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Race-inspired Bulgarian two-seater coaxes supercar performance from our favorite V8.At the Geneva Motor Show earlier in March, SIN CARS unveiled a new iteration of its LS-powered R1 supercars, the R1 550. This newest SIN gets its power from a 550-horsepower version of the LS7, which is an upgrade from the "base" R1"s LS3 V8. Taking cues from the racing versions of the car, the road-going R1 weighs in at around 2,750 pounds. With the LS7, that should put the SIN at 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds. Straight line acceleration, however, is not the R1"s real forte. SIN creator Rosen Daskalov, a Bulgarian engineer who founded the company in England in 2012, penned the car with sports car racing in mind. The road and race car versions both feature the same FIA-homologated tubeframe design, although the road car lacks the roll cage. The road car carries a number of race car features with it, however, including pushrod, double wishbone suspension, adjustable dampers, and big front brakes. The road car also gets an active rear wing, which is replaced by a larger fixed wing for FIA-sanctioned racing.
Date written: April 6, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 7347
Race-inspired Bulgarian two-seater coaxes supercar performance from our favorite V8.At the Geneva Motor Show earlier in March, SIN CARS unveiled a new iteration of its LS-powered R1 supercars, the R1 550. This newest SIN gets its power from a 550-horsepower version of the LS7, which is an upgrade from the "base" R1"s LS3 V8. Taking cues from the racing versions of the car, the road-going R1 weighs in at around 2,750 pounds. With the LS7, that should put the SIN at 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds. Straight line acceleration, however, is not the R1"s real forte. SIN creator Rosen Daskalov, a Bulgarian engineer who founded the company in England in 2012, penned the car with sports car racing in mind. The road and race car versions both feature the same FIA-homologated tubeframe design, although the road car lacks the roll cage. The road car carries a number of race car features with it, however, including pushrod, double wishbone suspension, adjustable dampers, and big front brakes. The road car also gets an active rear wing, which is replaced by a larger fixed wing for FIA-sanctioned racing.
Date written: April 6, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 7347
