Batmobile Drag Race

We have a winnah!!!!!!!!!!!!! My BS meter damn near burned out as soon as that last dude started running his mouth. I bet both theses cars would be hard pressed to bust out of the 15s and do more than 130 (and thats being generous).

IIRC the 60's era Batmobile is based on a Ford chassis and I think the 80's era car is based on a caprice chassis. Really the most advanced car is the Tumbler, it has way more engineering in it than either of its predecessors.

To put it into perspective, this car has a 1/3 more power and weighs less than either Batmobile and is more aerodynamic yet only does mid 12s and has a top speed of 183 mph.

The 1966 Batmobile was the Lincoln Futura concept car, modified of course.

Plus, since they said in the video that the last guy built both Batmobiles and since he's obviously not an octogenarian and couldn't possibly have been old enough to build the '66 car, it's pretty likely that both cars are replicas. Dunno if that means he's not spouting a lot of BS, but it does mean that the cars in the video aren't exactly the same as the originals.

Thats like saying that a Cadillac isn't a GM but fair enough, a Lincoln

That guy's numbers just dont add up, for a 300 - 325hp car to crack even mid 10s with ideal gearing and traction including a flawless run and discounting aerodynamic forces those cars would have to weigh 1500 lbs or less including driver and fuel.

To put that into pespective, the current McLaren MP4-27 F1 car weighs just over 1400 lbs with a driver and no fuel and thats a car that more or less represents state of the art construction techniques for a minimalist road going car.

You can get downright feathery with a drag car but like I said its little more than a tin can (by comparison top fuel dragsters are right around 2100 pounds with fuel and a driver) and not very road worthy.

If the 60's area Batmobile did indeed sport Corvette mechanicals with a fairly lightweight body and giving it the benefit of the doubt, I'd say no less than 3200 pounds, however I suspect it weighs much more. Same for the 80's era Batmobile and given the length of the chassis, I'd say its heavier still, especially given that they guy said it used a Camaro front sub-frame.

Sigh... If only I had a few million laying around to do the 80's Batmobile right.

I think you may be over thinking this by a lot. It was just a fun little video.

Well I didn't say you were wrong, did I? I was just saying that the '66 Batmobile was based on a specific Lincoln concept car. I just figured that Lincoln being a Ford brand went without saying

Naw, the Keatonmobile would be cool sitting right next to a real life Mach 5

And the drag race itself was no big deal, just listening to that one guy (the builder) spout a bunch of random crap was annoying. If your gonna say stuff like that, at least make it plausible in some fashion like the Keatonmobile is powered by a modifed Pratt & Whitney J58 jet engine connected to a blah blitty blah blah blah.