RE: Hennessey Venom F5: Built for 300mph
Discussion
RB Will said:
Uppercut said:
My first thought was tyres. 300mph tyres don't exist yet as far as I'm aware.
Drag cars have been running over 300mph for ages so the tech must be there. the trick is to make it a tyre tat can do it repeatedly and do corners and 2000 road miles too.Paddy78 said:
A beautiful car that is pushing the boundaries of production car performance... and still it get a load of hate from people on here. Some people must drive some very nice cars indeed if you fail to be impressed by this.
Utterly amazing in every respect.
It's not the car people dislike, it's the guy with his name on the door of the building.Utterly amazing in every respect.
TurboHatchback said:
1600bhp going through just the rear wheels in a car weighing less than a family hatchback? That must be verging on undriveable, one sneeze or itchy foot at 70mph and you'd be parked backwards in a tree before you knew what had happened.
Not necessarily. Depends on the pedal travel and calibration.Paddy78 said:
A beautiful car that is pushing the boundaries of production car performance... and still it get a load of hate from people on here. Some people must drive some very nice cars indeed if you fail to be impressed by this.
Utterly amazing in every respect.
much more impressed by the Chiron tbhUtterly amazing in every respect.
good luck if you expect the Venom F5 to have any semblance of reliability too
that and it won't go 300mph
To be absolutely honest tho, does it really matter if it can't do 300mph? It's not like any of the prospective owners are going to be hitting that on their way to Cars and Coffee. 1,600hp, decent looks and (regardless of hitting the target) an utterly unimaginable top speed...I think if I were an owner I'd be ok with it even if it only managed 280mph. 
PhantomPH said:
To be absolutely honest tho, does it really matter if it can't do 300mph? It's not like any of the prospective owners are going to be hitting that on their way to Cars and Coffee. 1,600hp, decent looks and (regardless of hitting the target) an utterly unimaginable top speed...I think if I were an owner I'd be ok with it even if it only managed 280mph.
That's not the point though is it. It's about the fact it CAN do that.TurboHatchback said:
1600bhp going through just the rear wheels in a car weighing less than a family hatchback? That must be verging on undriveable, one sneeze or itchy foot at 70mph and you'd be parked backwards in a tree before you knew what had happened.
I suppose it depends mainly on tyres and road surface, the Chiron will deploy most of its power regardless of weather where this may be quicker, it will need very grippy tyres and a bone dry runway, the Chiron is a thoroughly tested and developed product that can be used in the real world, I expect this may be a little more like hard work and probably wont have the same level of safeguards a Chiron does.Not doubting the achievement, sure it is excellent but it cant have gone through he same development process as the Bugatti.
TurboHatchback said:
1600bhp going through just the rear wheels in a car weighing less than a family hatchback? That must be verging on undriveable, one sneeze or itchy foot at 70mph and you'd be parked backwards in a tree before you knew what had happened.
If it's like the previous Venom GT it will have variable boost maps per gear, so it won't give full boost until you're in something like fourth gear. It may only have something like 1000 bhp in first gear. Surely even your gran could handle that? 
E65Ross said:
It's about the fact it CAN do that.
Errrr, not yet though of course, as the first paragraph states: "to attempt a number of speed records" (future tense). It may have some computer predictions that have been run that say it might, but until it does it against a calibrated device in the real world, it's all PR horse manure and backslapping in the bar at SEMA. Let's see Hennessey Performance put it down the VAG test strip against the Chiron, for pink slips.
AmosMoses said:
RB Will said:
Uppercut said:
My first thought was tyres. 300mph tyres don't exist yet as far as I'm aware.
Drag cars have been running over 300mph for ages so the tech must be there. the trick is to make it a tyre tat can do it repeatedly and do corners and 2000 road miles too.Drag tyres are not relevant to the discussion. Look at the tyres for a 300mph dragster (huge, slick and not anything like road legal in any way, shape or form). Now look at the Hennessey. No - that isn't going to happen is it. There will not be a 300mph road car until there are tyres for one, and currently there aren't, which makes the whole marketing spin of it all somewhat silly really doesn't it.
WCZ said:
Paddy78 said:
A beautiful car that is pushing the boundaries of production car performance... and still it get a load of hate from people on here. Some people must drive some very nice cars indeed if you fail to be impressed by this.
Utterly amazing in every respect.
much more impressed by the Chiron tbhUtterly amazing in every respect.
good luck if you expect the Venom F5 to have any semblance of reliability too
that and it won't go 300mph
irocfan said:
really??? The Chiron/Veyron are stunning for sure but have been developed with, to all intents and purposes, an open cheque-book. This is up there with them, in outright performance terms, at the top of the treet for the cost of a pub-lunch - IMO that is far more amazing
It's £1.4M ?Also there are lots of companies that will make you something this quick. There's a 300mph Ford GT that achieved 295 within 1 mile. Underground Racing's Lambo stuff will probably do it.
I've friends who run boosted LSs around these numbers. It's seriously not impressive. ESPECIALLY for the money.
Just imo.
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