McLaren F1 speed record broken?

[ikon2003]

just MO, but i don't think tuner cars really count towards breaking production car records - mclaren etc. then cars like the sledgehammer (and i'm sure a bunch more obscure, really fast and highly tuned cars im not even aware of) get into the picture...

[findleybeast]

Originally Posted by inso With one on 840 HP GET down Porsche GT3 set up the tuner 9ff a new speed record for to road-certified passenger car and exceeded thus the old record mark of the McLaren F1 of 386,7 km/h.

Doesn't say anything about being the record for a production car, just a road-certified passenger car. Were the sledgehammers and other cars that have beaten the McLaren's speed road certified?

[ikon2003]

^it was evolved from a street car, so i'm assuming so. dunno for sure.

[sentra_dude]

Originally Posted by findleybeast Originally Posted by inso With one on 840 HP GET down Porsche GT3 set up the tuner 9ff a new speed record for to road-certified passenger car and exceeded thus the old record mark of the McLaren F1 of 386,7 km/h. Doesn't say anything about being the record for a production car, just a road-certified passenger car. Were the sledgehammers and other cars that have beaten the McLaren's speed road certified?

The Callaway Sledgehammer was road legal (in 1988)...it was a pretty standard Vette, it had a/c, a stereo, etc, as I understand it the 9ff car has much heavier modifications (a 996 turbo engine in a GT3 body).

So I really don't see what the fuss is about the 9ff, yes its damn fast, but there have been a number of modified, street legal cars that are faster...I guess because the Vette didn't record the speed in Europe it doesn't count or something?