1450HP Hennessey Venom Viper Attempts Record

[turpija]

Originally Posted by RC45 Hmm... if I am not mistaken Hennessey already showed his cars are faster than the Veyron in a back to back test...

they did, but that was with heaters on tires and ice on the coolers seconds before the run while Veyron was not specialy prepared

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by turpija they did, but that was with heaters on tires and ice on the coolers seconds before the run while Veyron was not specialy prepared

19-20 seconds to 200 mph for the car and driver 0-200-0 tests was done tire warmer, and ice free.

The veyron runs to 200 mph in 24 seconds.

the Viper also has a much more lasting transmission when "only" at 1100 hp.

Additionally, the 950 hp Ford GT ran 19 seconds in the same conditions

[Spiffu]

Lets not forget the veyron is hauling a thousand more pounds on average than the cars it's running against.

[eunos94]

Plenty of cars are faster. Heck look at top fuel dragsters. The Hennessy is faster than the Veyron one run at a time and usually takes a few attempts to do it all the while leaving a trail of broken parts in it's wake. The Veyrons party trick isn't it's speed. It's that it can attain those speeds time after time with out breaking all while keeping the driver air conditioned, entertained with an excellant audio system sitting in the absolute lap of luxury. Heck you could even take a hand off the wheel and place a non chalant phone call all at 250+ mph.

That my freinds is what makes it such a fabulous vehicle perhaps even the finest sporting luxury car ever produced. The Concorde of the super car world.

[Spiffu]

That and the veyron doesn't feel like it's flying apart at those speeds. As people have atested, 250mph feels like 70 in the veyron.

[pagani]

The only production car that comes close to the veyron i therms of engineering and feel is i guess the r35 gtr
And they failed.
1450HP Hennessey Viper Blows Tranney on Record At

[RC45]

Originally Posted by Spiffu That and the veyron doesn't feel like it's flying apart at those speeds. As people have atested, 250mph feels like 70 in the veyron.

Lets be real though - how many owners have actually driven their Veyron to 250mph??

200, sure - 210, no doubt - 220, probably quite a few - 230, I think we are approaching the single digits now - 240, low single digits, if any - 250, uhm, without proof I say none.

[pagani]

Originally Posted by RC45 Hennessy earned a well deserved reputation fro bein a dishonest business man a number o fyears ago - perhaps he has cleaned up his act now, but he ripped off a number of people on his way to the top. At one time he was known to take 1 customers money, then use that money to finish aother customers car - in the mean time leaving the second customers car unfinished and even forcing people to take legal action to either get their cars back or get the work done.

The people at viperalley still seam to like him.

[pitfield]

the point is that if you want pure acceleration, just build a drag car, if you want a useable car, go for a Veyron, although I hanker after a GT3, corners exist near my house, and the way you go round them is more important than full on speed.

In fact, I have had some seriously satisfying times in an Astra 1.6 recently, just because it woud not go any faster along that road than it did, power is not the be all and end all.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by pitfield the point is that if you want pure acceleration, just build a drag car, if you want a useable car, go for a Veyron, although I hanker after a GT3, corners exist near my house, and the way you go round them is more important than full on speed. In fact, I have had some seriously satisfying times in an Astra 1.6 recently, just because it woud not go any faster along that road than it did, power is not the be all and end all.

Oddly enough, the only people you ever hear say that have never really felt real power

Seriously - after I spent almost 250 laps getting very intimate with a Caterham Superlight over a 2 month period, I thought I had found the perfect car - light, nimble, handles lke a dream - feels like a 4 wheel motorcycle... and it only needed 220bhp to accomplish its task.....

"This is the perfect car... power isn't everyhting... " is what I said to myself..... as a Carrera GT blasted past me on outside of the exit of the carousel at MSR.... it was at that moment I realised... I NEED 600bhp+ to have the perfect car

[eunos94]

Originally Posted by pitfield power is not the be all and end all.

Stereotypically uttered by a PUSSY!!!

[pagani]

Originally Posted by eunos94 Stereotypically uttered by a PUSSY!!!

Btw the supra's all set the records whit less power than the viper.