'85/'86 Kateshikikato Jeto A-Race Sport/Turbo

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After the company has been learning new and powerful technologies it has come to an experiment for to create the world's first jet-petrol hybrid hypercar in the world. The naturally aspirated 8.6 liter boxer 10-cylinder outputed a fasinating 521 ps and 456 lb ft, while the jet engine produced 2103 ps and 1888 lb ft, which resulted in 2624 ps and 2344 lb ft of torque and a 10-speed manual gearbox. It weighed 4068 lbs (1865 kg.) The final result got critical acclaim and praise because of it's outstanding performance and was soon after release reviewed by Top Racer, described by Jimmy Peterson as 'pushing the meaning of hypercar. Crazy as hell performance with a pure and comfortable interior.', after the crew crashed the car because of it's unexpected performance. It did accelerate from 0-100 in 2.55 seconds and had a massive top speed of 651 km\h (646 for the automatic version). The weight distributon was 59/41. It's air suspension allowed for adjustable ride height, making it a car for both off-road cruising and trackday racing. It was also the only cars in that era to have driving assists, implemeting the GCSS (GPS Control Safety System). It had an 8-bit CPU that monitored the car's location, that forces to slow down automatically on turns, and slow down more forced if the turn is sharper. Turns and straight lines are stored as 'squares', that are then scaled by an algorithm thatworks as follows: 'for every in square we will generate 4 out squares. First, set all 4 to the color of the square we are currently scaling (as nearest-neighbor). Next look at the pixels up and to the left; if they are the same color as each other, set the top left pixel to that color. Continue doing the same for all four squares, and then move to the next one.' This system was flawed as the car was hot as a grey import and the only locations actually programmed in the car itself were the maps of Kyoto and Tokyo (later revisions added more location such as a more complete map of Kyoto). Later, an automatic version was released as the B-Race (while the base model is the A-Race) whose 9-speed automatic gearbox has left only 2411 ps and 2267 lb ft of torque and weighs 4229 lbs (1918 kg). It also came with a stiffer suspension setup and full rollcage (as opposed to the A-Race's half rollcage). The next year, another new model came out, called the A-Race Sport. It came with a different flat-12 engine that outputted 768 ps and 867 and an uprated jet engine producing 2227 ps and 2345 lb ft, producing 2995 ps and 3212 lb ft of torque. It was also the first model offered as a 2+2 coupe (as the others were hyper-sedans, or four-door targas), that and a stripped down interior without luxury features like reduced weight and improved acceleration, capable of 0-100 in only 2.33 seconds and a top speed of 672 km\h. It also had wider tires, a multi-port fuel injector replacing the original single-port design, hood vents, longer gearing, the stiffer suspension and full rollcage from the B-Spec, a spoiler for downforce and a welded differential, all for increased MPG, performance and also a drastic improvement in handling and reliability. The car weighed about 3901 lbs (1769 kg). In 1986, two years after the original car was launched, a minor facelift was made. All of the cars got strut bars, new locations were added to the driving assist system and also a better acurracy of when to brake or not because of a more efficient (but basically the same) algorithm, renamed the GCSSr (r stands for revised). The pistons were made out of forged steel instead of part cast iron part steel, improving the weight distribution slightly (57/43) and making the car lighter, improving handling. That year was also released a new edition of the car, called the A-Race Turbo. The jet engine is the same as the one in the Sport trim, but the engine is turbocharged, outputing 1002 ps and 989 lb ft and 3229 ps and 3334 lb ft of torque overall. The rear-wheel drivetrain was replaced with an all-wheel drivetrain, hugely improving handling, making the car go through corners at much faster speeds. It is also one of the only two-seater model in the range, and the lack of back seats and a furthermore stripped down interior makes the car lighter. Acceleration was 0-100 in 2.18 seconds and a top speed of 688 km/h. Weight was 3811 lbs (1728 kg). As sales were going up and were almost getting higher than the number of cars made, Kateshikato made a more affordable model: the C-Race. The C-Race was an A-Race without back doors or back seats and with a shorter wheelbase. It was also twin-carbureted, decreasing a total of 68 ps and 47 lb ft, and had a downrated jet engine, outputting a total of only 2094 ps and 1909 lb ft of torque. It had an open differential, no foglights and no rollcage. It accelerated from 0-100 in 2.64 seconds and had a top speed of 621 km/h. In 1989, the car wasgiven a massive recall of 1 millioncars because of the problem that the engines would sometimes overheat to the point of exploding after going ~570 km\h. This was due to a problem in the design of the boxer-10 engine (flat-12 versions like the Race and Turbo were unaffected). While Kateshikato initially decided to burn the cars and discontinue the models, sales were rocketing (intentional jet engine joke) and it was their mascot car. As such, a major facelift was released in 1990. The original sealed beams were replaced with composite lights offering much better lighting. The targa tops were now body-colored and were made out of carbon fiber instead of fiberglass, decreasing weight. The pop-up headlights were replaced with 'bug-eyed' fixed headlights, the instrument cluster is more modern and is different (aka. speeedometer is bigger while the tachometer is smaller and is now positioned in the center), the original mechanic fuel injection is replaced with an electronic system that vastly increased fuel efficiency. The location algorithm was entirely rewritten - the new system is named NLRSS (New Location Regonition Safety System). It goes further than GCSS by using a 2-stage set of interpolation rules. These better handle more complex patterns such as keeping corners smooth (instead of making the cpu think it's all diagonal lines). The suspension got stiffer on all models and got slightly lower by deafult and the spoiler is now adjustable on the Race and Turbo models. The boxer engine was replaced with flat-10, the flat-12 turbo gained a second turbo and a flat-14 was added. The A-Race Turbo was given a 10-speed dual-clutch transmission instead of the 11-speed manual in order to retain boost through gears after it became the A-Race Twin Turbo and dual airbags were made standard All of the models now got sportier 4WS steering. The C-Race got the limited slip differential from the A-Race. Later that year was introduced the Z-Race, a luxury oriented version of the car. It has the same jet engine from the Twin Turbo but a naturally aspirated flat-14 outuptting 1280 ps and 1116 lb ft, 3507 ps/ 3461 lb ft of torque including the jet engine. It had all the features from all the models plus a casette tape player and cd player, radio with built-in songs included if there's no signal, 5 cupholders (original had 3), headlight washer and an unique 11-speed manumatic gearbox. To celebrate the ten years anniversary of the car, five special run-out models were made and sold, which were gold plated Z-Race's with a special decal on the back window saying 'Saying goodbye to the purest japanese sports car...' #fastcar #fictional #hypercar #jetcar #jetengine #megacar #supercar #turbo