Modern day Superbird (picture)

younggun2.0 said

lol, you guys sure are touchy this morning. ha ha ha. come on. they built those crazy nose cones and the giant wings for racing purposes only. then they built just enough of them for the public to make them abide by the rule book. Im not saying it wasnt cutting edge at the time. im saying that they didnt build an aerodynamic car to win. they added a huge cone on the nose and a massive wing. if honda put a 24" long nose on a civic and a 36" tall spoiler on deck lid and started setting records you all would be talking smack on it. not looking to pick a fight. just saying what i think. I understand they worked. i get that but i also think it was pretty wild.

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if that's what it took for a Honda to do those numbers then it is what it is. I guess the thing that urks me is people down on a car that made supercars into the 90's just ehh... even now with supercars and nascar they don't impress because they really havn't come that far, a ton more tech but really not all that impressive.

if I recall from 150mph to 250mph it takes 735hp, the Veyron GT(?) is at its end at 257 and 1250hp. a well prepped hemi N/A can make that power and a ton more. I guess my question is if an original Daytona was redone lower and updated in some respects, and drop a big ci NA, singe turbo, etc hemi or even wedge if it would not go faster...

and after that you'll have what 200K into it maybe? as I recall their is a f body firebird in the Netherlands or something that runs faster than the Veyron GT with a under 500 inch turbo...