- The secret behind peak performance is the
power to weight ratio.
The more pounds you lose,
the more powers you can use.
This is a list with
insane
power to weight ratio.
Some of them are really good.
Some of them are really bad.
But they're all insane.
And this is-
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Now before we get into this list
of power to weight ratio,
I just want to mention that it should be called
weight to power ratio
because everyone puts the bigger number first,
but we're still going to call it power to weight.
And just to give you some context,
a normal power to weight ratio,
the 2020 Honda Accord has a power to weight ratio
of 16.3 pounds per horsepower.
3,131 pounds, 192 HRSPR.
The smaller that number is, the better the ratio.
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Bueno.
Andiamo.
- [Robotic Voice] Dodge Viper SRT.
- We're going to start with an American snake car.
The V10 powered hissy boy
with enough torque to tow two double-wide trailers,
the Dodge Viper SRT.
Now we've talked about why this thing
is such a great track car before
in an episode of "Bumper to Bumper."
I will link it at the end of this video.
But the coolest thing about the Viper
is that it's always just attacked being a car
in a way that no other car does.
Big 'ol honking V10 engine in the front.
Two seats.
Rears-wheel drive, a six speed gearbox
that you rode through yourself.
And not much else.
The original Viper didn't even come with locks.
They were so busy making the thing fast,
they never thought about what you do
when you were not in it.
But despite its lack in features,
this bloated land eel clocks in at 3,378 pounds,
which is surprisingly heavy.
The Viper makes up for that
with a stable of buff, vascular horses.
645 HRSPRS put this scaly poison worm at
5.24 pounds per horsepower.
For under a hundred thousand dollars,
this is the best power to weight ratio you can get
from a large volume manufacturer.
This isn't surprising at all because it's made by Dodge
and Dodge is insane.
If I ever get rich, I'm going to buy Nolan one and,
invite him over and not tell him.
Just maybe like open the garage door.
He'd be like, "What, you got a Viper?"
I'd be like, "Nah, man.
"You got a Viper."
He'd be like,
"What!
"You kidding me?"
- [Robotic Voice] Toyota IQ.
- The Toyota IQ is a short little boy
with a wheelbase only a foot longer
than its track width.
It's almost a square.
It is also one of the lightest modern production cars ever
to sell in the U.S.,
tipping the scales at only 1,896 pounds.
It's 1.3 liter, little tiny boy motor
produced 97 horsepower,
which is almost twice as much as my Golf,
giving it a power to weight ratio of 19.55 pounds
for every HRSPR.
And in Japan, Toyota had Gazoo racing to
a hundred of these guys with a
supercharger boosted.
This little boy at 120 HRSPRS
giving it about 16 pounds per horse puppy.
The same power to weight ratio as a Miata.
But that's not even the craziest version of this car.
What if you wanted to spend triple the money
on one of these petite little chode cars
in exchange for a way nicer interior,
not any more power,
and an Aston Martin badge?
Well, you'd be in luck, my friend
because Aston Martin rebadged
these glorified power wheels
and sold it as the Aston Martin Cygnet.
But if this car is a little too dainty for you,
maybe this next one will be right up your alley.
- [Robotic Voice] Ford F450 Super Duty.
- The Henry Ford F450 is an extremely large barge
weighing in at a girthy 8,600 pounds.
That's heavier than two empty dumpsters.
And I know
that those dumpsters would be heavier
if they had a bunch of rocks in them or something.
But if you think about it,
it would still be really heavy either way.
Just saying.
Is this truck big?
Yes. Is it powerful also?
Double yes.
Yes, yes.
The F450 has a 6.7 liter Terbacherjd power stroke V8,
good for 450 HRSPRS.
So if you do the maths,
despite it's gargantuan stitcher,
that's a power to weight ratio of 19.1 to one,
which is slightly better than that tiny Toyota
that I was just talking about.
Now this number is impressive enough,
but when you think about the fact that diesel trucks
like this guy
are built for torque and not horsepower,
it makes it even more impressive.
But if this thing had a different cylinder head,
it would probably go full on Cavalia of dancing buff horses.
You know?
Cavalia.
That show that rolls into town with a big tent.
You get all excited 'cause you think it's a circus.
And then you find out it's horse dancing
and you get even more excited.
- [Robotic Voice] Honda S2000 AP1.
- The Honda S2000 is the Holy Grail of VTEC
for a lot of people.
You can't find a new sports car getting launched today
without someone in the comments saying,
"The S2000 made that kind of power without a turbo
"20 years ago."
And they'd be dead right.
The S2000 is the very last of that '90s era
of over engineered Japanese engines.
The F20C and AP1 made 237 horsepower
and could rev to 9,000 RPM.
And I know, a lot of people prefer the AP2.
One of the main complaints with the S2000
was its lack of torque.
So in 2004, they stroke the engine to 2.2 liters,
lowered the rev limit,
and made more torque across the power band.
They made its headlights a little different
and they called it the AP2.
But here's the thing.
The AP2 also gained about 50 pounds.
And since the horsepower number didn't really change,
the AP1 technically has a better power to weight ratio
with 11.87 pounds per horsepower,
compared to the AP2's 12.08 horse pounds.
Now I know that doesn't sound like a lot, okay?
But imagine you go to the deli, all right.
You eat 12 pounds of pepper turkey
and you try to run home as fast as you can.
You're going to be a lot slower
than if you just ate 11.87 pounds of pepper turkey.
That's just facts.
- [Robotic Voice] Ariel Atom 500.
- Ariel is a former motorcycle company,
a very famous mermaid,
that ended up building some of the craziest road legal
go-karts around.
We did a video on them not too long ago,
but what we didn't talk about
was what happens when you let someone
shove a V8 into one of these dang boys.
Hartley Enterprises put together a three liter V8.
And honestly, it's a perfect engine for an Ariel.
The Atom 500 has twice as many wheels as a motorcycle.
It's got twice as many seats as motorcycles.
So why not give it an engine made from
two motorcycle engines?
Hartley took the screaming innards of two
Suzuki Hayabusas
and popped out a 10,000 RPM flat
plane crank mirror V8
that weighs less than half of an LS1.
And it's literally the sickest thing
any of us have ever heard.
This thing sounds better than Luciano Pavarotti.
This skeleton of a car
will do zero to 60 in 2.3 seconds and zero to 105.4.
In somewhere between 60 and 100,
it will have torn your face off
because it ain't got no windshield.
The boss of Ariel, Simon Saunders,
was actually quoted as saying,
"It's hard to believe the Ariel Atom V8
"is permitted to exist right now."
He made a car so scary,
he doesn't even think it should be legal.
At 500 horsepower and only 1,213 pounds,
this thing is way up at the top of the board
with 2.426 pounds per HRSPR.
- [Robotic Voice] Lotus Exige Cup 430.
- Power to weight ratio list without Lotus
is kind of like me without my beard.
People get freaked out and they can't stop talking about it.
The British manufacturer
is best summarized in a quote from its founder,
Colin Chapman.
"Simplify and add lightness."
They made a light car called the Lotus Elise.
Then they simplified that and added some lightness
and they got the Lotus Exige.
Then they simplified even more
and added even more lightness.
And after all that work,
the simplification ray cooling down,
spare bits of lightness scattered around the garage floor,
and standing before them
was the Lotus Exige Cup 430.
And as the name suggests,
it makes 430 HRSPRS.
And that power comes from
a mid mounted supercharged V6,
but this isn't some exotic, fancy V6
'cause remember, simplify.
And what could be simpler than the engine
out of a Toyota Camry?
Turns out all you need to do to make
your Camry super cool
was to add a supercharger and make it a Lotus.
I know, right?
Toyota's like, "Ah!
"If only we'd thought of that!"
All in all at 2,328 pounds,
it's got a power to weight ratio of
5.414 to one.
- [Robotic Voice] Camaro 1SS.
- Now Japan, England, and Italy are usually the ones
throwing lightweight sports cars our way.
You got your Miatas.
You got your 124's.
You got your 86's.
You got your S2000's, but none of them, I repeat,
none of them have a better power to weight ratio
than the Camaro 1SS.
Nowadays, Chevy offers two versions of the Camaro SS.
You got the 1SS and you got the 2SS.
The 1SS is the entry level V8 package.
And the 2SS is the luxury option,
which means the 2SS is $10,000 more expensive,
has the same 6.2 liter V8 making 455 HRSPRS.
And it weighs more because it's got like
heated seats and blind spot monitoring and parking assist.
And all that luxury gives the 2SS
a power to weight ratio of 9.63 to one,
which you know is respectable,
but you don't need to worry about looking behind you
or getting your butt sweat on
because with a little over eight pounds per pony,
the 1SS is the best power to weight ratio you can get
for under $40,000.
Heck it's the best power to weight ratio
you can get for under $50,000.
I mean, when we started putting this list together,
I was expecting a bunch of tiny cars.
And that might have been the way of the world
once when American cars were bigger
and European cars were smaller.
But with modern engines, modern luxuries,
and modern safety equipment,
muscle cars are looking a little bit more lean.
They're not adding mass.
They're cutting weight.
- [Robotic Voice] LCC Rocket.
- If you want to talk about companies that make light cars,
you might want to mention
the Light Car company and their car.
The Rocket.
Weighing in at only 850 pounds,
this is by far the lightest car on our list.
And one of the most unusual.
People who've driven the Rocket
say it's unlike any other car.
It's so light, the suspension and steering
respond like something alien.
It might only have 165 HRSPRS,
but it's bantam weight body
gives it a power to weight ratio of 5.15 to one.
- [Robotic Voice] Koenigsegg One:1.
- You couldn't do a power to weight ratio list
without a car that is literally named
after its power to weight ratio.
You just couldn't do it.
The one-to-one is Christian Von Koenigsegg's
perfectly proportioned baby
that was built to smash the production cart lap record
at the Nurburgring.
This twin turbo V8 powered carbon fiber comet
was on track to be the first car
to lap the Green Hell in under seven minutes
by a big margin.
But it hasn't actually gotten to lay down a lap yet.
The first time, this 1,360 HRSPR mega car went out to try,
the track was closed to fastest lap attempts
after a crash during a race.
The next year, they tried again.
But they crashed during the hot lap
and it was only rebuilt about a year ago.
Can you imagine crashing this car?
Just getting out
and this big bald ass
mother (beeping) is just staring at you, rage crying.
And seeing as though there's only five others in the world
and Koenigsegg had just crashed one,
none of the other owners seemed to be willing
to let them borrow a car.
But that doesn't stop the one-to-one
from living up to its name
with a power to weight ratio of you guessed it.
2.236 to one.
Okay. The name
comes from kilograms to horsepower
and I've already gone too far down this list with pounds.
So that's what you get.
The one-to-one really is
an impressive list ending car.
But not this list.
A twist!
- [Robotic Voice] Bloodhound LSR.
- Now you might say that it's unfair to include
a land speed record car on this list, but
Bloodhound LSR has earned all of my respect.
Don't have any left.
For the certified bonkers numbers that it puts down.
This is power to weight on a whole other level.
Even though it weighs 14,000 pounds,
it out powers all of the cars on this list combined.
The Bloodhound has a Jaguar supercharged V8
just to power its oxidizer pumps.
That's an air pump,
feeding two Eurojet EJ200 jet engines.
It's current top speed is over 760 miles per hour.
And I say current,
because this car is always evolving
and the team is shooting for a goal
of a 1,000 miles per hour.
In a car.
No you're saying, "James.
"What's the horsepower number?
"Give it to us, buddy.
"How much more power does this baby have?"
A lot.
Like a lot, a lot.
The Bloodhound LSR makes
135,000 horsepower.
One, three, five, zero, zero, zero horse power.
Giving it a power to weight ratio of 0.1 to one.
Or if you're going to be weird about your ratios,
that's one pound for every 10 horsepower.
I think this is the first time I can safely say,
I'm good.
I don't need any more power.
I thought I didn't have a limit,
but it turns out,
135,000.
I think we can call it.
This thing really is an amazing achievement.
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