Anyone want to share cars/do a collaboration?

[np1993]

I'll send one over

[nialloftara]

My techs in the CPV shed would love a crack at making a special edition 2010 Prato GT

[nialloftara]

So the techs loved the look of this car from the get go, but when they went for some spirited driving they felt it lacked a certain something with a name like GT. As Centauri tends to make Grand Tourers that's what we did, upping the interior to a premium finish and upgrading the the electronics and safety with newer parts of the same quality, the car started to take shape as a comfortable long distance cruiser, but the old turbo engine just was not suited to the task, the torque came too high and it was a tad expensive to maintain. so we used a tried and true design our 9.7 liter V8, specifically a modified version of our Ultimate Van race engine, with 375lbft at idle and 616lbft at 3000rpms this engine could motor the highways all day long, a few changes to the fuel system and swapping out the camshaft led to us being able to pull a average of 30mpg and still lapping the 'Ring in 8 minutes all while reducing the service costs for the car by almost a third. upgrades were made to the brakes, wheels, tires, and suspension settings to deal with the 521 horsepower and huge amount of torque, also a few alterations were needed to fit it under the hood(literately, if you look you can see the piping for the air intakes peeking out in the hood scoops still). you can see the new rear bumper which is part of the undertray we added, helping to keep control at it's much higher top speed of 334kph.

[nialloftara]

The car itself.

[np1993]

Very sweet. Did you have a name/designation you wanted put on it? (AKA 2010 GT - crazy massive 9.7 litre ) :-p

and is it a one of? (Just for back story for my car directory)

[nialloftara]

It was a fun car to build and I could see this being made at least as a limited production of a few thousand, kind of like the Shelby/ac cobras with Centauri buying the shells and outfitting them in our tuning plant. As for a name, I like the sound of the Hyperion.

[np1993]

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I posted it under the Prato Motor Company car directory. Credit given to CPV and the boys at the 'shed'

[strop]

It would not go amiss if somebody went mad, and jealous of the super secret upgrades of the not-for-sale Rally Zoope, much later on went to Gryphon Gear to see if they could do a purpose-built replica from scratch...

[np1993]

It would not go amiss if somebody went mad, and jealous of the super secret upgrades of the not-for-sale Rally Zoope, much later on went to Gryphon Gear to see if they could do a purpose-built replica from scratch...

Sounds wicked! Purpose built clones are almost more fun. You can actually drive the car and not sorry about ruining a collectible.

[TheTom]

I'd like to retune the Prato Agro SS.

[np1993]

I'd like to retune the Prato Agro SS.

I made the mistake of using the beamng.drive engine converter on that car and the file is not usable anymore. I can send you it and "maybe" it will work for you, it hasn't for me.

[strop]

The Prato Zoope Rally was Nick Prato's crowning, final achievement as a car designer and CEO of PMC. Inspired by this, a client recently approached Gryphon Gear to make a one-off, ultra-special maximum-performance hypercar version of the Zoope Rally, to bring a classic rally hatch into the pinnacle of the modern era.

We applied our tried and tested, labor intensive manufacturing methods to the Zoope Rally, framing and skinning it in carbon fiber. After that though, the car became a Frankenstein's monster like creation, with parts sourced from all of our other cars. Into the engine bay went a destroked, detuned prototype of the racing 7.7L V8 developed for GG's first MR car project, Sleipnir. The frame was crammed onto the drivetrain of the newly re-released Nightfury with a slight adjustment to final drive ratio. In fact, fortuitously, almost the entire mechanical underpinning dimensions between the Zoope Rally and the Nightfury are nearly identical, so the body was applied to the platform with relative ease. Finally, the aerodynamic kit from the Mephisto were fitted (and in the case of the splitter, trimmed and then fitted for road legality) to keep the car glued to the road.

The result was a car that, despite having four times as much power as the original Rally Zoope with a drivetrain to match, is barely 100kg heavier than the original and still returns an economy of 12L/100km (25MPG). Better yet, as it runs 225-235 fronts and 245 rears, on semi-slicks you could source from many dealers (quality 9+), in good enough conditions the car will easily pass a sub 7 minute around Nordschleife. In fact, if you were particularly brave, skilled or foolish, you could turn off the traction and stability control and try for the sub seven minute, because it was proven possible in testing... though we don't recommend anybody but professional race drivers attempt such a thing.

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We are just waiting for approval on the slightly updated styling of the car from PMC's management, after which the car will be properly unveiled!

[np1993]

That's a monster!

[strop]

Following checks with PMC, we are pleased to attach the official badge to our reinterpretation of a classic, the Prato Zoope Rally. This is the badge of badass mother****er builds that will kill you if you so much as look at them sideways.



Not bad economy for a petrol-only 7.7L V8 hypercar, no?

Now with a far more aggressive styling, with a slightly redesigned front array, that captures the spirit of the original, and enhances it with all kinds of meanness. The hood scoops are integrated into matte black GT stripes over a crimson finish.



The tailgate sports the massive Mephisto doublewing, generating well over half a tonne of downforce at top speed. With integrated downforce undertray and splitter, the car is glued to the road at speed, and can blast around most tracks at a pace to match that of the Mephisto.



Better yet, this car has rear rails to give the option to install two further seats in the rear. It'll easily fit the venerable Nick Prato, a small dialysis machine, and his dialysis nurse along with the driver AND still do a sub-7 around Nordschleife. The ride, however, might kill him

But far from that be the intention. Really, all we wanted to do with this commission was a) to showcase what GG Tune means, and b) to pay homage to the sheer potential of Nick Prato's vision, even if we had completely rebuilt it from original components. We can only hope we did it justice.

Having been paid for by the commissioner, this car is not for sale. Were it to be evaluated in the same way as our other production models, it would have an MRSP of 1.7-2M.

[np1993]

In 1977 the 3rd gen Zoope was in a slump. It was slow, had more smog emissions equipment then a textile factory and wasn't overly impressive.

In a spur of the moment partnership project several cars were exported to Suzume Motor Manufacturing Industries. Suzume was looking for a 4 door chassis to accompany their two doorKaminari G. The Zoope shells were to house their prototype I6 motor boasting 137hp (as opposed to the stock 84.5hp) the car was much quicker then it was when it left PMC'd production line. It could clear 0-100 in 7.4 seconds, which was admirable for the time period.

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The car was available under both the PMC and Suzumme badges as the Zoope 21G. Approximately 10,000 PMC/Suzume Zoopes were sold in the first year alone.

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Special thanks to VicVictory for the collaboration and finished product