Noble M400
The Noble M400 is a sports car from the British car maker Noble. Manufacturing was outsourced to Hi-Tech Automotive, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The M400 was noted by the automotive press for its excellent handling and power. Engine The Noble M400 features a transverse rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. The power plant is a DOHC Ford Duratec V6 engine with 4 valves per cylinder, as used in the Ford Mondeo ST220. With this engine as a base, Noble fits high-lift camshafts, revised fuel injection, and Garrett AiResearch T28 twin-turbochargers. The M400 lacks driver safety aids such as ABS, stability control, traction control, and air bags. Instead, driver safety comes only from a factory racing harness and built-in roll cage. For durability, Noble also added forged pistons, an oil cooler, a larger baffled oil sump, and extra cooling ducts. Its engine has a maximum power of at 6,500 rpm, with a torque figure of at 5,000 rpm. This power and a weight of allow the M400 to achieve a power-to-weight ratio of just over /ton (the figure for which it was named) a 0– acceleration time of 3.2 seconds and a time of 11.4 at . The M400 can achieve