Those trap speed calcs depend a lot on traction.
Nope, they don't depend on traction at all, that's the beauty of it. You'll get the same trap speeds whether it's a drag strip with perfect traction or a damp street. It's just a matter of power to weight.
Better traction usually leads to lower trap speeds though. Sometimes the same car will do several runs and the fastest ET will have the lowest trap speed.
It's interesting (and kinda funny) that they were still intending to use a 2-speed gearbox as recently as the end of 2018.
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Well, the Rimac might meet its match with the Venom F5. Its performance claims might even eclipse those of the Rimac if we can get them tested and verified:
How does it work in terms of applying and disconnecting drive, as per a clutch?It's interesting (and kinda funny) that they were still intending to use a 2-speed gearbox as recently as the end of 2018.
Mate Rimac mentions in one of their videos that they were intending to use a 1-speed gearbox first, then switched to the 2-speed (made with "F1 materials" apparently) to get higher top speed and more torque - but then Mate decided that the 2-speed gearbox was too big, heavy and complicated, so they went back to a 1-speed
These claims are incredibly optimistic and in the case of the 0-200km/h straight up fabricated. 2.6s to 100km/h would be the fastest RWD time of all time, beating the GT2RS which has 66% of its weight at the back. The 4.7s 0-200km/h time would mean that it can accelerate from 100-200km/h in 2.1s - much faster than it can accelerate to 100km/h, which is clearly impossible (apart, perhaps, from some non-road legal fun car with insane amounts of downforce). 3.7s from 200-300km/h perhaps could be possible, but the real 0-200km/h will probably be around 6s depending on the surface grip and how warm the tires are. So perhaps under 10s 0-300km/h could be possible.
No idea, but probably.
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Yeah, we've already discussed this. Right now their claims are a bit of a mess. If you go on their site and switch to mph, it says 9.3s to 180mph (not 187mph - which would be 300km/h). If it was 9.3s to 180mph, then 300km/h would be around 10s. However, if the production spec car is confirmed to only trap at 167mph (and not 172mph like earlier), then even 9.3s to 180mph would be impossible. Furthermore, last time we saw, the car suffered some power problems at high speed and the tires are apparently also a limiting factor - so it's not completely clear to me if the car can even reach 300km/h in its current state.Rimac are claiming 9.3s for 0-300kph. Based on the quarter trap at 8.58s, that seems optimistic.
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Without AWD I think those figures will be academic except on a strip under the most ideal conditions.Well, the Rimac might meet its match with the Venom F5. Its performance claims might even eclipse those of the Rimac if we can get them tested and verified:
For the dry 1,360 kilogram Venom F5, Hennessey is aiming for a Vmax target of 311 mph (converted 500 km / h). The name is also derived from this speed: F5 stands for the highest tornado category, which can reach wind speeds of up to 512 km / h. The highest gear is so long that theoretically even 534 km / h would be possible. For comparison: the predecessor Venom GT, weighing 1,244 kilos, had reached a top speed of 435.31 km / h on the Kennedy Space Center site. The acceleration values of the Venom F5: zero to 100 km / h in 2.6 seconds, zero to 200 km / h in 4.7 seconds, zero to 300 km / h in 8.4 and zero to 400 km / h in 15, 5 seconds.
It also looks fantastic:
Well, the Rimac might meet its match with the Venom F5. Its performance claims might even eclipse those of the Rimac if we can get them tested and verified:
For the dry 1,360 kilogram Venom F5, Hennessey is aiming for a Vmax target of 311 mph (converted 500 km / h). The name is also derived from this speed: F5 stands for the highest tornado category, which can reach wind speeds of up to 512 km / h. The highest gear is so long that theoretically even 534 km / h would be possible. For comparison: the predecessor Venom GT, weighing 1,244 kilos, had reached a top speed of 435.31 km / h on the Kennedy Space Center site. The acceleration values of the Venom F5: zero to 100 km / h in 2.6 seconds, zero to 200 km / h in 4.7 seconds, zero to 300 km / h in 8.4 and zero to 400 km / h in 15, 5 seconds.
It also looks fantastic:
