I’d have held off on these, but I gotta go to work again soon, so here’s the release (also note, Street legal version uses precisely 0 quality tabs, this is what a realistic street car form KHT would actually look and drive like)
#Eau Rouge
With the highly loud inception of the Eau Rouge pre-production prototype Rennsport, making all sorts of waves and grabbing all sorts of press the car has ridden a serious hype, but it was long before announced that none of the precision required in the manufacturing process is making any sort of production a viable strategy. Eventually 4 prototypes were created and 4 of them sold to the customers at $850,000 each (350k over the estimated initial price)
The first of KHT Eau Rouge Rennsports’, as tested in the “Hypercar showdown” comparison test
In just under a year the car has made a name for itself, squaring off and holding it’s own against giants like Gryphon Gear (twice), Bogliq, Hypera, Dimension and many others. While not always being the fastest (not by much though), it was always praised for it’s usability and ballance, a point KHT tried to drive home in each of their cars. This, however was on a regular occasion overshadowed by the fact that the 1135 kilo car had a 1000 hp engine, with many people thinking it’s all a matter of brute force, which was proven wrong as the car fought and stood it’s ground against opponents some times twice as powerful.
One of the 4 Eau Rouge Rennsports during test drive by the Racing Line magazine
The real goal of the car, however, was to eventually replace the Sepang, in it’s 800 hp trim. Work began on making the Eau Rouge more civilized. The design of the car was changed to incorporate proper headlgihts and removing all the unnecessary aero. The aerodynamic efficiency naturally dropped, but not so drastically that the car would not still be impressive while making mass production a reality.
First generation Sepang, the chassis that started the modern KHT
The engine had a serious de-tune, with the boost dropping to 0.5 bar on the turbochargers and the fuel and ignition maps receiving a complete overhaul. Finished off with a brand new exhaust system the 7 liter twinturbo engine now produced 825 hp, 850nm and was able to propell the supercar to 100kph in 2.5 seconds. The top speed of 385kph was deemed enough, and with a few optimisations the fuel consumption dropped to 10L/100km. Most of the feats were thanks to the carbon fibre monocoque and body, same as Sepang before it. Also same as Sepang, the car used a 6 speed single clutch transmission.
The car managed an approximate 1:09 on the Top Gear test track, but was never officially test driven, with a 7 minute flat laptime of the nurburgring. Both improvements over the outgoing model
The changes to the exhaust system, diffusor and the taillights are very obvious
The interior saw minor changes from Sepang, once again, sporty interior with leather and alcantara running the show, very snug yet comfortable bucket seats and an alcantara clad steering wheel. This was finished off with a mid-range entertainment system, complete with an USB and Aux connectors.
Front headlight array was changed drastically enough to be functional, yet retained the design of the original Rennsport
The car would go on sale early 2018, and be available at a base price of $240,000 (I went with +200% over base price. Developing an engine was expensive, so the company needs to compensate). Now that KHT has managed full production in house, and did not depend on any other company, the amount of cars produced would only be limited by the amount of willing buyers.
#KHT Eau Rouge R1
As a promotional gig, the KHT engineers have applied most of their knowledge to one of the prototype cars, in pursuit of speed. The car had to be the definition of what KHT does, so the work began. The engine received a fully custom exhaust system, and another remap, while retaining everything in the exact spec the street version had, including the turbochargers, which were the exact same units as in the 800hp version. The new power output was 1200hp, which again, was deemed “enough” and with 1560nm on tap the car would not be a slouch. Pushing the power to the rear wheels via a double clutch sequential the 0-100 time dropped to 2.1 seconds, with top speed being limited by aggressive aerodynamics at 376kph.
KHT Eau Rouge R1, the only one in existence
The aero has allowed the car to corner at 1.8g, something addressed a lot by the reviewers of the original Eau Rouge Prototype. The 350 kilos of produced downforce were used heavily on the racetracks, but KHT has insisted that the main concern was the weight reduction. Even though the body was carefully crafted and pefrected to produce as little lift as possible, nothing could beat the effort on weight saving. As with the rennsport the car was a featherweight for what it was, 1137 kilograms vs 1135 kilograms of the Rennsport. Special care was taken to make sure the car is safe, which resulted in a rating of 40, which was enough to make the car legal in fruinia, if you were to put on some mufflers a catalytic converter and road legal tires. Speaking of tires, the special soft compound in the Pirelli slicks, was so fine, that it allowed only a single lap of nurburgring nordschleife before being torn to shreds, so tire warmers were used for the timed run.
KHT Diabolica, developed in collaboration with Gryphon Gear was the spiritual predecessor to the R1
In early autumn of 2017 the Eau Rouge R1 has taken the chassis completely out of the shadows of the Gryphon Gear’s influence with the Diabolica. The car ran the North loop of the nurburgring in 6:18.56 before being ultimately retired to the KHT museum, to stand alongside the Diabolica and the AMWEC class winning Sepang prototype and the Rennsport version of the Eau Rouge. Of the cars on display the Rennsport was the only one which saw production and 3 cars exist outside of the museum. However since they all share the same CF monococque chasssis their Vin numbers are of the same series, meaning they all technically are modified KHT Sepangs
AMWEC spec Sepang can be seen in the KHT museum, the earliest of the ultrafast KHT’s in the company’s recent history
(Note, heavy use of quality sliders, if you wish to compete, I’d say anything goes)
