Some pics maybe a repost, but I believe we can live with that.
Some 959 Love
Some pics maybe a repost, but I believe we can live with that.
Mos def....
NIIICE!
wasnt this model banned in the us???
damn i love that steering wheel/instrument setup for some reason
i love 959's.. nice pics!
You could say banned. It wasn't up to US code to be produced here. There were a few companies back then that made kits to put on your 911 to make it look like one. Later, QD.Originally Posted by bigdare23
FOR MORE INFO, CLICK THE PIC!!!
it was. The car was not legalized in america because it never passed emmisions tests, and porsche just really didnt care too much because they didnt really want to change the car for America.
Bill Gates successfully imported one but it sat in customs for many years before he could put his hands on it.
The 959 was not going to be crash tested by Porsche (variable bumper height was only one of the legalization issues), but Al Holbert, one of the Premier Porsche dealers and racers of the '80s, had brought over 25 of them and was in the process of doing everything necessary to federalize the cars as an authorized Porsche agent. Unfortunately, he died in a private plane crash as the project was getting underway, and Porsche decided it didn't need to continue after his death.
Gates tried to get the Feds to allow federalizatrion using computer simulation (using early finite element analysis software) but they wouldn't go for it.
but then, in August 13th 1999, a new law came into effect in the United States. Maybe due to the purchase of a 959 by Microsoft’s Bill Gates, the new law is unofficially referred to as “The Bill Gates Bill”. It allows the importation with minimal restriction of Supercars such as the 959, together with other similar exotics like the Jaguar XJ 220, McClaren F1, or Bugatti EB 110. Recently one columnist stated that there is clearly a pent-up demand for exotic cars in the U.S., as within sixty days of the change in importation rules, prices of the few cars eligible under the new rules had jump by about 20%.
Stupid fast, thats all Im saying. Stupid fast.
white power!!!!!!.....1
yup..and the specs rival supercars today..(cough f430) and this was built almost 20years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_914
Read the chart at the bottom, the Boxster and Caymen rank with the 914. Entry lvl FTL!
white power!!!!!!
damn you copied me... look at your " I feel like a porsche thread" thread. I made the last post. 959 FTW!!!
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f430 isnt a supercar
but 959 are sick,by far my fav porsche
and it goes right beside the Jaguar Xj220(my fav) in super cars
^^i dont like the xj220..
ditto. looks like one of those solar powered cockroach cars to me.
yall are on crack
^^^ thats the pininfarina version of the xj220 owned by the sultan of brunei (he has over 5000 cars)
heres a real XJ220
heres it's little brother, the XJR15
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lolol nice flying saucer wheels. here's my favorite supercar... 6 of them actually
yall are on crack
^^
all so pretty
SLR > F1
i'm actually kinda diggin' the R15
wrong.
gtfo for that comment.
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if Top gear says it...it must be truewrong.
gtfo for that comment.
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you and top gear.... you compare everything to what top gear says.
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the F1 is a balls-out full on driving machine.
IMO, the SLR is just a faster version of mr. bigshot millionaire's luxury car.
he said that it was easier to drive,which seem easier to get the most out of it...while the F1 is basicly a race car
also,top gear knows what hteir talking bout 9/10
I personally like the Pininfarina P4/5 (ferrari based)
inside
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my favorite video ever:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nkfvQvc9ipI
you gotta love a car that comes standard with headsets so you can hear your passengers talk over the motor lolol
lol he was about to skeet himself....
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me too... about 7:45 into the video :jerkit: :jerkit: :jerkit:
that's just beautiful.I personally like the Pininfarina P4/5 (ferrari based)
lol, nice...thats a F1 LM,i really like the LM and GTR..dont really like the GT
but i still like the SLR and JAG more
this video is always funny to me..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NycmnUUHu8A
and this one
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9GxZVhkVz6M
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I love this thing i took these excerpts from teckademics forum.I personally like the Pininfarina P4/5 (ferrari based)
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owned by Jim Glickenhaus. He is the owner/designer of the this one-off Ferrari P4/5 built by Pininfarina. Words cannot describe how beautiful this car is. It's a concept car come to life! It looks so much better in person. Definitely looks more proportional than the Enzo. Actually the P4/5 is based on an Enzo's chassis. I believe the Enzo that was used was the last Enzo ever sold and it still had plastic on the seats. The $650,000 Enzo was flown to Italy and taken apart. The whole transformation from drawing to finished product took only a year! Here are some things I learned about the P4/5:
- The cost of the total cost of the car was $4,000,000. There were 6 copies made of each part.
The sub-frame is completely unique. It allowed the designers to shorten the nose by 4 inches. It makes the car much more drivable on the street - you don't scape the nose. The Enzo needed the 4 inches for crumple zone. Radiator in the P4/5 is placed horizontal in the front and acts also as a crash barrier. There's also more capacity in the radiator. The AC has been supercharged so there's much more air conditioning. The car can run in 100 degrees with the AC on and run practically forever without any problems.
The computer in the car runs a CAD CAM program. The tablet PC in the car is basically a computer from a F16 jet. The whole car was designed in CAD CAM. Complete mathematical formulas are stored in the car. The car can replicate itself! It has all the math to recreate 100% of the parts in it. You can see the whole car on the PC. You can take apart the car on the PC. You can see how and where the part is made. You can take the whole car apart in only 12 hours!
No visibility out the back. Mr. and Mrs. Glickenhaus were actually scanned into a super computer and the side mirrors are angled so the driver can see completely behind the car - with only 2 mirrors.
The interior is unique. Controls are rearranged. Seats are custom molded. Seats are actually leather but made to look alcantara. There's even an I-pod connection
Basically the same motor used in the Enzo. The internal ducting is completely redone to get more air flow through the oil radiators and more flow to the air box in the engine. The P4/5 makes more horsepower than an Enzo simply because it has more induction. It makes a little more power. No mods were done to the air pollution stuff to keep it legal.
It has a valve in it that switches between lower exhaust and the upper exhaust. Below 3,000 RPM when you're stopped it keeps a pedestrian walking behind you from getting burned. Above 3,000 RPM it shifts upwards. The titanium rear wing actually moves.
It's faster than an Enzo only because it has a taller axle ratio - slightly taller tires. Top speed is 233 mph vs Enzo's 224. Actually the Enzo would go 233 if it had taller tires but it won't fit under the body. Faster to 60 in 3 secs. The reason because the tires are so wide and it can hook up better than an Enzo. Same size tires that are on the Bugatti Veyron but these aren't run-flats. Run-flats weigh 82kg. Too stiff sidewall, too stiff ride. One wheel is made from block of alloy. During banking testing, the drivers were putting 4,000lbs. of downforce. They put the body into the tires. There's tire marks inside the fenders. They had to stiffing up the springs.
Each headlight costs more than a brand new F430! $500,000 for the set!
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btw dont knock the Xj220
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ4G_EtWZWc
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Koenigsegg CCX
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I think the Pinanfarina (sp? sorry) version of the XJ220 looks like the regular XJ220 + the CCX, mainly in the headlights. Thoughts?
I've still never seen a McLaren F1 or a Porsche 959 in the flesh.
What the fuck is all that shit faggots??? Thread hack FTMFL
911,u should know...when we are talking cars,ur not gonna stay on topic
i can knock whatever the hell i want.
i never said it wasn't fast, i said i didn't like the way it looks. two completely damn different things.
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