Originally Posted by zsommer79
Doubtful that has another 15-20 mph in it. Maybe gearing could get it a few more MPH but at those speeds air resistance is crazy. Its all BS anyway since he didn't run both directions, I would bet he ran with the wind. If Hennessey really thought his car was all that he could just take his car to the Salt Flats and quit griping their isn't anywhere long enough to test his overpriced Lotus. The guy I work for goes for land speed records and I bet he dumps 4 times the money into aerodynamics versus making HP. If anyone's interested here is a link to some of his runs,
http://www.rett.org/speed/speed.html |
Oh, I know. I was just making a guess. 1 MPH/s is still moving pretty good.
Hennessey just wants to have the titles and "looks" that the majority of the car community and auto media will look after, which is street car. There is a reason he does some of the stunts (toll road testing) that he does. It's all branding.