Hennessey MaxBoost 435; Lincoln MKS Ecoboost

[Bru]

Hennessey likes to quote crank HP numbers, not WHP. But 13.0 is still pretty impressive for a tune, intake and exhaust. Direct injection and turbos FTW.

More info here:

http://jalopnik.com/5482405/hennessey-maxboost-435-lincoln-mks-first-drive


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULdZ33-ShhA

Click to read more...

 

[TonzKnock-G]

Them are nice

 

[Vogz]

Not bad, but bullshit on the crank HP number.

 

[Bru]

Yep, they pull those numbers out their ass.

 

[syP]

god that thing shifts like my G8 did..


sad

 

[Riski]

not impressed

 

[Turk]

god that thing shifts like my G8 did..


sad

Sounded like it shifted fine to me. I don't know what you're expecting out of a basic automatic trans.

 

[Riski]

Hennessey just needs to stick w/ real hp cars and not mess around with these types of cars.....They are not making it any better than some company could do....

 

[syP]

Sounded like it shifted fine to me. I don't know what you're expecting out of a basic automatic trans.

Thats a BASIC trans?


the 4t65e is a basic trans..

and it shifts much crisper.


hell ride in GTP Mikes car... shifts almost as hard as my old 97 (could bark the tires on the upshift... WITH THE SUPERCHARGER BELT OFF THE CAR)


MY camry shifts firmer and more consistanly than a 6L80e does
















But honestly.. listen to the 1-2 shift... then listen to the 2-3 shift on that Lincoln

 

[Turk]

It's a basic trans. It's not a race trans, it's not a clutchless manual, barking the tires into gear in an auto is what makes an auto trans good? Interesting. The fastest shiftings transmissions out there do NOT bark the tires when shifting.

 

[Riski]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZmFGmIteXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpX8pnlvsoU&feature=related

 

[Vogz]

It's a basic trans. It's not a race trans, it's not a clutchless manual, barking the tires into gear in an auto is what makes an auto trans good? Interesting. The fastest shiftings transmissions out there do NOT bark the tires when shifting.

You are forgetting that the GTPs transmission is the same one God uses in his Chariot.

 

[Riski]

You are forgetting that the GTPs transmission is the same one God uses in his Chariot.

 

[Bru]

It's AWD, it's not gonna bark the tires on upshifts.

 

[greasy]

It's AWD, it's not gonna bark the tires on upshifts.

wned:

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Hennessey just needs to stick w/ real hp cars and not mess around with these types of cars.....They are not making it any better than some company could do....

Wat?

 

[Bru]

It made 332 at the wheels

 

[Turk]

Jesus, what kind of drivetrain loss is that, 25%?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

they should just advertise wheel hp.

 

[Bru]

The baseline of 265 whp seems low for its 355 hp rating so the AWD looks like it's sucking up a lot of power. I'm not familiar with how much an average AWD system eats up power in drivetrain loses compared to a 2WD vehicle.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Alot. My car dynos 170hp stock. Rated at 223 flywheel

 

[Turk]

The baseline of 265 whp seems low for its 365 hp rating so the AWD looks like it's sucking up a lot of power. I'm not familiar with how much an average AWD system eats up power in drivetrain loses compared to a 2WD vehicle.

265/365 = 72%
332/435 = 76%

They are actually underrating it if they rate it the same way Lincoln did.

 

[Bru]

That's a lot of juice

 

[UWISHU1]

not impressed