Originally Posted by ZAMIRZ

Meow...

How about that turbo lag

Originally Posted by kable

This is a car my friend commissioned Tom Walkinshaw to build him as the baddest XJ220 ever produced for the street. Tom was going to build 3 but after this one, it was to much work and so much money in labor it was not cost effective, per him. Don't understand why he couldn't of just raised the price but oh well. It is street legal and we think in the neighborhood of 700hp. The car met all requirements to be entered in the GT class at LeMans. I can tell you 1 thing, it runs about 1.8bar @ wot and shoots 12" flames on up shifts. You hear everything since there is no sound deadening material and the honeycomb frame creaks even when swerving back and forth in your lane. The suspension has a little play for loading but not much and like many older cars you really have to lay into the brake pedal to get it to stop. I had to get the 959 out also and the brake pedal is similar.

Power is awesome though and you can tell if the track is big enough, or road, that the thing would be a blast at speed. The problem is having a 108" wheelbase it takes a lot of road to really play with the car. No back road throw it around with ease with this one. I can't imagine what it feels like to get it sideways with the length of the car. Great car and still get more looks then most anything on the road.

This and the 959 just feel more raw then the 997 Turbo's and lp640's of today. These being so unique compare power wise and even suspension but we also are comparing supercars to street cars. It just reminds you of how far cars have come, it took $800k to have it 16 years ago and it takes you $200k today.