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No.1 · 01-05-2005, 11:42 AM

Welll , I hope this isn't a repost, but i just got the latest issue of evo, and the story is inside.

The F1 has been toppled by a only 1mph

From the evo site

It has taken almost ten years, but finally another road car has travelled faster than the McLaren F1's famous 240.1mph. The story of how the tiny German tuning company 9ff achieved the new record speed starts is fully explained in this month's issue.

bmwmpower · 01-05-2005, 12:06 PM

repost, i posted it here about 2 weeks ago, look to the porsche news

No.1 · 01-05-2005, 12:09 PM

ops: ... I tried searching, just not hard enough

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nthfinity · 01-05-2005, 12:58 PM

^^^^
well..... concidering this was done by a tuned car that is street legal...

the Sledgehammer Corvette hit 255 way before the Macca set its record.

No.1 · 01-05-2005, 01:20 PM

Well evo made it out to be a world record, beating the McLaren.

I am confused as to the requirements to beat the F1... does the car have to be a production car, or can it be a car that is tuned, but buys parts from the manufacturer. So does 9ff buy only the parts it needs or does it use a donor car?

Very confusing, as i know that many american cars have gone faster on the salt-beds 0X

martin100 · 01-05-2005, 02:58 PM

I also thought that only untuned cars are allowed to break the record... Confusing

findleybeast · 01-05-2005, 06:08 PM

It also didn't break 240.1. The track radar said something like 241, but the on board GPS clocked about 10 mph less.
Unless the German Transit Authority considers this a production car (a la RUF) then I really don't think it could be considered in the recordbooks as having broken the record.

mindgam3 · 01-05-2005, 06:22 PM

and it had to have its wipers, wing mirrors and have some other complication which i cant remember..... surely if its got no wipers or wing mirrors its not street legal??

Either way, nice one to 9ff for actually making it up there

No.1 · 01-05-2005, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by findleybeast

It also didn't break 240.1. The track radar said something like 241, but the on board GPS clocked about 10 mph less.
Unless the German Transit Authority considers this a production car (a la RUF) then I really don't think it could be considered in the recordbooks as having broken the record.

No... the GPS gave 241.1 ... exactly 1mph more than the Macca

findleybeast · 01-05-2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by thenumber1

No... the GPS gave 241.1 ... exactly 1mph more than the Macca

well I haven't actually been able to dig up the original article about the Continental high speed test at Nardo (Evo 69), but here's a quote from Evo #72 (pg 90)

"...On Sunday mornings this stretch of autobahn that links Dortmund and Kassel is good for '350kph or so' (that's 216 mph) but at Nardo this 733bhp 9ff has hit 231mph."

Of course if they've done another test since then I can't really argue with that

edit: I found the original article. Specifics about the 9ff's times are on pg 102
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12274

No.1 · 01-06-2005, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by findleybeast

Of course if they've done another test since then I can't really argue with that

LOL... thay have made a new article. The issue came out about 2 days ago in the UK... might be a while until you get yours

ikon2003 · 01-06-2005, 11:01 AM

I'm partial to say that 9ff's record doesn't count cuz it's a tuner car. Awesome car nonetheless. I'd like to read the whole evo article tho, and see what it says.

there's more of this controversy raging in another thread. "mclaren f1 speed record broken?" or something.

No.1 · 01-06-2005, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by ikon2003

I'm partial to say that 9ff's record doesn't count cuz it's a tuner car. Awesome car nonetheless. I'd like to read the whole evo article tho, and see what it says.

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I can't scan articles, just photograph them... wait for TT's scan

nthfinity · 01-06-2005, 01:20 PM

im not suprised they went back already... if i recall correctly, the car was having problems with the fuel isystems at speed... couldn't deliver enough gas for swallowing at those huge speeds :shock:

Sir_GT · 01-06-2005, 03:48 PM

It has to be a fully homologated production car to beat the Macca's record. Which means that there should be no modications made to the car, and the car should break the record "as is." (In the intended state that was meant for sale)