It’s hard to deny that the ASI W66GTS is anything but a head turning car. (In case you were wondering, ASI stands for Accuracy, Spirit and Imagination.)
Featuring the company’s dry carbon fiber hood, trunk and wing, the gold Bentley’s strikingly flowered paint scheme is hand painted onto the car by none other than Japan’s very own Nakamura Tetsuei.
If you’re worried that the exterior was the only part of this car to go under the knife though, then fear not, as the twin-turbo W12 was also the beneficiary of a hefty power jump to the tune of up to 800 horsepower.
It’s definitely not a car for everybody, but in a land filled with Ferraris and Lamborghinis, young oil tycoons are having to try harder and harder each day to stand out at the Dubai drive through.
That’s because you’re not an oil baron from the UAE.
This one of a kind supercar was commissioned by one back in 1995, and originally sold for about $3.4M (with an M). At the time, and even today, it was one of the fastest cars in the world, with a reported top speed of 268 MPH.
The rest of the specs are no less impressive, as this custom cruiser would get you to 60 in just 3.2 seconds, and 125 in just 8.1 if the mood was right.
Ho did it pull off such amazing feats of physics?
A 5.6-liter Mercedes V8 was force fed by twin turbochargers through a five speed manual, with the end result being 1000 HP and 723 lb-ft of torque in a car that weighed just 2380 lbs. thanks to the liberal use of carbon fiber.
When you’re the Chief Editor of Hotrod Magazine, it’s not like you can just drive around in a Dodge Stratus.
However, the Nelson Racing “F-Bomb” 1973 Chevy Camaro that David Freiburger drives around might just take the opposite to the extreme.
Featuring a twin turbo, 406 cubic inch V8, it’s got 1540 HP and 1527 lb.ft. of torque on tap so that any time speed is an option, the go pedal is sure to provide plenty of it.
Besides the monster engine though, the car has also been caged and minitubbed for safety, and was stripped down to the bare metal before being powder coated with a fighter plane motif that I can’t get enough of.
If you can afford it, then Heffner can twin turbo it.
Bored with your Ford GT?
Then give it to Heffner, and they’ll pop the ponies up to an even 1,000.
That’s right; 1,000.
How do they do it?
Twin Water Cooled Dual Ball Bearing 61mm Turbos
Two Tial 38mm Wastegates
Two Billet Aluminum Compressor Bypass Valves
Custom Made Aluminum Upper Intake Manifold
Custom Made Stainless Steel Turbo Headers
Stainless Steel Turbo Downpipes
High Flow Turbo Air Inlet Plumbing
High Flow Turbo Air Discharge Plumbing
Stainless Steel Turbo Oil Feed Lines
Stainless Steel Turbo Oil Drain Lines
All Necessary Fittings, Gaskets, and Fluids
Before and After Dyno Testing
Professional Installation and Tuning
When they’re done, the monster that you’ll have on your hands is probably going to be more than you can handle, but on the off chance you can get the tires to stick, you’re sure to be in for a wild ride:
Be sure to read Gary Javo’s site for a first hand account of running this beast through the Texas Mile.
If these concept sketches are any indication, Hennessey is working on a Venom GT that is a pile of speed rolled around in bits of sexy. (Though if you squint a little, it looks like a Lotus Elise on steroids, which also wouldn’t be a bad thing.)
The Viper tuner turned supercar builder is supposedly working on this beast, with a twin-turbo, mid-mounted Viper V10 giving an estimated 0-60 mph time of just 2.4 seconds, and an estimated 0-200 mph time of just 15.7 seconds, with a top speed of 260 mph. (It’s helped by it’s 2,700 lbs. curb weight and 2.7 lbs. per horsepower ratio.)
With only 255 horses on tap, the Lamborghini Jalpa was not known to be the fastest of bulls. However, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t room for improvement.
The Jalpa that you see here, owned by a Lamborghini enthusiast with a big dream and a bigger wallet, was the beneficiary of a twin turbo implant from a Mitsubishi 3000GT, and has apparently shown a few Murcielago owners a thing or two on the track.
After a few failed attempts, the SSC (Shelby Super Cars) Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo finally managed to break the production car world speed record; taking the title away from the Koenigsegg CCR (and away from the Bugatti Veyron’s unofficial top speed) with an average speed of 255.83 mph.
Having 1183 horses on tap (and 1094 ft-lbs of torque) definitely helped to reach those monumental numbers, and the test driver said “there is tons left on the table”.
Does this mean a second attempt is in order to solidify the record?
However, when you take a Lamborghini Murcielago, bolt on two hairdryers, and let the drop-top roar with 800 horses, no explanation for the switch is necessary.
Supposedly the world’s first twin turbo ‘lago, this yellow monster screams like a beaten child at full throttle, and probably puts just about anything else on the road to shame.
SSC might only have one model, but what they lack in variety, they make up for in heart. That’s because SSC wants to challenge the big boy and take on the Bugatti Veyron for the title of World’s Fastest Production Car. Their pride and joy, the Ultimate Aero TT, isn’t just some kit car with a prayer though; it’s a low-slung beast with power to spare.
Features include 1183 horsepower coming from the twin turbo V8, rear wheel drive, carbon fiber body, 14” brakes, a .357 drag coefficient, and a one-year, unlimited mile warranty (no, really). The end result is a rocket to 60 in 2.78 seconds, a quarter mile time of 9.90 seconds at 144 mph, 1.05 gs on the skidpad, and the ability to go from 0 to 100 to 0 again in 11.66 seconds.
So how did it do on its high speed test run? Not too bad considering the run was cut short by snow! The driver managed 230 mph with just 56% of 6th gear’s throttle, and felt that there was “a lot more to go”. There better be, because the current record is 253 mph (as verified by Top Gear). I’ll be sure to keep you up to date on the progress that gets made towards the record, but until then, make sure to:
Check out the site and ogle a few of the pictures
Catch the car on Spike TV’s Bullrun
Stand in front of it if Eddie Griffin gets behind the wheel.
