TRC VIDEO- Rare Bugatti Veyron 1/4 mile footage!

[ramsack]

huh?.....

Veyron: gear ratios 1st-3.18:1, 2nd-2.26:1, 3rd-1.68:1, 4th-1.29:1, 5th-1.06:1, 6th-0.88:1, 7th-0.80:1, final drive-3.64:1

1G AWD 5 speed: Gear ratios 1st-3.083:1, 2nd-1.684:1, 3rd-1.115:1, 4th-0.833:1, 5th-0.666:1, Final Drive-4.929:1

Looks pretty short geared to me... Its 7 gears that allows it to have the speed it does. The final drive is somewhat low but nothing drastic...

If it was launched like this it would have been much faster.

Overall gear ratio is what matters. They are tall. A somewhat low final doesn't make a drastic difference? Yes, it has a drastic effect on the gear spacing and where they get you in MPH. That first gear easily takes the place of the first two of any 4-banger transmission.

I'm not impressed with the Veyron at all. It doesn't follow any convention of a supercar. It's more of a luxury car. It doesn't even look aggressive.

I don't think a car coming from a factory would require all of those stupid NHRA rule crap. Just because there isn't some homemade welded steel cage doesn't mean they didn't design that into the frame. A parachute is pointless because it actually has real brakes.

 

[DSM nOOb]

it kinda does have a parachute
bugatti veyron air brake - YouTube

 

[richard33]

he passed tech cause hes part owner of the track plus this track is pretty laid back. Ive seen 9 sec street cars run all day with being questioned once. Ive never had anything said to me running 10s at 135-140 with no cage or anything, just a helmet. He had a couple porsches running the road course too.

 

[snooopy365]

I just don't like this car.
Yes I've seen a few but its just a soulless car.
look at it at a diffrent angle: ther is a 10.9 second (nearly?) stock GTR next to it.
How many radiators does a GTR have?
Sure getting a car upto 370km/h is impressive but useless.
Even here in germany.
In my point of view it is impressiv that the GTRs really do have the whp nissan claimes! They are just fast because a very little drivetrainloss and good grip.

I also don't like glued tracks... but thats no problem, there are no tracks in germany only temporary, so no glue
Supercar drivers are rarely seen at 1/4 mile events. And if they show up, the leave very soon and very disapointed.
So I think that is the most exciting car in german-dragracing right now:
Drag Race 1/4 Meile Brilon EFR Audi 80 Quattro(10,3Sec.) Vs. Nos2 Ascona B - YouTube
Audi 80 Quattro, btw. no rollcage either ... no NRHA here

 

[forcefed86]

I just don't like this car.
Yes I've seen a few but its just a soulless car.
look at it at a diffrent angle: ther is a 10.9 second (nearly?) stock GTR next to it.
How many radiators does a GTR have?
Sure getting a car upto 370km/h is impressive but useless.
Even here in germany.
In my point of view it is impressiv that the GTRs really do have the whp nissan claimes! They are just fast because a very little drivetrainloss and good grip.

I also don't like glued tracks... but thats no problem, there are no tracks in germany only temporary, so no glue
Supercar drivers are rarely seen at 1/4 mile events. And if they show up, the leave very soon and very disapointed.
So I think that is the most exciting car in german-dragracing right now:

Audi 80 Quattro, btw. no rollcage either ... no NRHA here

Nice! But that doesn't look like a 1/4 mile to me? Sure thats not 1/8th?

 

[snooopy365]

Nice! But that doesn't look like a 1/4 mile to me? Sure thats not 1/8th?

I'm sure about that... because I was there and did run the track its a "uphill 1/4 mile" with a damn short breaking zone.
My run wasn't good. Wastegate actuator failed(only 17PSI) and old tires... (13.8s@106mph).
The audi did 10.3s@131mph.
If you like check my youtube account: snooopy365's Channel - YouTube there is also a onboard run in a friends evo2 (Got his first 10second time at this event).