Bugatti What? Mosler MT-900-S

[SeanPlunk]

I would daily drive this car 1800hp and all :hail:
1.4hp per lb. That's pure insanity. Up to 1800hp(1150 on 91 octane) and 2500lbs. What could possibly go wrong?

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/medium/mosler_5.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/medium/mosler_6.jpg
http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/medium/mosler_2.jpg

[vonage6591]

WOW :hail:

[SeanPlunk]

Yeah, seriously pretty amazing. I wonder how much it would cost to build one?!? Regardless, I bet it would be less than the 1.4million dollar asking price of a Bugatti.

[Vettezuki]

You guys should check out the NRE (http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/)packages. They are awesome and not thaaat expensive for what they are. I'd like to build a C2 with Twin Turbo Small Block; that'd be a hoot.

[enkeivette]

I have two quick cell phone videos of that car running. Here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bDu5uU02Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZC5OhsDyA

[BRUTAL64]

I have two quick cell phone videos of that car running. Here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bDu5uU02Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvZC5OhsDyA


That Industrial Complex looks familiar.

[enkeivette]

You guys should check out the NRE (http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/)packages. They are awesome and not thaaat expensive for what they are. I'd like to build a C2 with Twin Turbo Small Block; that'd be a hoot.

Bolting turbos to the side of a small block on an engine stand is easy. Getting them to fit in your engine compartment and actually work in your car, is a whole different story.

[Vettezuki]

Bolting turbos to the side of a small block on an engine stand is easy. Getting them to fit in your engine compartment and actually work in your car, is a whole different story.

Already been done with C2s, which can accommodate Big Blocks with headers, etc. Not trivial, but not a problem.

[enkeivette]

Already been done with C2s, which could accommodate Big Blocks with headers, etc. Not trivial, but not a problem.

I know it could be done, but my point was, NRE is not going to have the correct hardware for all of this goodness to fit in your engine bay. That's on you. And rather than buying a twin turbo small block with turbo manifolds and intake piping that you will inevitably have to throw away or modify beyond recognition, why not just buy a low compression crate motor ready for boost and buy the turbos yourself?

Those motors with the turbos sticking out 2 feet on either side are for large engine bay race cars without fenderwells, like a caged Nova or something like that. It could be done with a C3, like the one below, but if you look closely he doesn't even have the stock frame! That is some hardcore sh*t.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/982/v2eo1zy9.jpg

[Vettezuki]

I know it could be done, but my point was, NRE is not going to have the correct hardware for all of this goodness to fit in your engine bay. That's on you. And rather than buying a twin turbo small block with turbo manifolds and intake piping that you will inevitably have to throw away or modify beyond recognition, why not just buy a low compression crate motor ready for boost and buy the turbos yourself?

Those motors with the turbos sticking out 2 feet on either side are for large engine bay race cars without fenderwells, like a caged Nova or something like that. It could be done with a C3, like the one below, but if you look closely he doesn't even have the stock frame! That is some hardcore sh*t.



Point taken. But NRE will work with your application. They have TT apps placed in stock F-Bodys for example, which are TIGHTER than a stock C3. They are also turn key, tuned master pieces. . . (reflected in the price.) There's a lot that goes into a motor that will consistently make AND hold that kind of HP.

I'd someday like to have a KB supercharged 402. Parts Alone would be in the 15k range.

PS That frame looks like one meant to accept C5 running gear and a C3 body.

[Vettezuki]

You know, there's part of me that loves this kind of car, then there's part of me that says, "yeah, but." Obviously, almost nobody would drive this on the roads on anything resembling a regular basis. But honestly, I WOULD drive a Veyron on a regular basis (except for the not having 7 figures of disposable income). By all accounts, it's just a luxurious and comfortable GT . . . until you stand on the go pedal.

[enkeivette]

I would drive my Vette daily if it had AC and if I could afford the gas.

My Neon paid for itself within the first year just in gas savings. That's right, the difference alone between the cost of gas for the Vette and the cost of gas for the Neon was greater than the cost of the Neon itself, and that was last year when gas was less expensive.

[SeanPlunk]

I would drive my Vette daily if it had AC and if I could afford the gas.

My Neon paid for itself within the first year just in gas savings. That's right, the difference alone between the cost of gas for the Vette and the cost of gas for the Neon was greater than the cost of the Neon itself, and that was last year when gas was less expensive.

If I were rich, I would rock a Mosler everyday(that or a Caparo T1). I'd use the Bugatti only if I had a passenger :p

[Vettezuki]

I would drive my Vette daily if it had AC and if I could afford the gas.

My Neon paid for itself within the first year just in gas savings. That's right, the difference alone between the cost of gas for the Vette and the cost of gas for the Neon was greater than the cost of the Neon itself, and that was last year when gas was less expensive.


Be ware of false economies. Did you include, license/registration, insurance, oil, repairs, etc. etc.

[enkeivette]

Be ware of false economies. Did you include, license/registration, insurance, oil, repairs, etc. etc.

No, but after the second year of owning the car, I'm sure that gas savings would have paid for all of that. Not to mention that I'll be able to sell the car for more than what I paid for it.