Great video until Richard Rawlings showed his ugly ass in there.
06 FGT goes 310mph in the standing mile
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Now THAT is a YouTube video I click on click on click clicm on, once more to cool off. Wow.
Side note, Is that Richard Rawlings?! Jesus that would make me feel old.
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That was amazing. I agree that that GT pulled effortlessly from 200mph on up. I could definitely see it hitting a higher top speed if he had more runway. The stop, though, was unnerving. I mean, he was only a second or so away from a rather harsh stop when he crossed from the end of the runway to the rough extension.
Watch M2K's run for comparison. The 200-300mph is insane! Jumping 15-20mph at a time even after 200mph.
I guess he’s trying for the record set by a stock terminator set back in 04. Almost made it.
Need to pull my wheel sensors so I can hit up the Texas Mile. I'd just worry more about qualifying for the driver classes than actually winning anything. Pretty sure I can hit 200 (180 comes quick but that hard limit is like hitting a wall). You have to qualify at the lower speeds before they let you move up.
No idea, but at any speed over 200mph depends more with aero than power. That car slips through the air effectively. My hp should be good to 250mph, but the aero of a brick. Anything over 200 will be a struggle. The mile has been the only goal I've been trying to build the car for. Much of it involves stuff like aluminum splitter, tape on everything, custom grill to keep too much air out of the engine bay, custom underbody shields to keep air from under the car and a pro stock style straight aluminum rear ring to keep the air from picking up the rear at those speeds, among many other things to pick up just a couple of mph. I'm working on updating the fuel system to make the jump from 700whp to 1000whp. I still need a cage and any other race equipment the rules require or I require.
If I remember right, the original FGT was wind tunnel tested stable to 300mph. That's why they can run these speeds now with minimal aero but obviously need a couple thousand horsepower.
Not taking anything away from running these numbers, as they are insane, but what criteria are they using that deems this a "street" car? I know this is splitting hairs, but suspect/questionable/unverifiable claims (particularly in the YouTube world) has always been a pet peeve of mine.
US Mile rules don't have anything for a street car class, so that is something the owner came up with or a very custom class.
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They break the classes up by vehicle type (car and truck in one class type, motorcycles for the other) then the classes are divided based on drive type (2wd vs 4wd) and transmission type. Groups can request a custom class though. If they were part of a custom class, then that could explain the "street car class". It's possible they are in a custom class for GTs, but doubtful.
700whp is good for 250mph?
Are you in a go cart?
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I wish. It's not the weight but the aero. 700whp is good for 200. You need around 1000whp for 250 plus craploads of aero. Even with 1000whp, you wouldn't get over 220mph in an S197 without lots of aero.
A bone stock GT did 211 at Nardo during development testing May 2004. There is a speed limiter of 205 in the car as delivered. Stock needs a 12k ft + runway to make 200. Standing mile, best I did was 178.6 mph (again stock).
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That Johnny guy seems like a real Dbag, with a touch of little man syndrome.
The M2K car is cleary the much faster (at least acceleration wise) of the two. IMO, doing 300 in a standing mile is much more impressive that 310 over 2.4+ miles.
Debating which is more streetable is retarded. There are both race cars at this point.
The M2K car is cleary the much faster (at least acceleration wise) of the two. IMO, doing 300 in a standing mile is much more impressive that 310 over 2.4+ miles.
Debating which is more streetable is retarded. There are both race cars at this point.
I was thinking the same thing. I doubt M2K will bring their GT to Florida to race him, they don't have anything to prove. If anything Johnny should hit the Texas mile and do what M2K did.
****in Rocket ship!
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