Friday 18th November 2011

Time for tea? 462mph covered from every angle

What very, very big speeds look like on salt flats

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A few weeks ago we showed you some video of the Speed Demon streamliner cracking the quadruple-ton at Bonneville in Utah.

Well, the Speed Crew have been back, and this time they nailed a standing mile at 458.189mph, with an exit speed of 462.345mph. They also slapped on enough ReplayXD cameras to catch more than enough angles of the run.

And you can enjoy it all while supping a nice cup of tea. Ah, the wonders of modern technology, eh?

 

[SpunkyM]

Wow! Anybody know what the engine is?

[43034]

SpunkyM said:

Wow! Anybody know what the engine is?

3L Diesel BMW engine, remapped.

[v8will]

That BMW joke stopped being funny along time ago...

From their website:

MOPAR Hellfire "Lil" Hemi 4 Cylinder Engine
1045 HP @ 25# BOOST 672 FT. LB. TRQ.

[Sline]

That sounds fantastic!

[Liquid Knight]

SpunkyM said:

Wow! Anybody know what the engine is?

Fiat Panda Fire engine?

Seriously turbo'd big block V8 with much longer ratios and better aerodynamics than Red Victor

[JonnyFive]

That is incredible!

Question though, why do most drag cars have a steering wheel that shape?

[Rotary Madness]

JonnyFive said:

That is incredible!

Question though, why do most drag cars have a steering wheel that shape?

Well lets be honest, if you need to turn it more then half a turn in something like that, youre doing it wrong

[s3fella]

Didnt look as fast as I thought it would! No ref points I supppose.

Great looking car. What's the MPG?

[krisdelta]

Great vid, amazing speed - love the way the speed piles on after it leaves the launch truck. Bet that was fun to pilot!

[The Stiglet]

Sline said:

That sounds fantastic!

That's what did it for me!

[mrclav]

v8will said:

That BMW joke stopped being funny along time ago...

I beg to differ sir.

[Caractacus]

mrclav said:

v8will said:

That BMW joke stopped being funny along time ago...

I beg to differ sir.

Oh dear, I'm sooooo out of touch these days...

It made me chuckle, too.

Still, great vid and a good ad for the cameras.

[Fleckers]

supfkingperb

shocked driver did not have tinted visor

love to go to the salt flats one and watch this sort of madness

[smashbro]

5.7-litre V8 with twin Turbonetics 'Demon' turbochargers and more than 2200bhp. For when you absolutely, positively have to haul ass!

[Galsia]

That was pretty boring, I suppose the face that it was on saltflats didn't give any perspective of how fast it actually was...

[JonnyFive]

Galsia said:

That was pretty boring, I suppose the face that it was on saltflats didn't give any perspective of how fast it actually was...

Mmhm hmm. Imagine how much better it'd have been if he was doing that around the N'Ring

[juan king]

That steering wheel looked scarily flimsy/shakey!

[Mini1275]

Good video, I bet the adrenaline rush is huge!.

[Ibiza Matt]

Laughed out loud at how quickly he passed the number 6 marker at 1:33!

[belleair302]

What cracks me up is how he casually closes his visor at well over 200 mph!!