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exotic 80's cars
1989 Vector W8 - pushing a max speed of 242mph in 1989 is rediculous
>> Anonymous
didn't vectors have jet engines or something?
>> Anonymous
>>191307
Nope. Search youtube, there are vids. The motor doesn't even sound that impressive to me in them. (I was pretty disappointed)
>> Anonymous
how much does one of those cost?
>> Anonymous
They are actually kinda awesome looking, too.
>> Anonymous
>>191433
on today's used market they are available from less than $200,000, to well over $1,000,000

never mind i found out and yeah they do look totally awsome
>> Anonymous
That was an execellent Vector!!!
>> Anonymous
I used to love driving these back in the Gran Turismo 2 days.
Been my favourite car since.
>> Anonymous
Vector Aeromotive.

FUCK YEAH!
>> Anonymous
WHERE'S THE CIZETTA V16?!?
>> Anonymous
I had the Car & Driver issue that reviewed the Vector. If I remember, the car broke down on the skidpad. I was thinking they would go out of business in 5 years. I was right.
>> Anonymous
>>191431The motor doesn't even sound that impressive to me in them. (I was pretty disappointed)

If you know anything about physics, a very very soft whining engine is better than a "gluggabbrrrrvvrrr" grumpy engine because there's a lower entropy loss/loss of energy in the form of kinetic energy against the air (sound) which is a sign of inefficiency in engine mechanics (or that you need to get your oil changed).

In short, quiet whining super-cars are usually the ones that make you swallow your tonsils: They often accelerate a LOT faster than their high-top speed mediocre-supercar bretherin.

Of course, that could just be the supercharter whining.
>> Zyjek
Most beautiful car ever.
>> Anonymous
>>191558
true in theory, but in realistic applications combustion is pretty damn loud regardless (everything from a lawn mower to the family sedan to a supercar is noisy as hell without a muffler). The noise an engine makes is pretty much only affected by the amount of dampening designed into the exhaust system, and also by the turbines in turbocharged engines. You lose power by quietening the exhaust, hence most fast cars are loud. Like said, in theory you can extract more power like you say by doing certain things that would result in quieter exhaust, however with current designs you can get more power (albeit less efficiently) by dumping (very loudly) after peak power output and just combusting again. It's a trade off between raw power output and efficiency, these days efficiency rarely wins.
>> Anonymous
I think it looks kind of tacky.
>> Anonymous
more hr pics of vector cars?
>> Anonymous
>>191558
You are right with sound being a bad indicator for power, but serious "energy loss through sound"?!? The energies that are required to make sound are ridiculously low!

More like bad sound design...also the microphone of these videos probably wasn't the best.