Check this out, twin turbo F50 video, you can hear the blowoff valves

[ledlum]

scary, I wonder what kind of boost he is running?

[Granty ('92 325]

Originally posted by Ali
from that clip the car accelerated really slowwwwly

Yeah but I doubt you could just floor it.....hello smoke!!

It cant be easy to launch a beast like that..... would still rather have a Macca F1 tho... just for the sound

[racecar]

now this is hot


hmm.. and it says this "Engine tuning and super charger engines also for 540 / 740 / 750 / M3 (E36) / M5 / E38"


that's weird.. i wonder what kind of stuff they have for those cars.. supercharger for the m5? 750? anyone know?

[PDXM3]

Sounds real to me. One of my good freinds and clients has an F50 and it is the loudest things you have ever heard when it is pulling at all. They are an absolute monster of a car!

[///Samson]

Seen one on a track once. The on in the vid looks and sounds like a chevy powered kit car.

[Granty ('92 325]

Originally posted by ///Samson
Seen one on a track once. The on in the vid looks and sounds like a chevy powered kit car.

Chevy powered kit car.....

[3.0LV6]

Is anyone here familiar with John Carmack from iD Software in Dallas?

He has a turbo'd Testarosa up to 1,000hp as well as a turbo'd F50, but I'm not sure what kinda HP he's pushing with the F50. The F50 is his daily driver. Must be nice.

Here's an snippet taken from this page:
http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/10/15/1012230.shtml

9. mpav asks:
This is a break from the usual questions from this group, but I thought it would be interesting to know.. You have a couple of exotic sports cars, one being a 1000 horsepower/750 ft-lbs of torque (insane!) ferrari, and I was wondering which one you generally drive to work?

John Carmack Answers:
I drive my twin-turbo F50 almost all of the time. It took a while to get all the bugs sorted out, but it is almost a perfect combination right now. It is light, nimble, and responsive, and 600 hp at the rear wheels is just about perfect for a street car of that configuration.

I only drive my testarossa now when I am low on gas in the F50 or if I need to drive someplace where I think the extra inch or two of ground clearance is important. It is heavy and ponderous, but every time I do drive it, I am impressed again with the power. 1000 hp at the rear wheels is excessive. It takes a while to spin the turbos up to the full 24 psi of boost, but when it has a full head of steam going, it moves like nothing else on the road. It runs away from superbikes on the highway. However, when exercising it, you have a very clear sense that you are taking your life into your hands.

I will probably be getting rid of my TR when my next project car is completed. It is a custom carbon fiber bodied ferrari GTO with a one-of-a-kind billet aluminum twin turbo V12. It is going to make a bit more power than the TR, but only weigh about 2400 lbs. I have a suspicion that we will wind up detuning the engine, because 1 hp / 2 lbs is probably quite a bit past excessive and into the just-plain-stupid realm.

It was supposed to be done two years ago -- mechanics are worse than programmers.


They rented out a track near Dallas and had some fun:
http://www.3drealms.com/caught/races.html