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a friend of my cousins drove a slightly modded 1970 hemi cuda in a svra race back in 2008 at lime rock as well as laguna seca and three times in hot rod power tour back in 2010, 2011 and 2012
Despite the hemi engine's weight , the car was a blast to drive. Note that the engine was a crate ray barton hemi engine with a displacement of 525ci and 775 horsepower, he also changed a lot of thing in his car including front and rear bigger brakes, torsion bars, rear leaf springs, stabilising bars and rear axle. On the hot rod power, the guy reached a speed of 180mph. I know also a Swiss Driver Roger Bolliger who is a well known vintage Pontiac collector who races a 1970 transam with a crate 494ci +700hp butler performance engine and he won several races. An r8 with the w12 must be insane to drive. Back in the days of can am racing (1968-1972), the big block chevy zl 1 v8s allowed the mc laren race team to win and dominate all the races and in straight lines, the m 8 could reach 370km/h .
Sun Valley Road Rally - updated with speed reports
Sun Valley Road Rally July 21-22, 2017 "Participants travel from all over the world to enjoy this unique experience of driving at top speed on 4 miles of public road. Spectators watch the fastest cars in the world soar at speeds over 230 mph! " We have ha...
nice rides,I really like the gt 40, the vette and the nascar chevy lumina if it is one. Not much fan of the subaru, the lambo and the new mac laren
The only mac larens I liked were the f1gtr and the m8 (the nearly unbeaten can am champion) powered by a big block chevy v8
yes the subaru looks to be well tuned...
but i'm afraid with so many straight lines... that is gonna be the problem, i had a cosworth htt as well prepared than the sub and also porsches tuned and a r8 (small one 4.2) what i can tell you is i was really faster with the r8 without any engine prepa...
a friend of my cousins drove a slightly modded 1970 hemi cuda in a svra race back in 2008 at lime rock as well as laguna seca and three times in hot rod power tour back in 2010, 2011 and 2012
Despite the hemi engine's weight , the car was a blast to drive. Note that the engine was a crate ray barton hemi engine with a displacement of 525ci and 775 horsepower, he also changed a lot of thing in his car including front and rear bigger brakes, tor...
The most beautiful car EVER made, IMO!
And I was amazed when I found out that the "40" are due the 40 inches (102 cm) of its height! Tall men had and have trouble driving it. ...
MORNING HEAT 1: Edsel Ford does 150 mph in original GT40 with wife in the car!
Can you imagine the conversation in that car? "Slow down!" "Are you kidding? How often do I get to do this?" "Slow down!" "You knew it would be fast driving!" "Slow down!" etc. CORRECTION: Actual speed was 149.0 "I could have done 150 without you yelling ...
Fastest so far is 197 mph Lamborghini
Here's the leader board but the Lambo wasn't up there at the time ...
MORNING HEAT 1: Subaru does 155.2
Top speed for the Subaru was 155.2 mph Driver Kendrick Gray reports the course is rough and the drivers are having to hold off. He bettered his last time by 6 mph but is finished / happy with 155 Fastest monkey on the course! ...
MORNING HEAT 2: Without wife, Edsel hits 190.7; a 1000hp Ford GT runs 201.9; stock Vette does 176.2; Tesla reaches123.8
Conditions are 85 degrees F, wind 2mph, humidity 20%, 5000 ft elevation, road level This is a totally stock Z06 that did 176.2 Here's the 1000 horsepower engine in the top car (so far) very very hot - don't touch! Here's the driver climbing up out of the ...
HEAT 3: All results between 150-200 mph
It's getting hotter - over 90F now. Here are a couple cars just waiting for another turn - it's $2000 per run with money going to a drug rehab charity Maybe a bad fashion choice - black on black Ford with black driving suit in Idaho summer sunshine! Here'...
Are the speeds top or average?
Thanks for covering this quite interesting event, Mike! Looking forward to seeing the final standings.
Totally amateur runs - one way, foot to floor for 3 km, speed through the lights, jam on brakes and hope to stop
So top speed as fast as your car or your nerves will go
Cool!
Thanks for the explanation. So it's more the length of the straight that limits the top speed for some. But very cool that events like this still exist!
Looks like a safe way to ...
... try out your overpowered supercar Speeds over 160-170 mph on public roads are a bit kinky so this isnt a bad way to try out one's personal beast That is ... unless you ride a bike where speeds of around 190 mph can be fone while picking your nose thes...
Beyond the GT-40, were there other cars in this post?
After the GT, my eyes kinda watered up and everything else was a blur. I'm sure however the rest were fine automobiles.