tires and its 100% inspectable to be on the street. Doesnt mean I wouldnt be breaking every law when it comes to noise pollution though, but its still street legal. Any car that is capable of breaking the highway speed of 65 here and 70-75 in other states is "Asinine" as its breaking the law to speed. But people do it every day and cars are made to go faster and faster, though the only place to use it is either on a track or illeagally.

With that narrow minded thinking, you have to be a retard to think that a Lambo, Ferrari or any exotic car, hell any car with a top speed faster then 75mph has any purpose to be allowed in the states. Just because you dont like the facts, doesnt make you right and everyone else wrong. If I had the funds, I would have me a Escudo and make sure I blew past your house at over 200mph, just to blow the siding off the damn place and to PROOVE that it can VERY EASILY become a street legal car and daily driver!!!
 
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ClodMonster said:
Like whoodie said, a race car built for a certain purpose in racing dosent belong on the street. I'm sure you could drive it on the street but that's not where it should be.
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I agree that they have no place on the streets, but that doesnt change the fact that it can be done and someday someone will do it.

But, please tell me, what purpose a car like the one started in this thread has being on the streets here in the states if a Escudo doesnt? They are both designed with 1 and only 1 purpose, to go a fast as you can on the most dangerous roads in the world. The Escudo on Pikes Peek and the Lambo with 1 billion other idiots with nothing to proove but whos car can go faster.
 
If it can be made legal, great. If you can build it, awesome. If you can afford it, more power to you. Perhaps I came across as narrow minded, I apologize for the misunderstanding. I can applaud the efforts of an individual who is willing to put their blood, sweat and tears into a project vehicle. However, I tend to fall on the more practical side of things and look at a vehicle for what purpose it would serve. If I were to build a street machine, the last thing I would deem appropriate are things such as a front splitter, undertray and a huge wing out back.

One thing that you might not understand, and I could be wrong here, but designing a proper racecar takes a team of very talented people who have vast amounts of knowledge in many different areas such as aerodynamics, suspension theory, IC theory not to mention proper producton methods (ie no stick welding).

It is impossible to build a vehicle that has the highest performance in every situation. That is why racecars are specialized. The best example of a well rounded race car is a WRC rally car. Well suited to tarmac and "dirt roads".

Rereading the thread it is apparant that we are arguing two different things. Correct me if I am wrong, but you state that anything can be made to pass a vehicle inspection. I think that some cars should not be modified to be street legal. I would by lying if I said that I don't work on cars and that I did not want to put an LS3 in my 240SX. I would also by lying if I told you I would be doing that as I intend on driving it every day.

So in summary, I think that it is awesome for someone who can afford, build and make legal any vehicle they want for the street. Do I think it is the right decision for some vehicles, no. But that is my story and I am sticking to it.

And just so you know, I would NEVER have siding on my home.
 
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