Acceleration: F40, F50, Enzo, CGT & Veyron

A few more old mags came in today. Both the F40 and F50 became a bit faster, but still behind the Scuderia, but very close!
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Why not scientific? This is a mathematically-correct simulation based on real test data and matches what we've seen on the road and track when the cars are driven as hard as possible. See the video of the Scuderia vs. the CGT in this thread. These simulation results predict that outcome. If you added an F40 to that race, it would be just a partial car behind the Scuderia.

BTW, I did get a 1991 R&T where they got 11.7 @ 126.5 for the F40. I updated the table with that data. That data puts it closer to the Scuderia with nearly the same 60-100.

 

The F40 has lower drag than the F50. That's the primary reason it eventually catches and probably passes the F50. The F40 was designed to reach 200 mph with less than 500 HP. It was not designed for large downforce.

Luckily I do have data from C&D to run a longer race. I'll see how long I can go.

 

Pretty good memory! It was the September 1991 R&T "World's Fastest Cars" issue. All cars needed to pass the European smog test in 1991, and all cars needed to have catalytic converters. So it probably was a European car with a cat, and not a US car.

 

Here's the race results for an F40 racing an F50 for 26.3 seconds from a dead stop. Both cars reach about 170 mph and the F40 is just a car ahead of the F50... so they are essentially the same.
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Here's the results of the super cars racing from a dead stop for 10.3 seconds. At the end of the race, the Enzo is going 130 mph.

Please ignore my previous race starting from 60 mph. Those results are incorrect. I had an error in the start time.

The Enzo is only 10 cars ahead of the F50, and the CGT/Enzo and F40/F50 are within one car of each other.
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1) That's a Turbo Suzuki Hayabusa.
2) R&T tested a US McLaren F1 in 1997. It is slower than an Enzo and CGT:

0-60: 3.4
0-100: 7.7
60-100: 4.3
1/4-mile: 11.6 @ 125 mph

I'll see if I can find the full road test to add to the chart.

 

I realized I had some track GPS data for the Enzo to 170 MPH. So I could simulate a race between the F40, F50 and Enzo for 20 seconds from a dead stop.

After 20 seconds, the Enzo is going 170 MPH and is 24 cars ahead of the F40 and F50, which are about even at 20 seconds at about 155 MPH.
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I believe Autocar magazine is the only independent source for a non-US McLaren acceleration test. The "US" car tested by Road & Track is slower.

But, for fun, I'll race the Enzo, Veyron and "non-US" McLaren from 0-170 and see what happens.
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Here is the updated chart with the McLaren F1 added. Remember this is a non-US car without catalytics. The R&T test used a US-emissions car which is much slower.
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And THE race... Enzo, Veyron and McLaren F1 (no cats) racing all out for 20.3 seconds from a dead stop. And the results...

... F1 11 cars ahead of the Enzo...

... Veyron 20 cars ahead of the F1.
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