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Old 07-12-2014, 08:31 PM
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Simply BRUTAL acceleration...

0-200 mph in 14.3 seconds.

Eeek!

Drool...only $1 mil per copy.
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Nice video. Sick ride.

I'll take two.

To add to the OP's link above, here is another link with Jay Leno and John Hennessey on the Venom GT. Hard to believe this 1200 HP twin-turbo beast is built around an LS2 engine with two 67mm Precision Ball-bearing Turbos.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...gt-270mph.html

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Originally Posted by WICKEDFRC
Nice video. Sick ride.

I'll take two.

To add to the OP's link above, here is another link with Jay Leno and John Hennessey on the Venom GT. Hard to believe this 1200 HP twin-turbo beast is built around an LS2 engine with two 67mm Precision Ball-bearing Turbos.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...gt-270mph.html
I thought I read somewhere they were using the LS9 ZR1 heads as their starting point...

I'm guessing the LS9 block couldn't hold up to the stress...as the prototype was originally built with one.

Then again...1244 HP is ONLY 2x the output of the LS9!
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Ahhhhh, but what oil weight are they using???
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Saw it at the Greenwich Concours back in June. A sick, sick looking machine.
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Can it take a corner though? And more importantly it needs to take said corner better than the lotus it started as!
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Originally Posted by dbs1vette
Ahhhhh, but what oil weight are they using???
Oil weight? Or oil oil? I can't believe they'd run generic Penzoil in a motor like that!
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I see it's pennzinger syn, but what weight has me curious.

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