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Old 19th September 2017, 08:27 PM
MikkiJayne MikkiJayne is offline
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Apply some beermatematics to the compressed air idea:

The V8 consumes 2.1 litres per revolution. Lets work on 0.5 bar of boost, making that 3.15 litres per revolution. A 0-60 dash in an S8 with 500hp would be sub-5 seconds. We'll use 5 seconds for simplicity, and lets assume an average of 4000 rpm (1000-7000 range)

4000rpm for 5 seconds would consume 1050 litres of air. A standard scuba tank holds 2300 litres, so would be good for two 0-60 runs, or 10 seconds. The second run might not be quite so good as the pressure in the tank reduces significantly, but the gearbox would have blown up after the first run anyway so that probably doesn't matter
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