RIP Paul Walker - killed in a CGT's passenger seat

[Perfectlap]

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.

[Timco]

Originally Posted by tanque55

I certainly don't want anyone telling what I can or can not buy. Porsches fault? Give me a break. You can do as much or more damage with guns, speed boats, wave runners, motorcycles. I'm almost certain that if it was in our price range and available more than half of the guys on this fórum would have the same car in their garage .

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

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.

From what I understand, giant explosions from gas tanks have been known to toss very large objects for great distances.

[stephen wilson]

Originally Posted by Timco

From what I understand, giant explosions from gas tanks have been known to toss very large objects for great distances.

There's no evidence of an explosion, just fire. In explosion like that would leave a wide debris field, but the debris was primarily between the impact points. One video showed 60 Seconds after impact, heavy smoke started, no explosion.