Hoovey689

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96SC4

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i guess when you live out in the boonies, you got a lot of extra time on your hands.

PhilipMSPT

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I honestly would love to see it on a proper track...

Infra

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There is no way that engine is getting proper cooling. That seems, to me, to be extremely dangerous to have absolutely no firewall between yourself and an engine.

Hoovey689

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Aron9000

Must say the tractor VR6 plus the Lemans sound-track from the W8 make for a rather sublime and unique sound.

I'm also wondering how he has the cooling system plumbed for that W8 in the back, where the radiator is mounted.

I know the cooling system for the W8 is a work of art in and of itself. The Phaeton was designed and tested in the Sahara at 130 degrees, to do 180mph until it sucked the gas tank dry, with the a/c on, the cabin at 72 degrees, the water temp never getting above 220 degrees. Refuel, wash, rinse, repeat, it was torture tested like this for thousands of miles.

mmarshall

He'd probably spin it out (or flip it) like there was no tomorrow. With all that weight behind the car's center-of-gravity, on a platform that was not designed for rear-end-bias, that thing will almost surely be unstable.

Aron9000

Actually I bet the weight distribution is pretty good. Its not like a Porsche 911, where all the weight is behind the rear axle. Watch that video again, the engine is ahead of the rear axle.

I'm sure it would be a ton of fun to hoon on at the drag strip. Like you said though, things would be, ahem, interesting if you pushed it hard into a corner. I think the front wheels going different speeds than the rear wheels would be your real problem. Looks like the back engine/trans is a slush box and the front is a manual trans, good luck getting everything talking to eachother, much less your problems with weight distribution and hacked up suspension.

chikoo

sweet sound. how much time did lexus spend on the lfa for the sound??

Hoovey689

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Fixed for you

I8ABMR

Track ? LOL In that thing?? Track cars are balanced . Thats a garage experiment. That thing would probably overheat before it even started to go through the corners and understeer like a pig

chikoo

Thanks....I bit my tongue when I posted the original as I realized my folly...but got called away and was unable to fix it.

chikoo

Garage experiment. Sure.

Understeer? Why? What makes you think this will understeer? If anything, I see it oversteering with the rear wheels powered by that monster.

mmarshall

I'm with you on that one. Unless driven very carefully, it's a classic spinout waiting to happen.

mmarshall

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Yes, you make a point there. That would also make for other traction-related problems as well, as torque-converter automatics without a lock-up feature allow engine-RPM slip, which, of course, a manual clutch doesn't if fully-engaged.