RE: Hennessey Venom F5: 1,842hp

[markcoznottz]

Weekendrebuild said:

No extra work on the gearbox / diff ... can see nothing but gearbox drivetrain issues ! Sounds like typical crap engine swap

The old model used the Ricardo designed ford gt manual box which was bomb proof, which gearbox is this model using.

[Exige77]

JohnG1 said:

VW spent a lot of money on working out if the could hit the big number and paid Andy Wallace to drive it. A lot of engineering and modelling to ensure safety.

Read the reviews online of this guy and his business practises and answer this one question:

Given a nice long straight track and a free ride - would you drive a Bugatti at 250mph or this at 300mph?

As dirty Harry almost said "do you feel lucky?"

This outfit does have history on bending the rules and numbers. Quite a few of their creations have gone pop.

[Fire99]

I thought people were supposed to be in good moods on Fridays?

I think it's great. Much simpler and rawer than the offerings from Bugatti. Are the figures exact? Will it hit 310mph? Does it matter? Who knows?? All I know is as a petrol-head, I'm happier that Hennessey's creations exist rather than not.

Should be fun seeing how this progresses..

[BVB]

The car looks very Valkyrie.

[TekoTime]

PH said:

they're known for nothing else, really,

I beg to differ.

[Welshbeef]

Hairymonster said:

Must admit I thought it was all over once Bugatti breached the 1,000hp barrier - and yet they keep coming.

Apart from a very long runway, where can anyone use this thing to more than about a quarter of its potential?

In 1984, The Fezza Testarossa debuted with its 4.9 V12 and 385hp

In 1999 the Porker (996) 911 turbo was launched with 420hp from its 3.6 Mezger turbo'd flat 6

Now the Merc A45AMG has 415hp from a 2.0 4 cyl

So, I guess in 2035 we'll have a Fiat Panda 0.9 Twinair with 450hp

Those lovely old Ferrari Columbo V12’s from the 1960’s not massive power vs today heck a shopping trolly appears to have them licked BUT wow the noise nothing comes close IMHO

[ZX10R NIN]

It'll be impressive to see this cracking 250+ MPH

[Welshbeef]

ZX10R NIN said:

It'll be impressive to see this cracking 250+ MPH

Given their previous version demolishes 250mph this will be no challenge at all 310mph/500kmph

[EDLT]

TekoTime said:

PH said:

they're known for nothing else, really,

I beg to differ.

[legless]

JohnG1 said:

Read the reviews online of this guy and his business practises

From what I've read of some of the experiences of John Hennessey's customers, it's a wonder that anyone would ever part with their money in his direction.

[epicfail]

• Forged steel light weight H-bean connecting rods

Are these Haricot Bean con rods? Clearly this is a development we need to know about.

I do rather like the fact that the mega sophisticated W16 engine in the VW produces less power than a pushrod V8.