Showing posts with label Koenigsegg CCR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Koenigsegg CCR. Show all posts

A bit of this and that for a moment


1925 Monotrace found on http://flickriver.com/photos/jk1971/tags/monotrace

Racing legends Donnie Allison, Sid Collins, Roger McCluskey, Ed McCulloch, Augie Pabst, Bruce Penhall and Ed Winfield will be enshrined into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction celebration on August 23 and 24, 2011 in Detroit.

Ed Winfield was regarded as one of the all-time great mechanical minds motorsports has ever known. He was an expert in engine design and carburation and played a major role in the development of the famed Novi engine with his brother, Bud. He is generally recognized as the “Father of the Racing Cam Business,” making his first performance camshaft in 1914 at age 13 and is credited with creative cylinder head designs and other engine advancements.

A Winfield exotic camshaft was in Bulchowsky's Old Yeller

http://www.landspeedproductions.biz/ed-winfield-finally-gets-the-nod-byt-the-motorsports-hall-of-fame.html

There is a motorcycle museum in France, the Chateau de Bosc http://www.expeditionportal.com/vehicules/motorcycles/70-other/342-discovering-a-secret-motorcycle-museum-in-france.html

from http://www.anshobijlmakers.nl/Home/Home.html originally, found on http://basskick.tumblr.com/

Incredible new cars


The Swedish-made, 245 mph-capable Koenigsegg CCR currently holds the Guinness World Record for speed in a production car and costs $722,534 (see BW Online, 3/24/06, "A Revolution in Swede Speed"). http://www.koenigsegg.com/





At full bore, the upcoming 1,001 horsepower Bugatti Veyron, meanwhile, burns through its entire fuel supply in a mere 12.5 minutes at full speed (253 mph) Which is good, because the tires will only last for 15 minutes at this speed. Convienent, No?

By the way, I worked out the fuel consumtion of my 69 Coronet R/T...
at a 1/8th mile race I made 4 passes...
grand total - 1/2 mile.
I went through 1/2 tank of 100 octane avgas (about 4 bucks a gallon).
Thats works out like this; 1/2 mile = 10 gallons = 36 seconds....
20 gallons (full tank) = 1 minute 12 seconds = 1 mile (this is all at wide open throttle)
Somehow this doesn't sem like it makes sense, but the fuel gauge and the time slips tell the story
9 second 1/8th mile too.