View Full Version : What is the fastest car ever made?
tmnt_ppn
11-09-2004, 08:57 AM
what is the fastest piston-powered car ever made?
from what i know is this car: Mercedes-Benz W125 Record 1938
it can tops 433 kph / 269.1 mph. its peak output is 736 bhp @ 5800 rpm.
is there's anyone know anything faster?
Coventrysucks
11-09-2004, 09:10 AM
The fastest piston powered, wheel driven "car" is Goldenrod, with 4 Hemis powering it to 409.277mph in 1965
Sweeney921
11-09-2004, 09:29 AM
The story behind the MB record was that the speed they reached was 269mph, however when it reached that speed, a strong gust flipped the car through the air and it was destroyed, and the driver was killed. There was another MB record made, and it still lives today. The top speed of the car is over 269mph, but it has never been reached; and never will be reached with this car.
the real deal
11-09-2004, 09:35 AM
The fastest road car is this 1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech. It does 278mph. Thats all the details that i can find bout it!
Matra et Alpine
11-09-2004, 10:26 AM
The fastest road car is this 1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech. It does 278mph. Thats all the details that i can find bout it!
I think the top speed was an 'estimate'.
It did go on to break lots of high-speed endurance records and has a slot in the Motorsport Hall of Fame in Michigan. But I dont' remember it getting top speed.
tmnt_ppn
11-09-2004, 11:27 AM
The fastest piston powered, wheel driven "car" is Goldenrod, with 4 Hemis powering it to 409.277mph in 1965
do you have any pics of it? and maybe a few details like its peak power?
Mustang
11-09-2004, 11:30 AM
Thrust :)
not pistom powered but...
dragsters can get ot 300 just about i think 295mph or something
Matra et Alpine
11-09-2004, 11:33 AM
Thrust :)
Not really fair, Mustang.
Thrust is turbine and doesn't drive the wheels.
It gets a different class for speed.
tmnt_ppn
11-09-2004, 12:18 PM
if we're using jets, why not the saturn 5??? :p
Sweeney921
11-09-2004, 01:05 PM
if we're using jets, why not the saturn 5??? :pdoesn't have wheels, and it doesn't even carry people :p
PerfAdv
11-09-2004, 01:16 PM
With twin hemi racing engines that put out 4,000 horsepower. The Burkland Streamliner as reported on http://www.missoulian.com/NIE/topics/041105-fast.html
A quote from the site listed above:
The car blasts across the desert floor and flashes through a measured mile course in 8.2 seconds.
The remarkably short scene recorded by Svoboda documented a new world land speed record for piston-powered, wheel-driven vehicles. The feat was accomplished on Oct. 16 by an all-Montana team.
The speed: an incredible 417.020 miles per hour for a two-way average in the “flying mile,” in which the car – called a streamliner in the sport....
Coventrysucks
11-09-2004, 01:26 PM
do you have any pics of it? and maybe a few details like its peak power?
"The Summers Brothers' gorgeous Goldenrod produced 608 bhp from each of its four supercharged Chrysler Hemis. It was 32 ft long, 48 in wide, and most of it was 28 in high. The wheelbase was 207 in, and the whole car weighed 8450 lb. Uses four-wheel drive."
It hit 425 in practice and was never driven in top gear, so could have gone faster.
http://www.autocentre.ua/ac/02/24/images/09/SpeedGoldenrod.jpg
More (http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/campbell.archives/goldenrod.asp)
tmnt_ppn
11-09-2004, 01:46 PM
not much like a car, but it's nice.