Reader’s Ride of the Week: Enviate Hypercar

Ed
By Ed Higginbotham
Mar 27, 2017

There’s fast and there’s FAST–and then there’s your brain melting on the floor before you can experience even 50 percent of a car’s potential.

The Enviate Hypercar fits best in that third category. LoveFab owner and lead fabricator Cody Loveland masterminded this creation to dominate all other hillclimb and time trial cars. Such domination, Cody figures, requires a full chromoly chassis propelled by a twin-turbo Chevy LS that he says can make up to 1800 horsepower. Car weight? Just 1850 pounds wet.

That incredible power-to-weight ratio needs to grab the asphalt somehow, so the LoveFab team brought in a Formula 1 aerodynamics engineer to design a body that produces up to 10,000 pounds of downforce at 150 mph.

The wildest part? You can order one of these things from LoveFab. Of course, the price tag reflects the car’s wild performance.

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Comments
appliance_racer
appliance_racer Reader
3/27/17 11:31 a.m.

Does this things have any hardware in the trophy room yet? On paper it looks like it should send everybody else back to the drawing board.

Think the wife will go for one of these as my new daily?

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
3/27/17 11:35 a.m.

I don't believe so. They are running at Pike's Peak this year and (fingers crossed) are trying to get the car sorted in time for our UTCC.

NOHOME
NOHOME PowerDork
3/27/17 11:45 a.m.

Looking at that thing messes with my brain. Not sure if in a good way?

The0retical
The0retical Dork
3/27/17 11:55 a.m.

Wow... it's funny that 1 kg to 1 hp is considered worth bragging about in the car world. This thing effectively halves that.

Can't wait to see impressions at UTCC.

TiggerWelder
TiggerWelder Reader
3/27/17 12:09 p.m.

That thing is insane! love it!

STM317
STM317 Dork
3/27/17 12:18 p.m.

I'm pretty sure they had a version of this car at PRI 2 years ago. I've always wondered what had happened to it since then. Sounds like it's still progressing toward some actual lap times!

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
3/27/17 12:26 p.m.

Speaking of UTCC, we're still accepting entries. So anyone who wants to get into the field and into the magazine is welcome to join. Just fill out this form.

wearymicrobe
wearymicrobe UltraDork
3/27/17 12:27 p.m.

Can I get it with brake lights and turn signals.

BlueInGreen44
BlueInGreen44 SuperDork
3/27/17 12:31 p.m.

Wow, that's wild.

none
none HalfDork
3/27/17 12:32 p.m.

Better than roo bars on a road train.

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