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Old 10-16-2012, 01:25 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by carbonBLUE View Post
Been there its quite cool
Haha maybe I should have guessed that. Oh well, maybe someone else will be inspired to visit

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what about any upcoming cars that are pushing over 100hp per liter?
Not too many AFAIK, they're all going to turbochargers now. LOL the new Viper either misses the mark by far, or comes fairly close depending on how you look at it. Word is it's an 8.4l V10 making 640hp/600lb-ft, but:

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Fun fact: you can call it an even 800 hp created in the cylinders, because powertrain chief Richard Winkles claims that the first 160 hp are spent overcoming engine friction.
source:http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...all.html?ti=v2

Last edited by einzlr; 10-16-2012 at 07:29 PM. Reason: reworded to avoid ambiguity
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