Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "This car reached 254mph using only 300bhp" video.

@MartinWillett You are looking at it backwards, the hallmark of a great racer is a never ending list of excuses and sour grapes if things doesnt go their way. Using that metric, old Enzo certainly proved himself many times over.
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@landmonkey22 well, not street legal ones.
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@lupreztryson Not street legal ones though.
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@charanso143 Do you have any examples of peoole having done that and achieving 100+ mph? It takes a certain amount of power to cut through the air at 100mph after all, which the gearing change doesnt increase other than having a possibly better placement on the power curve. It generally isnt easy below 30hp, as I said.
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@SafffOneee Quite right. A sport bike with "tucked" rider will have something like half the total drag (cdA) of a normal modern sedan passenger car, if I remember correctly
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@SafffOneee Yes, Number one problem of bike drag coefficient is turbulence, created by all the small nooks and crannies, including rider, that the airflow gets "stuck" in. Normally the airflow is detached/turbulent already as far forward as the riders head. A typical car doesnt generate most of its turbulence until the rear window/reat bootlid.
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@charanso143 Is that gps verified? Read some say factory spec is 136km/h which is far from 161km/h (100mph). I am sure its a nice bike, but is it really possible?
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@charanso143 145-146 kmh seems very believable, 161 (100 mph) is another kettle of fish though. Its not easy for most bikes below 30hp at all, as far as I know.
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@SafffOneee They have worse aerodynamic shape, but also have less frontal area, making the total drag less than a typical street car. Weight also have very little to do with top speed.
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@Wok_Agenda 2CV wont do more than 70 mph or so with that amount of power, way too much drag.
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@Addingup He certainly could, both in fact. Or how far back are you talking about? They were always on the upper half of the grid, more or less throughout history, after all, which seems the most relevant comparison?
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