I Wanna Go Of This . . .

[ally-b]

This looks very very very 'much too fast enough'

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=17680

Al

[nanaki]

so do we all chip in and just leave one at knockhill for the weekends then?

would love to see one of these things fly never mind have a shot.

[thewelsho]

WOW! How will that ever stick to the raod with 1000bhp/ton!? And how much will it cost? Well out my budget, that's for sure!

[terzo neil]

would cut off my left testicle to drive that

[paul555sti]

Caterham are doing a very similar thing with this beast..

CATERHAM ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE ARM

Caterham teams up with RS Performance to offer official V8 Sevens

Caterham cars has announced a new official performance arm to offer bespoke V8-engined Sevens.

The company has joined forces with RS Performance to offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers who want truly unique cars.

RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house that has spent 16 years developing the 40-valve, 2.4 litre RS-V8 motor.

It reliably delivers 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged variant, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.

Matched to the featherweight Seven chassis the V8 delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron.

The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.

Caterham said in a statement: ‘This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.’

The first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors, and which only seven more of this type will be available, is the supercharged ‘Levante’.

With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, the car boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks, but has a sophisticated electronics package including traction and launch control to help get the power to the floor.

Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems.

Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director, added: ‘Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy.’

The car in these vid is the prototype being tested i believe.

My mate looked into getting the engine from this fitted into his s1 elises but at the time it was going to cost about 25k.

Edited February 28, 2008 by paul555sti

[mic]

Now if the Atom with 300bhp made Jeremy Clarksons face go all funny... Imagine this one....

[bigal024]

That Caterham is soooo much nicer!! I want one!

[johnnyr6]

I saw the caterham at the autosport show, it looked bloody quick just sitting there. The engine, iirc, is basically 2 hayabusa engines joined together so it's light, powerful and very high revving.

Niice

Johnny

[the squiggle]

would cut off my left testicle to drive that

I would also cut off your left testicle to drive that

Damn nice bit of kit.

I have driven the Caterham version, albiert simulated on rFactor, and by christ is that a weapon of mass destruction