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Originally Posted by Topless
I'm sure we will find out soon enough. A back-of-a-napkin calculation of the forces required to break off the starter motor and hurl it 120' into a second story office window suggests 100mph+ to me... but I could be wrong.  |
If we were in fact talking about a standard road car you could say that. When you are talking about a full on carbon fiber racing car, all bets are off. The only thing that is designed not to tear apart and not go flying in pieces into the next county is the tub. In that respect the Porsche engineering paid off -- tub in tact, seats still bolted down. Even the wheels were still attached. look at Allan McNish's Le Mans crash into that one corner, he was doing 100 plus, hit the wall and one of the wheels came down into the crowd mere inches from photogs And fans.