935k3 Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 This is the new Prius racecar for the Japanese Super GT 300 series. It looks pretty good as a racecar I think.
slantasaurus Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 .....and people complain that Nascar racers look nothing like stock ???
Old Sprinter Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Race cars should be loud and angry sounding. Although it looks sort of cool it will sound like a slot car,.LOL
moparmagiclives Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 I'm still wondering how they plan on running in a 300hp class with a hybrid ? For any amount of time that is
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 No offense, but in my opinion it is a very bad decision..
caine440 Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 No matter how it performs they will use it in advertising to tout their hybrid technology.
LAone Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 well i have no idea on how they can squeeze out 300hp from it, but if a tesla roadster can pump out 288hp and 295lbs/trq from a generator on battery steroids, then i dont see why they couldn't do it to a hybrid.
moparmagiclives Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 well i have no idea on how they can squeeze out 300hp from it, but if a tesla roadster can pump out 288hp and 295lbs/trq from a generator on battery steroids, then i dont see why they couldn't do it to a hybrid. I know when your racing electric rc, the farther into a race you get, the less your power potential is...I'm guessing the hybrid part plays very little into this...but man that thing looks killer.
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 how is it a bad decision? you are aware that the technology from racing filters down to street cars right? with the lessons learned racing a Prius we could very well end up at some point with a performance version of that car that would have your beloved old school American muscle eating some serious dust. do i like or want a Prius? heck no, i have a boring enough Camry as it is, but to see the Prius as a racecar or even a "tuned" or modified street car i think is pretty cool. I just simply don't believe in electric cars...hence why I said "in my opinion"
Jon Cole Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Lowered, sectioned, widened, and flared. What's not to like?
Rob Hall Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 That's pretty cool...would be interesting to see a series w/ Prius, Leaf, i, and Volt race cars..
Old Sprinter Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 That's pretty cool...would be interesting to see a series w/ Prius, Leaf, i, and Volt race cars.. Yea and you wouldn't need ear plugs ! A full race, tricked out Volt; what could be better? LOL
Rob Hall Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Andy, if you'd looked at those pics of the racecar with more than a passing glance and judgement you may have noticed the dual exhaust pipes sticking out of the rear. as a Hybrid it's not just an electric car, the racecar is more than likely all gas powered and undoubtedly highly tuned. not "believing" in electric cars is kind of funny, because they are very real, there is no denying that they exist and have pretty much since the dawn of the automobile. not believing in UFO's and aliens? well you'd certainly have a good debate or arguement there. Remember, from other threads, Andy probably thinks the earth is flat and that it's still 1968.. And it's a hybrid, so it has a gasoline engine in addition to the electric motor... it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't have some sort of KERS system utilizing the electric motor...
moparmagiclives Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 before we get into the displacement and "big-block" debate, this 2.0 4cyl. makes 1600+HP thanks to modern technology and electronics That my friend is technology at its finest !!! The only problem I have with cars like that is when its labeled as "the fastest Coblat" or " the fastes PT crusier" Its a purpose built race car much like the Toyota that started this thread..but awesome machines none the less !!!
Rob Hall Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Interesting about the FWD drag cars..but not sure how they relate to hybrid race cars (which the thread was about)?
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Andy, if you'd looked at those pics of the racecar with more than a passing glance and judgement you may have noticed the dual exhaust pipes sticking out of the rear. as a Hybrid it's not just an electric car, the racecar is more than likely all gas powered and undoubtedly highly tuned. not "believing" in electric cars is kind of funny, because they are very real, there is no denying that they exist and have pretty much since the dawn of the automobile. not believing in UFO's and aliens? well you'd certainly have a good debate or arguement there I don't care. It was still an electric car to begin with. Not to mention that it doesn't fit into Super GT at all.. Remember, from other threads, Andy probably thinks the earth is flat and that it's still 1968.. And it's a hybrid, so it has a gasoline engine in addition to the electric motor... it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't have some sort of KERS system utilizing the electric motor... I wish it was still 1968 And the KERS system...isn't that only for electric cars? it's not a Volt, it's a Cobalt but still................... it's a FWD that goes in the 7's in the 1/4 mile before we get into the displacement and "big-block" debate, this 2.0 4cyl. makes 1600+HP thanks to modern technology and electronics And also thanks to a huge turbo* Sorry for not quoting them, the forum keep saying the opening tags does not match the number of closing tags.
Rob Hall Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 And the KERS system...isn't that only for electric cars? No..KERS is used on F1 cars..
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 No..KERS is used on F1 cars.. I always though KERS was the deal where it recharges the battery when decelerating.
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 That does nothing for me, I hate KB and hybrids..
SuperStockAndy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 if you want to drag the NHRA and NASCAR into this, those are two excellent examples of where the organizations are "dumbing" things down in an attempt to control technology that has essentially left them both in the dust. ??? YOU are the one who brought up drag racing; I could care less about NASCAR. so what if the Cobalt Pro FWD car as a turbo on it, a Top Fuel dragster is supercharged, both are power "adders" Of course. the Prius apparently fits just fine into GT300, obviously as it's been built to compete in that series I don't feel like getting banned, so I'll just leave it at that. Aaaaand the quotes don't work again.
moparmagiclives Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 If they really sock it to the green team, they could run the engine off e99 to piggy back the lipo...
Scale-Master Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 I wish it was still 1968 If it was 1968, you would not be here for another 20 years. I wish it were 1968 again sometimes too, other times not as much. But then I lived through 1968.
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