RE: Hennessey Venom F5: Built for 300mph

[WCZ]

cookie1600 said:

http://www.romansinternational.com/car/768/henness...

it's unbelievable that they spelt unbelievable wrong!

[E65Ross]

Yipper said:

Drag cars were doing almost 400mph on the track in the 1980s.

Hennessey should easily be able to top 300mph in the 2010s.

https://youtu.be/0lnEjOuQGBc

Erm, I don't see the relevance of the comparison here?

Does the drag car have road legal tyres? Is it built to go round corners? Could it easily be parallel parked into a tight parking spot? Does it have a clutch/gearbox combination that can work day to day, for many thousands of miles? Does it run on ordinary fuel you can get at your local supermarket?

I think you should get the picture....

[Pyrolysis]

I would much rather a Chiron if I was in a position to purchase a hypercar. It's entirely more usable, luxurious, reliable and is not compromised in design like the F5 will be just to achieve the numbers.

I'd actually much rather have an Underground Racing Huracan than either of the above, 2000bhp and circa a third of the price.

[gigglebug]

E65Ross said:

Yipper said:

Drag cars were doing almost 400mph on the track in the 1980s.

Hennessey should easily be able to top 300mph in the 2010s.

https://youtu.be/0lnEjOuQGBc

Erm, I don't see the relevance of the comparison here?

Does the drag car have road legal tyres? Is it built to go round corners? Could it easily be parallel parked into a tight parking spot? Does it have a clutch/gearbox combination that can work day to day, for many thousands of miles? Does it run on ordinary fuel you can get at your local supermarket?

I think you should get the picture....

Yipper's been at the search engines again and as usual has come up with an irrelevant answer! Anything to get the post count up hey!

I'll echo what others have said and say that it's quite a good looking thing but I still prefer the Venom which I really liked as a styling exercise. I'd happily give up the big numbers if I could have one of those with a V10 from an LFA in the back!

[WCZ]

Pyrolysis said:

I would much rather a Chiron if I was in a position to purchase a hypercar. It's entirely more usable, luxurious, reliable and is not compromised in design like the F5 will be just to achieve the numbers.

I'd actually much rather have an Underground Racing Huracan than either of the above, 2000bhp and circa a third of the price.

the UGR Hurracan will be a ballache though and need rebuilds etc

[jason61c]

Doddgy, boosted to hell american engineering or Koenigsegg, you'd be mad not to have the egg.

[WCZ]

Nanook said:

How many miles are you going to get between rebuilds on the 1600bhp twin turbo V8 in the F5?

a few thousand at best
i'd be impressed if it could handle one strenuous trackday

[Bombjack]

WCZ said:

Nanook said:

How many miles are you going to get between rebuilds on the 1600bhp twin turbo V8 in the F5?

a few thousand at best
i'd be impressed if it could handle one strenuous trackday

It'd be a start if it can handle two consecutive runs.

[Vocht]

I love what Hennessey do but this just reminds me of the SSC Ultimate Aero. I.e. Very fast but not very desirable.

[pimpchez]

WCZ said:

Pyrolysis said:

I would much rather a Chiron if I was in a position to purchase a hypercar. It's entirely more usable, luxurious, reliable and is not compromised in design like the F5 will be just to achieve the numbers.

I'd actually much rather have an Underground Racing Huracan than either of the above, 2000bhp and circa a third of the price.

the UGR Hurracan will be a ballache though and need rebuilds etc

Actually any proof of this .

You can do north of 1300hp on pump fuel which should keep the cylinder pressures down compared to the VP fuel that will do the 1700bhp+

Ive always said for years id go to UGR with either a lambo or GTR and let them go to town

[WCZ]

pimpchez said:

Actually any proof of this .

You can do north of 1300hp on pump fuel which should keep the cylinder pressures down compared to the VP fuel that will do the 1700bhp+

Ive always said for years id go to UGR with either a lambo or GTR and let them go to town

just look at the american drag racing scene, pretty much everyone in any car running 1200+bhp has intermittent problems, that's what's great about the veyron!

[DanielSan]

jason61c said:

Doddgy, boosted to hell american engineering or Koenigsegg, you'd be mad not to have the egg.

Isn’t the V8 in the Koenigsegg based on an Ford V8 or are they making their own motors from scratch now?

[kambites]

DanielSan said:

Isn’t the V8 in the Koenigsegg based on an Ford V8 or are they making their own motors from scratch now?

It's an in-house unit these days.