Caterham CSR record smashed

[andrew7]

Top Gear ran the CSR260 aound their course at 1.17.4 and it beat the Koenigsegg by .2 sec setting the record. Yesterday on You-Tube, I watched as the Caparo T1 destroy it at 1:10+, its a scary street legal car, but maybe in 10 years I'll add a turbo and swoopie body work like Jack's X-project to my car. I don't have the link but its not hard to find.

[Titus]

Top Gear ran the CSR260 aound their course at 1.17.4 and it beat the Koenigsegg by .2 sec setting the record. Yesterday on You-Tube, I watched as the Caparo T1 destroy it at 1:10+, its a scary street legal car, but maybe in 10 years I'll add a turbo and swoopie body work like Jack's X-project to my car. I don't have the link but its not hard to find.

I saw that too... scary car. Everytime they tried to take a turn at 6/10ths, they would experience horrible understeer and nearly run off track. They just were not going fast enough to create the downforce the car is designed for. It is the first street car (if you can call it that) that I have seen that appeared to be safer and easier to drive the faster they went. :banghead:

[slngsht]

I saw that too... scary car. Everytime they tried to take a turn at 6/10ths, they would experience horrible understeer and nearly run off track. They just were not going fast enough to create the downforce the car is designed for. It is the first street car (if you can call it that) that I have seen that appeared to be safer and easier to drive the faster they went. :banghead:

 

Brick wall won't care how much downforce you had before you hit it

 

let me find the vid... i'll post it up

[slngsht]

YouTube Video

 

There is no substitude for downforce :nonod:

 

Moving this to OT