Cars: speed demons#4

in #cars7 years ago

Today we move to the United States of America(USA). The Hennessey Venom GT. It is manufactured by a Texas-based company Hennessey Performance Engineering .
This car is known to hold unofficial speed records. in 2013 the car set an unofficial record for 0–200 mph (0–322 km/h) acceleration at 14.51s, beating the Koenigsegg Agera R's time of 17.68s and also crested 265.7mph(427.6 km/h) over the course of 2 miles (3.2 km) during testing at United States Naval Air Station Lemoore in Lemoore, California.

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The design of the car is based on the Lotus Elise chassis. so it is basically a heavily modified Elise chassis to shed of weight and distribute the power and torque well.

Engine:
Type - 90-degree V8
Block/heads - iron or aluminum
Forced induction - twin precision ball bearing turbochargers
Horsepower - 1244 bhp at 6600 rpm (cockpit-adjustable to 800bhp, 1000bhp & 1244 bhp)
Torque - 1155 lb-ft at 4400 rpm
Redline - 7200 rpm

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Speed numbers:
0-60 mph in 2.7 sec.
0-200 mph in 14.51 sec.
¼ mile in 9.92 sec. @ 163 mph
Verified speed-270.49 mph
Estimated top speed - 278 mph

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