Worlds Fastest Production Car.. Made in USA

[68ZooM]

This according to Guinness is the Worlds Fastest Production Car Pricetag of alittle over $685,000.00 Dollars and its Made in America, West Richland in Washington State, Sure its way over my head and most others but sure beats the performance of those European Cars that are well over the one million plus pricetag..


Type: SSC Designed Billet Aluminum V8 Block
Displacement: 387.2 cu.in.
Bore x Stroke: 4.125 x 3.620"
Compression Ratio: 8.975:1
Horsepower: 1287 bhp @ 6075 rpm
Torque: 1112 ft-lbs @ 6150 rpm
Redline: 7200 rpm
Fuel Injection: Electronic Sequential Port
Weight: 422 lbs.
Oil: SAE 5W/30 Fully Synthetic Racing
Induction System: Sequential, multi-port fuel injection, Twin Turbo Chargers. Dual-Water to Air Intercoolers.
Fuel: Premium Unleaded - 91 Pump Octane



Dry Weight: 2,750 lbs.
Weight to Horsepower
Ratio (lbs/hp): 2.14 - New Production Record!
Weight Distribution F/R: Front: 42%
Rear: 58%
Wheel Base: 105.2"
Length: 176.2"
Width: 82.7"
Height: 43.0"
Ground Clearance: 4.0"

Performance
0-60 mph: 2.78 seconds
1/4 Mile: 9.90 seconds at 144 mph
Top Speed: 257.41 MPH / Official Average: 256.15 MPH
Skidpad: 1.05 g
0-100mph-0: 11.66
60mph-0 (braking): 103 feet

Holds the World Record of Fastest Production Car.... heres there web link
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/

[OOZ662]

Is it actually made in Washington? All I see is that they performed the top-speed test here...but I didn't look very hard.

[EskimoJoe]

I'd like to see somebody race it off road  

[OOZ662]

They'd end up like Richard Hammond.

[ink]

well it says made in USA,

but ya a very sick car, there may be one car i take over a challenger

[OOZ662]

well it says made in USA,

but ya a very sick car, there may be one car i take over a challenger

This is what makes me curious, since all I found was that it was tested there.

its Made in America, West Richland in Washington State

[druski85]

Shelby SuperCars, LLC
P.O. Box 4508
West Richland, WA 99353

That twin turbo is a friggin beast.  9.9 sec quarter mile?  Yes please  

[OOZ662]

Spiffy.

[68ZooM]

This is what makes me curious, since all I found was that it was tested there.

OOZ,  click there website link all there info is on there... also i did a wikipedia search which also brought up alot of info... feel free to look ..

[OOZ662]

I read the Wiki article on the car (read the summary, scanned the rest) and didn't find it, so I decided to be lazy and ask here.

[morfiend]

That skidpad performance doesnt look very good considering the power to weight ratio!

 Would likely be a squirrely ride around any decent track and outright dangerous on the road.

 But it is FAST.....

[edog1977]

That skidpad performance doesnt look very good considering the power to weight ratio!

 Would likely be a squirrely ride around any decent track and outright dangerous on the road.

 But it is FAST.....

In my opinion skid pad numbers are misleading. I don't think the cars go around skip pads fast enough for aerodynamics to come into play.

Besides, isn't slightly over 1g above average for most production cars, and on par with many so called super cars?  I just checked, and the Enzo was tested at VIR and achieved 1.05g on the skid pad, and it isn't exactly a dog around a track.

What "decent track" resembles a skid pad?

[morfiend]

 While I'll not claim to be an expert,I've always thought skidpad performance as a measure of a cars cornering ability.

 IIRC,it was sometime in the 80's that the vette could approach 1g in cornering and I know todays F1 cars pull 4 to 5 g's in the corners.

 Now I havent spent the time to look up the latest and greatest cars and there skidpad performance numbers,it seemed to me as being rather unimpressive.

 As for your question,well it's a loaded question and I wont attempt to answer!

   

[Swoop]

Call me once it's been round the Nurburgring.

[edog1977]

While I'll not claim to be an expert,I've always thought skidpad performance as a measure of a cars cornering ability.

 IIRC,it was sometime in the 80's that the vette could approach 1g in cornering and I know todays F1 cars pull 4 to 5 g's in the corners.

 Now I havent spent the time to look up the latest and greatest cars and there skidpad performance numbers,it seemed to me as being rather unimpressive.

 As for your question,well it's a loaded question and I wont attempt to answer!

   

And those same F1 car probably don't do a whole lot better than a production car around a skid pad.  It's all about the aero at track speeds for F1 and other aero dependent race cars.

I'd say for a race car like a Formula Ford, skid pad number may have more relevance.

For all I know you are correct, and that thing will be a total dog. I just wanted to point out that skid pad numbers aren't all there is to cornering fast.

The other thing to consider is the loads are relatively static around a skid pad.  Where on a track you brake, turn in, hit the apex, and accelerate.  Much more dynamic than a skid pad.

I'm no expert either, but I don't think I'm too far off the mark.