[DeTomaso] NPC Ford GT does 235 mph at Texas Mile

Thu Jun 2 18:52:23 EDT 2011

I read that the Veyron needs 500 hp to go 200 mph and the last 600 hp ( out
of 1,100 hp total ) to go 250 mph.

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   The kinetic energy of a moving body goes with the square of the speed,
> so a vehicle at 240 MPH has sixteen times the energy to dissipate that one
> at 60 MPH has.  Makes for some pretty spectacular crashes.
>
> Ken
>
> --- On *Thu, 6/2/11, David & Marilyn Bell <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>*wrote:
>
>
> From: David & Marilyn Bell <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Ford GT does 235 mph at Texas Mile
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com, "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 3:38 PM
>
>
> A couple of years ago at the Texas Mile a race-prepped Lambo popped a drag
> chute to slow following a high speed run.  The chute caught a cross wind
> and
> drug the car sideways off the pavement at over 200 mph.  The Lambo rolled
> several times and then tumbled end over end.  The car was a complete and
> total wreck but the driver walked away.  Pretty amazing that anyone lived
> through it.
>
> I'm sure the video is on YouTube somewhere.
>
>
> Dave Bell (has spun lots of times but never been upside down)
>
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> A few times a year, some of the fastest and most powerful
> cars<http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110602/CARNEWS/110609985#>meet
> in Texas for an adrenaline-filled weekend of top-speed runs called the
> Texas Mile. The high-performance machines have one mile of arrow-straight
> runway to get the highest top speed at the one-mile marker.
>
> It was the right mix of conditions for Mark Heidaker and Sean Kennedy, who
> drove their twin-turbocharged
> Ford<http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110602/CARNEWS/110609985#>GT to
> a top speed of 235.1 mph down the runway into a decent headwind of 20
> mph.
>
> Lucky for us, the Hennessy-built Ford GT was equipped with a VBox, which
> provides info, audio and video of the session-winning run.
>
> To turn the already muscled Ford GT into the flame-throwing Hennessy
> GT1500,
> the boys in Texas threw on two 67-mm ball-bearing turbos, custom intake and
> exhaust, twin waste gates and twin blow-off valves. They upgraded the fuel
> system with new lines, pump, fuel rails and injectors.
>
> The stock 5.4-liter
> V8<http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110602/CARNEWS/110609985#>was
> improved with a custom forged crankshaft, forged aluminum pistons,
> forged steel rods and balanced rotating assembly. Four custom-ground
> camshafts were added with upgraded valves and valve springs.
>
> The GT gets an upgraded clutch and flywheel, an adjustable boost
> controller,
> custom tuning and ported factory cylinder heads. Hennessey claims the total
> power of the tune is a stampede of 1500 horses at the flywheel; 1290 hp at
> the rear wheels.
>
> The upgrades cost a cool $105,000 and take about 4-6 months to install. The
> total cost as tested is $142,000, which isn't too bad for a world-beating
> domestic supercar. The upgrades do requires a donor vehicle, and that's not
> included in the price.
>
> Enjoy the two videos. One is the top run of 235.1 mph, and the other has
> all
> of the VBox information on a run of 232 mph.
>
>
> Read more:
> http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110602/CARNEWS/110609985#ixzz1O8zx2tlK
>
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