How do you know if you have enough horse power?

porsche917 13 years ago

This great image and comment comes from Audi Sports great German rally and Trans Am driver Walter Rohrl. All these drivers talk about wanting more horsepower. This is a great way to determine if you have the right amount.

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Mitleid 13 years ago

hmmmm I have never had enough horsepower

Autorama 13 years ago

I recently saw a "car" that I wouldn't even try driving. Here it is:

Mitleid 13 years ago

that is pretty scary what do ya think was running through his mind at the end of the video

RichC 13 years ago

Must be a Diesel the way it spits out black smoke. The wet pavement doesn't help his tire grip.

Mitleid 13 years ago

IT IS A FOUR BANGER AHHHHHHHHHH

The Toyota Tacoma Pikes Peak can hit 60 MPH in 1.6 seconds thanks to a 1,000 HP 2.1-liter engine. But it's only geared to do 132 MPH.

The "truck" was built and driven by New Zealander Rod Millen (Rhys's dad) for the 1998 Pikes Peak Hillclimb. The vehicle has nothing in common with the Tacoma and is, in fact, built on a chrome-molly tubular space frame chassis covered in a carbon fiber body. Power is generated by a 2.1-liter, four-cylinder, turbocharged and intercooled engine pumping out something in the neighborhood of 1,000 HP. It can hit 125 MPH in 4.9 seconds. With this "truck" Millen won the Pikes Peak Unlimited class in both 1998 and 1999.