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Old 29-05-2011, 09:49 PM
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Default 1000 bhp per tonne?!

Not my sapphire cossie!!

YouTube caterham levante.

It has an alloy 2.4 supercharged v8 with over 500 bhp, in a car that weighs just over half a tonne.

Quicker than a veyronne, I reckon so?!

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Old 29-05-2011, 09:53 PM
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Im sure the Atom V8 has stats pretty close to that too?
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Im really not sure fella.

Doesn't that run a supercharged vtec lump?
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I think thats in the original one, but the new one runs a v8 of some kind.
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Wow.

That must be mental. I need a ride in one, may loosen the grip in the cossie keys I reckon!
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Maybe not if it's this hard to get the power down.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/carg...caparo_t1.html
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