Saleen Tire spinning super cars

What makes a super cars best buy?

How about this super cars top speed of over 200 miles per hour and 0-60 time of under 3 seconds.

With the neck breaking performance and the cat like handling this car offers, There are few if any performance cars in the Saleen S7 price range of $585,000 that can match it.

The saleen S7 is designed to compete with the world’s fastest and most luxurious grand touring ultra performance cars.



I will list some of the creature comforts that come standard with the S7. This car comes loaded with a rearview video camera and an interior LCD display so you can see all the cars you just passed, or your kids bike when your backing out of the driveway.

Of course the super cars air conditioning is standard with an automatic cut out switch for more power under wide-open throttle conditions.

The saleen's gages include a 240 mph speedometer and a centrally mounted tachometer including a fully adjustable tilt and telescoping steering column. Power accessories include power windows, power door locks with a central locking system, keyless remote for doors and front and rear trunks, variable intermittent rain sensing windshield wipers, electric heated front windshield glass and a stereo with cd, dvd and t.v.

Sorry the navigation system is available but costs extra. Here is my wife’s favorite standard option on this super cars long list of goodies.

The saleen comes with a designer set of luggage that is custom made to fit in the vehicles front and rear storage compartments.

This super cars engine is just as impressive as its list of standard options. The 7.0 liter aluminum block twin turbo 16 valve monster produces 750 horse power at 6300 RPM’s and builds 700 lb feet of torque at 4800 rpms that will actually melt the standard 275/35zr-19 Michelin tires.

The engine also turns out to be exactly 427 cubic inches. This will make V8 car buffs happy due to the almost famous respect that comes with the 427 badge.

The air intake, which I have included, a picture of looks like a carbon fiber octopus laying on top of the engine.

Despite this engines steel sleaved aluminum block the engine has been built to take a beating.

The inside of this engine reads like a drag racers wish list. Including a forged crankshaft, forged connecting rods, computer machined ported and polished cylinder heads with Beryllium valve seats.

The super cars twin turbo's have been tuned to a max boost of only 5 psi, which I will explain in a minute.

What's it like to drive the saleen S7 super car

Now of course I have never driven this car so I can only tell you what I have read from the lucky ones that have.

The car is stated as being dangerously fast. As that when you smash the pedal the car can become unpredictable. The six speed manual transmission has also been called a little stiff and notchy and will take some getting used to.

The saleen super car is said to burn the tires when the turbo’s kick in and that feathering the throttle is necessary to maintain a straight line.

This appears to be why the turbo boost was backed down to the low 5psi range. It would seem an all wheel drive version of this car would better handle the cars power to weight ratio and over abundant power on demand situation.

The vehicle weighs in at well under 3,000 pounds and carries 19 galons of fuel. Again you can get your hands on this saleen super car for just $585,000



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