http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ71Tx2t10o&feature=player_embedded
A killer sleeper that would dust a Veyron. Pretty kick(butt).
-
Nov. 24, 2009 11:50 p.m. gamby SuperDork
-
Nov. 25, 2009 1:09 a.m. mr2peak New Reader
Maybe, but the Veyron does what it does in perfect composure, not shaking around like it's about to fall apart.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 1:47 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
A cool feat, I would love to be able to try something like that one day, but I wonder at its reliability, that would impress me.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:03 a.m. CLNSC3 Reader
Boostlogic builds some incredible machines and the owner of that car has a car collection to die for! Including a gorgeous twin turbo Gallaro, definitely NOT grassroots!
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:03 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
243 is still fast nomatter how rough it looked.
And at 1:18 you can spot wal*mart bottled water
-
Nov. 25, 2009 6:11 a.m. Twin_Cam Dork
Yea, composure or not, 243 is a big, big number for any street car. Especially one at probably a tenth of what the (worse looking, less practical, more expensive to insure) Bugatti would cost. Sounds pretty much like the point of the grassroots theme to me...
And imagine the repair bill if that Lamborghini got rear ended
-
Nov. 25, 2009 6:39 a.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
Im pretty sure that car did 0-243 in 1 mile. No stock street car is even worth mention in comparison.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 7:09 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
Thats got to feel something like what an apollo rocket felt like
-
Nov. 25, 2009 7:16 a.m. dyintorace Dork
What did he reach up and move forward at the ceiling of the car near the end of the run? Was he deploying the parachute?
As for the shakiness, I would attribute perhaps a lot of that to a less than ideal camera mount.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 7:57 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
mr2peak wrote:
Maybe, but the Veyron does what it does in perfect composure, not shaking around like it's about to fall apart.
That was from the crap camera mount more than the car.
dyintorace wrote:
What did he reach up and move forward at the ceiling of the car near the end of the run? Was he deploying the parachute?
It is the chute but unless he repacked it before making the pit entry it did not deploy.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 8:22 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
according to the Boostlogic website, that Supra is 1500rwp
Edit: now 246.2 mph http://www.boostlogic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&...
holy berkeley......0-246mph..... 24 seconds
-
Nov. 25, 2009 8:32 a.m. DeadSkunk New Reader
Remember that the run was on an old airport runway. They aren't that smooth, just watch the Indy car race from Edmonton as an example. I'd bet that the run would look "shakey" if the camera were mounted in a Veyron on that runway, too.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 9:03 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
Dear god that's awesome.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 9:06 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
There's a red Supra on twins making 1700+whp that i think will be going after this record soon. Videos all over Streetfire of the dyno, and it's just unholy.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 1:13 p.m. smog7 Dork
st185 all trac
194 mph standing mile, street driven http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=368585&page=1
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:01 p.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork
smog7 wrote:
st185 all trac
194 mph standing mile, street driven http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=368585&page=1
On low boost, too. Patrick Chinshue is a maniac.
Here's the vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il0Mp8Coa4I
HOLY CRAP i missed this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clwBs9eNOf4
Spinning on an AWD dyno = awesome!
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:14 p.m. carguy123 Dork
I've run the Texas Mile and smooth is not a word you'd apply to any aspect of the runway.
I just got thru watching Tanner Foust run multiple cars on the Texas Mile and he didn't get over about 207. The hot car of the day only got a 231. 246 in ONE mile from a standing start is absolutely terrifying.
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:27 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
yes.. that kind of acceleration is usually the realm of aircraft..
-
Nov. 25, 2009 2:59 p.m. mainlandboy New Reader
Very impressive!
I'm not sure I'd refer to it as a sleeper though, given the parachute on the back hinting at what it's capable of. Now had it been a Ford Festiva...
-
Nov. 25, 2009 3:48 p.m. skruffy Dork
Sleepers don't have 2' wide rear tires either, that's sort of a giveaway.
He's not even really "in it" until the top of third gear either, and with the gearing that thing must have to hit 250 that's pretty impressive.
