05-01-2023, 06:00 AM | #1387 |
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What's the problem with flooring it? Do you need a 7-second car in order to never use its full power?
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05-01-2023, 08:48 AM | #1388 | |
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there's got to be hundreds of threads in the history here of "i got tired of red-lining the motor all the time, so i got a ZL1 camero instead"
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05-01-2023, 09:14 AM | #1389 |
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I love flooring my engines. The longer the better, haha. Not terribly hard to do on public roads in the 190 hp Spyder. A bit more difficult in the 575 hp AMG.
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Those folks need to go up in a plane with reciprocating engines. You'll see engines have no issue running hours on end at near full power.
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I prefer merging at 80 into 70 mph traffic. Let’s me pick my spot.
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To be fair, "cheap" airplane engines cost as much as a whole car, and typically have a lot more maintenance scrutiny.
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Yes, I know the result of such a test is predetermined. The Tesla would obviously DNF because it crashed out on autopilot.
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Do I have a problem?
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A lot of homebuilt aircraft use Subaru, Corvair, Porsche, Honda motorcycle and other boxer type engines for propulsion. Most have just gearing to lower the prop RPM.
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I guess I wasn't considering engines for 'experimental' aircraft in my statement.
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Even with certified aircraft engines, much of the cost has more to do with low production, certification, regulation and manufacturer's liability.
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The Boxers at full song sound like a garburator full of stuff the grind. When the wife and I used to have a Nissan Versa, i would floor the thing and extract maximum power for highway passing, the wife would floor it but always lets up at like 5000 rpm.... I asked her why she wouldnt redline it for max power and she tells me she didnt like doing that. Nowadays it doesnt matter with the X1 turbo 2.0...the thing just goes with authority once you get on it....(but shes always driving in eco mode so theres always that 1 second delay before anything actually happens lol...but it'll go) |
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Ya. You should be driving an 80hp geo metro because you don't need anything more than that. It'll get you to 60 in a tad over 9 seconds and you can floor it everywhere.
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