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The Saleen S7 is one of the most amazing cars now days. This car not only looks nice, but is also one of the highest performing cars on the road. The S7 has 750 hp (horse powers) and this power is achieved with a engine that is only 7 liters, something American car manufacturers can only dream about. Here is a list of its full specks taken from the Saleen website www.saleen.com

GENERAL

Curb weight

2950 lb (1338 kg)

Weight distribution, F/R

40% / 60%

Fuel capacity

19.0 U.S. gal. (72 liters)

Wheelbase

106.30 in. (2700 mm)

Track, F/R

68.82 in. (1748 mm) / 67.32 in (1710 mm)

Width

78.35 in. (1990 mm)

Front overhang

40.59 in. (1031 mm)

Rear overhang

41.14 in. (1045 mm)

Length

187.95 in. (4774 mm)

Height

40.98 in. (1041 mm)

Ground clearance

4.00 in. (102 mm)

Trunk space, F/R

2.65 cu ft (75 liters) / 2.82 cu ft (80 liters)

CHASSIS

4130 lightweight steel space frame

with honeycomb composite panels

ENGINE

Type

All-aluminum V8, 2-valve pushrod

Displacement

7.0 liters

Bore and stroke

4.125 x 4.00 in. (104.8 x 101.6 mm)

Compression ratio
11.0:1

Pistons

Forged aluminum

Connecting rods

4340 forged billet steel

Crankshaft

4340 forged billet steel

Induction system

Air enters a roof intake, passes through a 90-mm mass air meter, feeding a carbon fiber plenum; from the plenum, air is routed to two twin-ball-bearing turbos, passes through an oval bore-throttle body into an aluminum intake manifold with eight individual runners

Cylinder heads

CNC machined, all-aluminum, Saleen high-flow

Valves

Stainless steel with titanium retainers;
Intake: 2.125 in. (54.0 mm); Exhaust: 1.625 in. (41.3 mm);
Beryllium exhaust seats

Valve train

Solid lifter/roller rocker

Exhaust system

Stainless steel high flow with merge collector incorporating dual catalysts per cylinder bank and EGR system; two twin-ball-bearing turbos with 44-mm wastegates

Required fuel

91 octane

Alternator

140 amps

Battery

12 volts

Front Engine Accessory Drive (FEAD)

Compact drive system with side-mounted water pump

Emission control system

OBD-II compliant; dual, heated oxygen sensors
per bank; high-volume EVAP system

Fuel system

High-capacity returnless with 42 lb/hr injectors

Oil system

High-vacuum dry sump configuration;
Capacity: 12.6 qt (12.0 liters); aluminum oil tank

Horsepower

750 bhp @ 6300 rpm

Torque

700 lb-ft @ 4800 RPM

Redline

6250 rpm

Whit these specks it is not surprising that the S7's top speed is 248 mph. Just to give you an idea of how fast that is I made a little comparison. The average takeoff speed for the commercial airplane Boeing 737 is 180 mph (source: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/performance/q0088.shtml) check it if you don't believe me. So this car is basically a airplane on the ground. Actually it is faster then a airplane on the ground, if it had wings it would be an airplane.

This is a nice car with some serious performance, but its not for anybody, as you might have figured out already. The price for a brand new Saleen S7 is about $ 555, 000., so you might want to brake a lot of piggy banks before you could afford one.