SSC Aims for Bugatti Speed Record
03-20-2007, 12:10 PM
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Melting Slicks
273mph on a public highway with guardrails sounds fairly dangerous; I wonder who is going to drive it. Its a good thing they got their downforce calculations done properly.
03-20-2007, 01:49 PM
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Team Owner
Well if I win Lotto I'll be getting one of them for HPDE's. I would probably only attend one event with the new car as it would likely be my last event. Wonder what it would pull down the front of Pocono
I have read about the car before and the price of them is not that bad considering what it does. LPE/John took a stock bodied Firebird to near 300. He wanted to be the first to break 300 in a stock bodied car how ever the figure that. John RIP
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/ looks nice!
power to weight ratio 2.33
Thanks for posting it I will be following it. I heard a while back they would attemp it but sometimes in is just hype and BS so I am glad and hopeful the USA will have the fastest production car soon!
I have read about the car before and the price of them is not that bad considering what it does. LPE/John took a stock bodied Firebird to near 300. He wanted to be the first to break 300 in a stock bodied car how ever the figure that. John RIP
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/ looks nice!
power to weight ratio 2.33
Thanks for posting it I will be following it. I heard a while back they would attemp it but sometimes in is just hype and BS so I am glad and hopeful the USA will have the fastest production car soon!
Last edited by John Shiels; 03-20-2007 at 01:55 PM.
03-20-2007, 02:16 PM
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How does the Callaway Sledgehammer fit into all of these? I assume the Veyron gets the production car record since a certain number are made albeit a very small number. But the Sledgehammer did do 254 and it was from a normal C4 IIRC.
The only thing that scares me about this is the fact that its an open road, I can only imagine hitting an animal at those speeds.
The only thing that scares me about this is the fact that its an open road, I can only imagine hitting an animal at those speeds.
03-20-2007, 05:12 PM
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Le Mans Master
and 0-100mph time at just 11.66sec. Its standing quarter mile time is claimed to be 9.90secs, with a terminal speed of 144mph
0-144 in 9.90 seconds
0-100 in 11.66 seconds
03-20-2007, 05:22 PM
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Team Owner
03-20-2007, 07:02 PM
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Team Owner
picture of the brakes makes them look a bit light for a 275 MPH car
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/graph.../blueblack.jpg
specs say 8 piston front car show 4 piston unless they count 4 each side?
I would want a btter brake than this http://www.ssbrakes.com/ but it may be fine.
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/graph.../blueblack.jpg
specs say 8 piston front car show 4 piston unless they count 4 each side?
I would want a btter brake than this http://www.ssbrakes.com/ but it may be fine.
Last edited by John Shiels; 03-20-2007 at 07:16 PM.
03-20-2007, 07:04 PM
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03-20-2007, 08:08 PM
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SSC is really pushing the definition of "production car" with this...I would think to be production, you'd have to meet the 25 car (FIA/ACO) homologation rule, with a car that is certified street legal. Last time I checked, SSC wasn't even registered as a manufacturer with NHTSA. Should be interesting regardless.
03-21-2007, 06:45 AM
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Melting Slicks
03-21-2007, 09:26 AM
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it still is a chevrolet V8 engine in that car, the Twin turbo version produced a little more power over the supercharged version, well a little compared to all that power =P both are above 1000 HP
But still, this car may be fast, REALLY fast but it sure is ugly >.<
And oh yeah, about the brakes thats quite funny, the front brake disks look like those rear brakes on the C6, another fast car with no control I guess?
But still, this car may be fast, REALLY fast but it sure is ugly >.<
And oh yeah, about the brakes thats quite funny, the front brake disks look like those rear brakes on the C6, another fast car with no control I guess?
Last edited by ayousef; 03-21-2007 at 09:29 AM.