Posted on 11/05/2017 6:07:31 PM PST by MtnClimber
On Saturday, the mad Swedes at Koenigsegg did something truly remarkable: in an Agera RS, a factory driver achieved an average speed of 277.9 mph during two runs on Nevada’s Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump. This may make the Agera RS the world’s fastest street legal production car. Now you can see what those runs looked like from the driver’s perspective.
The nice folks at Racelogic sent us the video recorded by the VBOX HD2 during the two runs, and if you’ve ever been curious what approaching 290 mph looks like from the cockpit, you’re about to find out.
The video shows both runs: one with a top speed of about 272 mph, the other way up there at 284 mph. The two speeds were averaged together to get the official time. Throughout the day, the max speed seems to have been 284.3 mph.
It’s almost terrifying. Even with the straight road and presumably an even grade, I can’t even imagine how close you could come to disaster at that velocity. At the same time, I’m extremely jealous of the pure, unfiltered speed driver Niklas Lilja must have felt. It must have been scary and liberating at the same time.
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“Bonneville Salt Flats.
No good as they can’t get the traction on the salt.
When I was young and stupid I did 120 in a Ford Escort.
It pegged at 80, but the car running next to me went up to 140 on the gauge, plus I knew just based on the time to clear the distance it had to be close to that.
You lose it at that speed and they don’t send an ambulance. They send a street sweeper with a power spray nozzle.
Read an article about this Lotus chassis, carbon fiber bodied monster selling for 1.2 million per copy. It has a turbocharged 427 but couldn’t find out what make. I assume it is a big block chevy with aluminum heads to optimize airflow and keep cylinder head temps down to counter turbo heat generation.
I have been to 150 mph years ago when I could do it and it was many hours per year over 15 years or so. Another two cars I have now are electronically limited to 155 mph. The more powerful one I have had briefly up to 150 and it was a piece of cake. The less powerful one I have had up to 140 mph and also a piece of cake.
My old car was a 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo and it could be a handful. At 150 in a straight line it was not so bad.
no lie, the first real discernible break in the center lines is ~160 and 5th up to 220 is hotsh!t...
i was watching this earlier, you might find it interesting
compressed air free horsepower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObzWnWlCfM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_State_Classic_Challenge
Another Neveda race, even better I believe. 207 MPH average or 90 miles, with plenty of curves.
In the 70’s I had a blown gas altered car. More recently I wen’t out on a friend’s Hayabusa, which had more speed in it than I managed.
Nothing from ACME was ever of any quality.
You'd think that stupid Coyote would learn right? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Not necessarily. Saw a Nissan GTR crash at over 250mph and the driver survived. He had extensive injuries, but he lived.
Who drove it at 250+ mph? Kevin Harvick, who won the Texas race today?
Way, way cool !!!
“shifting gears”
I counted 7 gears. Is that what y’all got?
Is that legal?
The Salt Lake guys apparently have traction issues getting up to speed.
It much more than launch control. The Demon has a transmission break like a real drag car.
Set them up the same and likely a far different outcome.
Was me, would not want to drive something with the aerodynamics of a Demon much past 140.
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