Vicious Mustang Puts Down 1003whp!

[Josh@Ridetech]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Stunning, but a track car? I find that hard to believe.

It's definitely a nice build. When we worked with the guys, they said they didn't have any intentions of this one being a trailer queen. They plan on tracking the car to no end.

[214Chevy]

I'm still confused on how the whole twin turbo's, coupled with a supercharger thing works.

[Centerforce]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Stunning, but a track car? I find that hard to believe.

Originally Posted by Josh@Ridetech

It's definitely a nice build. When we worked with the guys, they said they didn't have any intentions of this one being a trailer queen. They plan on tracking the car to no end.

Believe it! This car was actually about to compete at the Optima event directly following SEMA, but unfortunately was not able to be tuned in time. We'll be sure to post the coverage when it hits the track for the first time!

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Seriously awesome car ... 10,000 hours of work, WOW !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAqEGbkx5E

Steve

Yessir! During the last 3 weeks or so leading up to SEMA there was 8-10 people working on the car around the clock!

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

I'm still confused on how the whole twin turbo's, coupled with a supercharger thing works.

A very over-simplified explanation of dual charging is that the blower provides power in the low RPM ranges where turbo performance usually suffers (lag). Picture the routing like a normal twin turbo system (with intercoolers, etc) only right before the air enters the engine, it is compounded even further by the supercharger.

[Vegas69]

It sounds great until a car goes off the track ahead of you and you go through a cloud of rocks.

Maybe the owner has deep pockets and doesn't care. Kudos to him!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Seriously awesome car ... 10,000 hours of work, WOW !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAqEGbkx5E

Steve

Think about that amount of HOURS ---- there's 2080 hours in a year of working 40 hours a week -- 52 weeks of the year -- no vacation..... So 10,000 hours is 4 guys working on the car non-stop every day all day long for a year.

[Che70velle]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Think about that amount of HOURS ---- there's 2080 hours in a year of working 40 hours a week -- 52 weeks of the year -- no vacation..... So 10,000 hours is 4 guys working on the car non-stop every day all day long for a year.

Yeah...then multiply the number of hours X an average shops hourly labor charge. Wow.

[rustomatic]

That year was supposedly nine months, so pay more in less time, for probably more than four guys/subs. We knew in advance that Vicious was a seven-figure car, so yeah, the person paying can probably handle some errant gravel damage . . .

It was painful trying to watch the Jay's Garage episode--the builder looked like he was watching somebody key the poor car (while tolerating the host's rambling lack of awareness). Pretty much every significant element of build design/quality/ingenuity/fab skill went unnoticed.

[Centerforce]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

It sounds great until a car goes off the track ahead of you and you go through a cloud of rocks.

Maybe the owner has deep pockets and doesn't care. Kudos to him!

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Think about that amount of HOURS ---- there's 2080 hours in a year of working 40 hours a week -- 52 weeks of the year -- no vacation..... So 10,000 hours is 4 guys working on the car non-stop every day all day long for a year.

Originally Posted by Che70velle

Yeah...then multiply the number of hours X an average shops hourly labor charge. Wow.

Originally Posted by rustomatic

That year was supposedly nine months, so pay more in less time, for probably more than four guys/subs. We knew in advance that Vicious was a seven-figure car, so yeah, the person paying can probably handle some errant gravel damage . . .

It was painful trying to watch the Jay's Garage episode--the builder looked like he was watching somebody key the poor car (while tolerating the host's rambling lack of awareness). Pretty much every significant element of build design/quality/ingenuity/fab skill went unnoticed.

The risk of damage is always there, but pretty minimal in autox and non-sanctioned racing where you aren't door-to-door with other cars. We have no doubt that the owner could have the car repaired in the case that anything did happen to it.

We actually haven't thought about the hours in those terms, but it really helps put it in perspective, Greg. There were times in the last month leading up to completion where every worker in the shop was working on something for the build, so the hours added up FAST.

[214Chevy]

The irony of these big dollar builds is, we all know guys who build them undoubtedly have super, deep pockets and it's just "something" for them to do. But, the car gets shown all around the country for a year or two at all of the big shows, gets major write-ups in all of the magazines, win some awards, then we never hear about the car again. The car hardly ever gets driven recreationally (I assume) because it's always being shown. I mean, I know they"ll drive the snot out of it at autocross events, etc to help with displaying the car and getting the attention it deserves, but then it'll be sold for several thousands or probably hundreds of thousands less than it cost to build.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

The irony of these big dollar builds is, we all know guys who build them undoubtedly have super, deep pockets and it's just "something" for them to do. But, the car gets shown all around the country for a year or two at all of the big shows, gets major write-ups in all of the magazines, win some awards, then we never hear about the car again. The car hardly ever gets driven recreationally (I assume) because it's always being shown. I mean, I know they"ll drive the snot out of it at autocross events, etc to help with displaying the car and getting the attention it deserves, but then it'll be sold for several thousands or probably hundreds of thousands less than it cost to build.

Well I think you just summed up our hobby!!! LOL