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How’s this for an almighty RWD drag race?!
We’ve got Mat in a Porsche Carrera GT, and he’s lining up a prototype of a TWR Supercar! The question is, which will come out on top over the quarter-mile? Let’s take a closer look…
Starting with the Porsche, it’s powered by a 5.7-litre naturally-aspirated V1- that delivers 612hp and 590Nm. This power is sent to the rear wheels only via a 6-speed manual gearbox, and the car weighs in at 1,380kg. When it was first released, it cost around £330,000, but as of today, it’s valued at about £2,000,000!
Then we come to the TWR. It’s powered by a 5.6-litre supercharged V12, and this produces 660hp and 730Nm. This power is sent to the rear wheels via a 6-speed manual, and the car weighs in at 1,605kg - although they’re targeting 1,250kg for the final production car!
But that’s not all! The TWR will also be going up against another RWD beast - a tuned Dodge Viper ACR! It’s powered by an 8.4-litre naturally aspirated V10 that usually produces 608hp and 760Nm. However, this version has been tuned, and it now produces 650hp and 800Nm! This power is sent to the rear wheels only via a 6-speed manual.
So how will this one play out - will it be a walkover for the TWR? Or will it be a walkover for the Carrera GT and Viper? There’s only one way to find out for sure… LET’S RACE!
We’ve got Mat in a Porsche Carrera GT, and he’s lining up a prototype of a TWR Supercar! The question is, which will come out on top over the quarter-mile? Let’s take a closer look…
Starting with the Porsche, it’s powered by a 5.7-litre naturally-aspirated V1- that delivers 612hp and 590Nm. This power is sent to the rear wheels only via a 6-speed manual gearbox, and the car weighs in at 1,380kg. When it was first released, it cost around £330,000, but as of today, it’s valued at about £2,000,000!
Then we come to the TWR. It’s powered by a 5.6-litre supercharged V12, and this produces 660hp and 730Nm. This power is sent to the rear wheels via a 6-speed manual, and the car weighs in at 1,605kg - although they’re targeting 1,250kg for the final production car!
But that’s not all! The TWR will also be going up against another RWD beast - a tuned Dodge Viper ACR! It’s powered by an 8.4-litre naturally aspirated V10 that usually produces 608hp and 760Nm. However, this version has been tuned, and it now produces 650hp and 800Nm! This power is sent to the rear wheels only via a 6-speed manual.
So how will this one play out - will it be a walkover for the TWR? Or will it be a walkover for the Carrera GT and Viper? There’s only one way to find out for sure… LET’S RACE!
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00:00What will we win in a race between a Porsche Carrera GT and a TWR Supercat?
00:04Well, we're going to find out by racing them along this runway.
00:07I'm Matt Watson, you're watching CarWag.
00:13Now let me tell you about this Porsche Carrera GT, because it's one of my very favourite cars.
00:16Just behind me is a wonderful, hand-built, 5.7-litre, naturally-aspirated V10.
00:22Puts out 612 horsepower, 590 newton-metres of torque.
00:26Driving the rear wheels only via a six-speed manual gearbox and one of the most delicate clutches known on
00:33a production car.
00:34If I break it, the clutch replacement is £50,000.
00:38I'm not going to break it, I hope.
00:40To find out about that TWR Supercat, we've got the test driver from TWR.
00:44Hello, David, you're all right?
00:46I'm a bit warm in here. It's quite a warm day today, isn't it?
00:48It is warm, but my Carrera GT is a full production car and it has air conditioning.
00:53Your car is a prototype, isn't it?
00:56Yes, it is a prototype and the air conditioning got in the way of one of the pieces of equipment
00:59we were using,
01:00so that got taken out of ale, fortunately.
01:02So, the longer I sit here chatting to you, the harder your job becomes,
01:06and the greater my chances of winning the race are.
01:09Listen, tell me about that car. What is the TWR Supercat?
01:12It looks like a Jaguar XJS that has gone crazy.
01:15That's pretty much it.
01:16So, yeah, TWR have got a long history with Jaguar.
01:19They won Le Mans with them in 1988, so they're building 88 of these cars as a celebration.
01:24660 brake horsepower V12.
01:25It's a full long-legged GT car, so it's designed for travelling long distances
01:29and then have a bit of fun at a track when you get up there.
01:31Does it have a delicate clutch like my car?
01:34Not in the slightest.
01:35Have you done many launches in that?
01:37Many, many, many launches.
01:38I think we do want a standing start, and we will do a standing start drag race
01:41against the TWR Supercat a bit later in the video, against a surprise car.
01:46It's going to be epic, I promise you.
01:47But first, let's get into a race with this Carrera GT.
01:50Actually, let's do a sound check, because this is one of the best-sounding cars ever made.
01:58Look how quick that revs.
02:02I bet you can't beat that.
02:16OK, you won that.
02:18How does anything sound better than a Carrera GT, but I think you've done it?
02:21That's insane.
02:22I've got two more cylinders, to be fair.
02:23You have?
02:24Have you got a supercharger on there?
02:25It's a bit whiny.
02:29Yep, supercharged V12.
02:30This is not fair.
02:31How much does your car weigh?
02:32We're aiming for about 1250 kilos as a production car.
02:36Why do you think that one is, though?
02:37This one's a little bit more.
02:38That's good, because mine's 1380 kilos.
02:41Do you reckon you're heavier or lighter than that?
02:43I'd say we're a little bit lighter, but not much in it.
02:45What we're going to do now is a roll-in race.
02:47We're going to roll-in.
02:48It's going to be about 10 mile an hour.
02:49I just need to engage this clutch, and then I can accelerate.
02:52But we use the start-to-starters, and I'll race you to the first set of cones at the quarter
02:55mile.
02:56Here we go.
02:58Three, two, one.
03:06Oh, he's got too much wheel speed.
03:14He's dropped.
03:37My car would have wheels, but I've got the traction to the job.
03:40Oh, David, what happened to you?
03:42Long-leg GT car.
03:43First gear's really long.
03:49Oh.
03:50Oh, oh, oh.
03:52And by that time, it's all over.
03:53Yeah.
03:54If we started somewhere like 30 mile an hour, then it'd be game on.
03:56Let's try that, then.
03:58Three, two, one.
04:05We're on now.
04:06Wait a minute.
04:14Come on, Carrera GT.
04:16No, he's got me.
04:21Come back.
04:22Come back.
04:30Get me close.
04:31Here's the line.
04:36Damn.
04:37That were a bit different, weren't it?
04:40That was good fun.
04:41Closer that time.
04:42I see what you mean about the long gearing.
04:44Ah, okay.
04:45All right, then, David.
04:46Best two out of three.
04:47Whichever car wins this, wins the quarter mile race.
04:50Let's do it.
04:51Three, two, one.
05:00It's on.
05:00This is a race.
05:13Come on, Carrera GT.
05:15You can do it, my beauty.
05:29That was close, but I just had you, mate.
05:31You just had me.
05:33Thing is, though, I feel like a bit of a fraud because I'm not launching it from a standstill.
05:36Would you be willing to launch your car from a standstill?
05:38Give it a go, yeah.
05:39I'm going to jump into a different car that's got a less fragile clutch.
05:43It's still a V10, it's still natural aspirated, it's still rear-wheel drive, and it's still manual.
05:47I'm just going to get that now, and then we'll do some standing start drag races.
05:50Then we're going to come back to me in the Carrera GT.
05:52I'll get this again, and we'll do some rolling races.
05:55And we'll do another roll-in from 30, but this time we'll do it over the half-mile.
06:00But first, let's do a proper standing start drag race with a rather fun, crazy car.
06:05And the car is a tuned Dodge Viper ACR.
06:09It's got an 8.4-litre natural-aspirated V10 that normally produces 608 horsepower and 760 newton metres of torque.
06:16But this particular car has had a new exhaust and an ECU remap, so it's now producing 650 horsepower and
06:22800 newton metres of torque.
06:24That drives the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox, and there are absolutely no driver aids whatsoever.
06:29Right, what I'm going to do is race this Dodge Viper against that TWR supercar.
06:33Now, what's going to happen, two manuals with a launch, V10 versus a supercharger V12.
06:39Three, two, one.
06:51It's wild.
07:03Come on!
07:10Yeah, we're going to do it!
07:12We're going to do it!
07:18Woo-hoo-hoo!
07:21I've got a lot of wheelspin, went sideways, was changing gear, and I think you had the same problem.
07:25Shall we do one more?
07:26Yeah, loads of wheelspin here as well. Let's go for it again.
07:28See you on the start line. Let's go.
07:30Three, two, one.
07:36We're on. We're on. You've got a good race here.
07:53Nah, I'm going.
08:06Oh David, I just don't think you're going to beat this off the line, you need a rolling
08:11race.
08:11So then what exactly happened?
08:13Well the Dodge won, it completed the standing quarter mile in 12.5 seconds.
08:18The TWR took 12.9 seconds.
08:21But I'm going to give the Supercat a chance to redeem itself, because now it's time to
08:25bring back the incredible Carrera GT.
08:27I'll tell you what David, I think your car struggles a little bit for traction off the
08:30line doesn't it?
08:31Just a little bit, yeah.
08:32So I'm back in the Carrera GT, get back into some rolling races, more your sweet spot,
08:36and I think this one really will be your sweet spot.
08:38Third gear roll on over the half mile okay, it's going to be about 50 miles an hour, here
08:42we go.
08:43Three, two, one, go.
08:56I've got so many revs.
09:06Coming past, I know he's coming back at me.
09:11So close, but I've got more revs.
09:18Here's the cones, I've got him.
09:26That was interesting.
09:27I've got more revs than you.
09:28Eight, two, what's your red line?
09:30Several and a half.
09:31And I think that just about makes the difference.
09:33I can just hold on that little bit longer.
09:35I thought you were going to have me there in third gear.
09:37What speed would you like and what gear you choose?
09:40What's best for your car?
09:41Well, when we did the race at 30 mile an hour earlier, I won.
09:44So I'm going to pick that one.
09:45Okay, let's do it.
09:46Okay, this is the final race thing we're going to do, David.
09:4830 mile roll on.
09:49First gear.
09:50Starter's going to start us.
09:51We'll race this time to the half mile.
09:54Good to go.
09:55There won't be a brake test because this had a brake service light, and I don't want
09:58to mess around with the brakes on this.
09:59Before we do this, I've got to say, just the design of that.
10:03I mean, X-JS, I used to love the X-JS back in the day.
10:05But you've made it look insane.
10:07What does it all do, the aero?
10:08The aero was all done by X-F1, the Aero Van Amasis, and it works in conjunction with
10:14the Enzyna Kaizen to turn the whole look of the car.
10:17So it's got a lot of retrofuturistic look to it, but everything on it works.
10:20I mean, it's just incredible.
10:22And the chassis, it's based on a X-JS, but heavily reworked, right?
10:26Yeah, there's, whilst there's a lot of the original engine here, there's not a lot
10:29of the original chassis, but it's all this folio thing.
10:31It's all carbon fiber body purple road.
10:33Right, okay, let's do this then.
10:35Three, two, one.
10:41It's game on.
10:47Oh, he's ahead, but can I bring him back?
10:58This is a race.
11:10Oh, he failed.
11:18Yeah, he decided it was too hot before we go there and we need to link.
11:22Oh, that was so good.
11:23It was so close.
11:25Is he going to be able to run again or is it game over?
11:27No, just need to get some air into it.
11:28It's the sitting and chatting.
11:30It just, everything builds up in the intake temp and then the supercharger just goes nup.
11:34Everyone in the commenters will be like, hallelujah, just do that all the time.
11:38Hey Matt, and Dave, the intake temp is, yeah, because we're sat still, but that prototype
11:45doesn't have central fans, where obviously the other car does.
11:49But it'll be fine to run, but like he says, you just have to get going relatively quickly.
11:54Okay, so yeah, that's the first prototype.
11:57We'll show you a quick image of the second version.
11:59So it doesn't have the proper cooling system that the road car will get.
12:02But we'll get into it straight away.
12:03All right, and David, no excuses this time.
12:05No pissing about.
12:06Are you ready to go?
12:07Ready.
12:18Oh, a bit of traction to the toilet.
12:20Is he going to have this?
12:27Come on.
12:28Come on, Corona GT.
12:29Let's move on shift.
12:39Come on, my baby.
12:43Come on, my baby.
12:44Come on, my baby.
12:49Come on, Impression.
12:51here it is
12:56mate that was a lot of fun and missed fourth gear
13:03wait a minute aren't you a test driver i had a fourth in third to fourth and then snipped off
13:06the lever and before it went into fourth i had to have another go at it yeah and it just
13:09gave
13:10you about a car length lead on me and that was it that's just a shame because it would have
13:13gone
13:13over the line neck and neck well do you know what i didn't do perfect either but i think we
13:18have to
13:18call it a day yeah it's good fun that enjoyed it awesome awesome i love that now is the carrera
13:23gt
13:23the best sounding of the v10s find out you've got to watch this video right because we put it against
13:29what could be argued as the ultimate v10 engine now it's the lexus lfa now i want to say huge
13:35thanks to twr supercar huge thanks to the owner of this car for lending it us i love it dream
13:39come
13:40true and as ever thanks for watching the videos and if you haven't done so already subscribe
13:44because we've got some more crazy drag races coming in this series thanks for watching see you next time
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