Saturday, July 19, 2008

1800-Horsepower Mosler MT900S
















Specifications (in standard form)Price: $189,000
Engine: 5.7 liter Corvette LS6 V8
Weight: 2200 lbs
Aspiration: natural
HP: 435 hp (estimate)
HP/Weight: 5.06 lbs per hp
HP/Liter: 76.3 hp per liter
1/4 mile: 12 seconds @ 118 mph
0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds
Top Speed: 200 mph +
(from Mosler Press Release) Mosler Automotive today announced that its revolutionary Mosler MT 900S supercar has successfully completed U.S. emissions and crash testing, including California Air Resources Board (CARB) certification, and will be coming to an auto enthusiast near you by the end of 2005.
Conceived and created by automotive entrepreneur and financier Warren Mosler, the Mosler MT 900S is a 435-hp, Corvette-powered, ultra-high performance two-seat, mid-engined road car, with aggressively styled bodywork and race car heritage.
The Mosler MT 900S is an exotic road car with a truly international pedigree, says creator Warren Mosler. Now that it has passed its testing phase, it will be built in very limited numbers for a discriminating coterie of racers, collectors and investors.
The Mosler MT 900S begins with an advanced composite monocoque assembled in Florida from carbon-aluminum honeycomb structural board produced in California by Teklam, primarily to make aircraft floors and bulkheads.
Mosler MT900S Modified by
(modified shown shown in pic’s)
The standard Mosler MT900S is a supercar by anyone’s standards. It’s got a sleek body made of carbon fiber, a 7.0-liter V8 with 550 horsepower, and can hit 60 mph in just over three seconds. But for one of Mosler’s customers it just wasn’t enough. The owner of this MT900S enlisted the help of Nelson Racing Engines in Chatsworth, CA to build the ultimate motor for his supercar: a twin-turbo 427ci V8 producing up to 1800 horsepower on race fuel and around 1100 horsepower using 91 octane. To help make the car more streetable, boost can be controlled every 100 rpm in each gear. The first few gears are limited to around 6-8 psi, while higher gears can take full boost — over 30 psi! We recently got the chance to see the car in person at the NRE facility where they were doing final testing on the engine. The dyno run we witnessed netted nearly 1600 horsepower before the intake collapsed from the pressure.

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