The Saleen S7 - The Airplane of Cars

The Saleen S7 is one of the most amazing cars now days. This car not only looks nice, but is also one of the highest performing cars on the road. The S7 has 750 hp (horse powers) and this power is achieved with a engine that is only 7 liters, something American car manufacturers can only dream about. Here is a list of its full specks taken from the Saleen website www.saleen.com

GENERAL
Curb weight	2950 lb (1338 kg)
Weight distribution, F/R	40% / 60%
Fuel capacity	19.0 U.S. gal. (72 liters)
Wheelbase	106.30 in. (2700 mm)
Track, F/R	68.82 in. (1748 mm) / 67.32 in (1710 mm)
Width	78.35 in. (1990 mm)
Front overhang	40.59 in. (1031 mm)
Rear overhang	41.14 in. (1045 mm)
Length	187.95 in. (4774 mm)
Height	40.98 in. (1041 mm)
Ground clearance	4.00 in. (102 mm)
Trunk space, F/R	2.65 cu ft (75 liters) / 2.82 cu ft (80 liters)
CHASSIS
	4130 lightweight steel space frame
	with honeycomb composite panels
ENGINE
Type	All-aluminum V8, 2-valve pushrod
Displacement	7.0 liters
Bore and stroke	4.125 x 4.00 in. (104.8 x 101.6 mm)
Compression ratio	11.0:1
Pistons	Forged aluminum
Connecting rods	4340 forged billet steel
Crankshaft	4340 forged billet steel
Induction system	Air enters a roof intake, passes through a 90-mm mass air meter, feeding a carbon fiber plenum; from the plenum, air is routed to two twin-ball-bearing turbos, passes through an oval bore-throttle body into an aluminum intake manifold with eight individual runners
Cylinder heads	CNC machined, all-aluminum, Saleen high-flow
Valves	Stainless steel with titanium retainers; Intake: 2.125 in. (54.0 mm); Exhaust: 1.625 in. (41.3 mm); Beryllium exhaust seats
Valve train	Solid lifter/roller rocker
Exhaust system	Stainless steel high flow with merge collector incorporating dual catalysts per cylinder bank and EGR system; two twin-ball-bearing turbos with 44-mm wastegates
Required fuel	91 octane
Alternator	140 amps
Battery	12 volts
Front Engine Accessory Drive (FEAD)	Compact drive system with side-mounted water pump
Emission control system	OBD-II compliant; dual, heated oxygen sensors per bank; high-volume EVAP system
Fuel system	High-capacity returnless with 42 lb/hr injectors
Oil system	High-vacuum dry sump configuration; Capacity: 12.6 qt (12.0 liters); aluminum oil tank
Horsepower	750 bhp @ 6300 rpm
Torque	700 lb-ft @ 4800 RPM
Redline	6250 rpm

Whit these specks it is not surprising that the S7's top speed is 248 mph. Just to give you an idea of how fast that is I made a little comparison. The average takeoff speed for the commercial airplane Boeing 737 is 180 mph (source: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/performance/q0088.shtml) check it if you don't believe me. So this car is basically a airplane on the ground. Actually it is faster then a airplane on the ground, if it had wings it would be an airplane.



This is a nice car with some serious performance, but its not for anybody, as you might have figured out already. The price for a brand new Saleen S7 is about $ 555, 000., so you might want to brake a lot of piggy banks before you could afford one.

Enjoy:



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Crazy Car Audio

You know how every car owner wants to put a nice sound system in their car, well these guys put a new meaning to that. I am not going to say much, just look!
































Now that you have seen the coolest ambulance on the block you might one to rethink your definition of crazy car audio. Just look how many car batteries it takes to power the whole thing. You cant even listen to anything if the car is not running because the batteries are going to die in about 1 minute. This is just crazy, but I like it!

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Pimp My Ride- Lamborghini Style Doors

We all know how cool lambo doors look on cars like this Eclipse here, but most people, like me until a couple of days ago, think that it is something that only the super rich can get, well guess what? It's not! Recently I was looking trough the web and I found a website that sells lambo doors, it's called WingDoors . The prices I saw on the website were just outrageous. They charge well over $ 1000 for two door hinges with 2 or sometimes 4 shock absorbers. I thought that the idea of having lambo doors is really cool and I decided to look for a cheaper alternative and I found it. I thought about it for a second, if you want to buy something cheap that you usually pay a lot for what do you do, and then it hit me eBay! So go here and see for yourself how much cheaper the door hinges are. Look here and see how much cheaper I found them on eBay. So if you have an extra $ 300 and want your car to become a real show stopper, buy lambo doors if not pay for gas with them. I am out, and if you have any questions about lambo doors or would like me to write more about the subject post a comment and I will consider it and greatly appreciate it. Thanks for reading my blog.

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The 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

The Ford Mustang has never been seen as a race car. In a world with competitors like Lamborghini, Ferrari, BWM and almighty Mercedes-Benz the Ford Mustang seems like a kids toy. In most cases people will be right to assume that the Mustang is not a very good sports car, but when it comes to the Mustang Shelby Cobra, its a totally different story. That is the most powerful Mustang that Ford makes, the engine is a supercharged V-8. It is usually 300 hp (horse power), but when the supercharge kicks in it goes from 300 hp to 500 hp. This car is not only good looking, but it also goes form 0 to 60 in 4.9 seconds. This sounds more like a sports car. The only way to get that kind of performance is to buy the Mustang Shelby Cobra, because the other mustangs just look the same, but preform just like any other crappy Ford. Like a said before what makes the GT500 different is the fact that the V-8 engine in it is Supercharged, giving it that extra boost to send it up there with all the other sports cars.
Enough said about the car, why don't you just see the video and enjoy your eyes, because that car is a piece of candy.



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Mitsubishi Evo Vs. Lamborghini Murcielago

You would think that this would be easy to guess, but it proves to be more difficult then you would think. Most people are really impressed when the hear the name Lamborghini, and they should be, but is there a car far more affordable that can actually preform better? The answer is not that simple and it can only be proven by a race. And that is just what I have for you. A race between a Lamborghini Murcielago and a Mitsubishi Evo . The outcome of the race is not what you would expect and, *hint**hint*, it might make you think twice about spending $300,000 + for a Lamborghini when you can get a cheaper car that is actually able to preform better. So enjoy the video and read the conclusion after it.




As you can see the Evo has much better grip on the road, and that is no surprise since the Evo is 4 wheel drive. The Lamborghini is faster then the Mitsubishi but when it comes to high speed turns it doesn't do that good since it is rear wheel drive. In general cars that have rear wheel drive spin off on high speed turns because when you exit the turn the push comes from behind, where in all wheel drive cars, like the Evo, all four wheels are contributing to the acceleration so it helps the cars handling and hence it can take turns faster. I think that having a slower car with better handling is better since you can actually go on a track and race, and most likely win. I am not saying that its bad to have a slow car, but if the handling of that car is bad the only good use of it is on the straight parts of the race track, and if you are on a track that is very curvy, you will most likely loose.
On the other had the Lamborghini is very great looking. The Evo is not bad either, but the Lamborghini is just off the charts. If you have a couple of hundred thousand dollars laying around your house and don't know what to do, buy a Lamborghini, but if you want to race and win and not break the bank buy a Evo! That's it from me until next time!




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The world's biggest subwoofer

This story was not written by me and can be found on: http://www.thetechzone.com

This is the world's biggest subwoofer to ever be put into a car. On the left is Richard Clark and on the right is David Navone, the creators of this beast. How powerful is it? Here's what Mark Eldridge had to say about it.


The 60-inch subwoofer absolutely has the capability to produce SPL levels well above 180 dB. It is simple math and the laws of physics.


Actually, before designing it, we looked at a comparison between a large number of conventional subwoofers, or a single giant one. After we did the math, the obvious choice was the one giant woofer. It's output displacement is comparable to 160+ ten inch woofers. It can move a lot of air!


The original idea for the giant subwoofer came about in 1994 when Doug Winker, Chris Lewis, and myself were investigating how to create the highest SPL levels, just for fun. The giant sub was the best performance option, but we didn't have the capability or finances to build it at the time. Anyway, that year was when Chris and Doug installed the dual compression drivers with the horn mouth right below the mic location against the windshield. Unfortunately, the horn system was "disqualified" by the head SPL judge because the rules said the competitor could not have any windows cracked open, and Chris' windshield was cracked. I guess it didn't make any difference that the rule was intended to ensure all the windows were rolled up, and there were no openings to the outside that could affect the SPL reading.



Anyway, the 60-inch sub came about in 1997 while I was working with RC and Dave in North Carolina. Tim Maynor wanted to build a new SPL vehicle, and wanted Autosound 2000's help. We looked at the different possibilities for woofer configurations, and with Dr. Eugene Patronis' help (from Georgia Tech), we designed and built the giant subwoofer in about a six week period.


Unfortunately, Tim and his crew didn't realize just how much acoustical power the sub could generate, and didn't build the vehicle to contain it appropriately. Even at less than 1/2 output, the doors were blown off the tracks, and the entire vehicle ballooned in and out several inches. The woofer was installed in the "bread truck" anyway, and it went to Finals not fully tested.


At the Finals in 1997, Alma protested the use of the computer used to control the energy fed to the subwoofer by the power supply, so RC had to try to do it by simply touching two cables together with no feedback, and hope that the energy level was correct when it was set off. As it turned out, it wasn't at the right level, and the speaker's motor simply drove the cone assembly too hard and too fast, and snapped part of the main conecting tube in half. But, it did do 162+ dB with a single positive stroke of the cone before it broke!


The woofer was updated with several modifications after that incident so that it won't have problems with breaking again.


A couple of facts about it...


The cone moves 6 inches peak to peak under full-tilt output.


The actual cone diameter is 54 inches, with the 3 inch wide surround on the outside of that. The radiating surface area is 2,290 square inches. That yields a one way displacement of 6,871 cubic inches. That is equivalent to the displacement of 161 ten inch woofers that move 1.5 inches peak to peak.


The motor is capable of producing 6,000+ pounds of linear force, which is necessary when considering the very large surface area and displacement volume required to produce high SPL levels.


The woofer was designed with the capability to produce SPL levels of 188 dB, which are entirely possible, given an appropriately built vehicle. It is simply a matter of displacement and containment.


It hasn't seen the light of the car audio industry since 1998 for several reasons. First is money... It isn't cheap to haul it around, and unless it would produce some significant return on investment... You get the idea. Basically, it would be a very high price to pay for some entertainment value and bragging rights.


Also, it would not be legal in competition by current rules because it isn't a typical production, commercially available product.


It is still one of my goals to bring it back out, and let it rip a huge SPL number. Maybe someday, it will prove what it can really do. But for now, only a few people have truly experienced its capabilities. It is outrageously loud, and can make you a sick to your stomach when it plays those very low frequencies.


For those that don't believe it can do what it can do, that's your choice. But, I can tell you that it was designed with strict attention paid to solid engineering principles and practices. Believe it or not, given the right vehicle design, structurally built to withstand the acoustical power of the giant woofer, it could easily produce SPL numbers in the high 180's.


It is one of the coolest things ever created in car audio. It's just too bad no major manufacturers recognize what it could do for their marketing efforts, with a little creative effort.


Oh well... Someday...

Source: [http://www.thetechzone.com]

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Concept cars in the Geneva auto show

There are a lot of new concept cars in this year's 77th International Motor Show in Geneva. The car you see to the left is a Mazda Hakaze. It is a new concept car by Mazda that looks like it can go in mass production. I think that the designers at Mazda did a very good job with this concept, because not only is it stylish, but it also looks very useful and versatile. Mazda manged to combine some very stylish looks, that are highlighted by the Lamborghini style doors, with some very familiar to us features like the third row seats that fall forward to make more room.
This car, with its rugged yet stylish design, will be
one of the cars that we will see a lot from in the near future, at least that is what I think. If Mazda puts a reasonable price tag on this SUV I am sure that a lot of people will consider buying it, I know I will...












Now lets take a look at the competition. This is a Assystem City Car. You can decide for yourself, but I think this is one of the worst looking cars of the century. I mean sure it has Lambo styled doors, but that's not what makes a care great. This car looks like an unfinished mini van, and I am not saying that in a bad way. If you want to make a concept car, the car needs to look fast even when its not moving, your car needs to look futuristic and mysterious. Also just for the fun of it, it should have a lot of useless gadgets, I mean after all it is a car of the future, and sadly this car has none of that. Now you might see my point of view better, but I don't know who would like this car anyway.

Now lets move on to a car that is the absolute definition of a "concept car". This is the new concept from Peugeot. This car has the futuristic look that I was talking about, it also has the look of a really fast car, and that is what a concept car should be. Concept cars should not be all about being useful and serving a purpose. They should be about looking cool, and unique and this car not only achieves that purpose, but I can easily say that it surpasses it by much.

Here is another great view of the Peugeot.













Here are some pictures of the other concepts from the show.

I think I am in love...






Cool a flying car!



The first flying car is the first convertible flying car, how cool is that !?



Well these are some of the coolest rides that you will probably never see on the streets, or at least not for a long time, but hey its a little window that lets us see into the future and its cars the coolest thing ever!




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