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Post Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:51 pm

Diablo Motors

Diablo, basically a Italian car manufacturer, makes cars of all kind, sport, luxury, muscle, etc.
The first one presented is this:

2014 Diablo Racevette
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This is my first official attempt.
Car Company: Diablo Motors
Company ID: #1972481
Forum thread: http://automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4946
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Post Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:25 pm

Re: Diablo Motors

Very not bad. Love the fractal design in the rear end. The front end seems a bit cluttered though. The open engine bay is nifty.
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Post Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:20 am

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This car seems kind of confused at itself. It's got a massive 10+L motor but its got a pretty awful power rating and a pretty bad top speed, but it's advertised as a supercar.
You should explain the story behind this car and such.
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Post Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:52 am

Re: Diablo Motors

Stylish, sporty design I approve of the body nice use of vents and lights. As for the engine I agree it could use some further refinement. going as large as you have might be hurting the potential of this, try dropping the stroke to a 9 liter and switching to lightweight pistons, that should allow a much higher rev limit and give you more powerband. It also runs on regular gas, something not really useful with those service costs and price tag. Give it at least premium and a compression bump so it can make use of the extra octane. Lastly I like your cam setup, nice low rpm torque and high power, but going to a 4 valve dohc head and using vvt will allow you, with the higher redline to keep that low torque without waisting all those extra revs, that would also allow you to up that top speed a bit. Last suggestion is look into exhaust size, I'm willing to bet from the torque and picture you could get some extra power by making it a few sizes larger. Keep on tuning I really do like this car and I'm looking foward to what else your company puts out.
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Post Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:46 am

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Main stats look good however it does seem bit expensive to make, unless edited total cost figure is supposed to be retail price?
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Post Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:32 am

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Janekk wrote:Main stats look good however it does seem bit expensive to make, unless edited total cost figure is supposed to be retail price?

Yes, because the real price was over $200,000, which seems unrealistic. This edited price is the retailed.
Car Company: Diablo Motors
Company ID: #1972481
Forum thread: http://automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4946
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Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:45 am

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Then it's pretty clear that you put A LOT of points into quality sliders. These things get very expensive fast. Every subsequent point is more expensive than previous. Also it is realistic. Fun little fact, VW lost 6 million $ on every Veyron sold. Let it sink in, this isn't cheap car at all and even then that huge price tag doesn't even begin to cover expenses. That's what happens when you go for bleeding edge technology, good for show cars, prototypes, a statement, however it simply is not feasible economically.

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