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    The Ford GT90 was originally to be built with 900 hp and 400 km/h.
    Oldsmobil Aerotech - 447 km/h (reached)
    SVSi Stryker Viper TT - 397 km/h, maybe you can find other data as well.
    Weineck Cobra - who knows?
    Also, try other CanAm racers as well, like the Shadow Mk1 AVS.
    Mercedes C111 III and IV - 403,878 km/h average reached at Nardo
    Spirit of 76 - fastest wheel-driven - 696,331 km/h (reached)
    Le Mans, WMP 88 - 405 km/h, Sauber-Mercedes C9 - 400 km/h (reached)
    KITT - the highest speed I can remember was 268 mph.
    The 950 hp Porsche Carrera GT follow-up is coming at 400 km/h.
    Orca SC7 - 400 km/h (est)

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    Wow, thank you!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    The Ford GT90 was originally to be built with 900 hp and 400 km/h.
    SVSi Stryker Viper TT - 397 km/h, maybe you can find other data as well.
    Le Mans, WMP 88 - 405 km/h, Sauber-Mercedes C9 - 400 km/h (reached)
    The 950 hp Porsche Carrera GT follow-up is coming at 400 km/h.
    I didn't know about it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    Oldsmobil Aerotech - 447 km/h (reached)
    Oh, yes, I forgot it. I have also heard 415 kmh and... 482...

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    Spirit of 76 - fastest wheel-driven - 696,331 km/h (reached)
    Yes, but it is not fastest wheel-driven car. Turbinator reached in 2001 458,4439 mph (738 kph). But cars like those won't never enter street of track, so I'm not including them (there are whoole lot mooore Boneville streamliners which can exceed 400 kph).

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    KITT - the highest speed I can remember was 268 mph.
    I was wandering about this!! Thanks!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    Mercedes C111 III and IV - 403,878 km/h average reached at Nardo
    III too? I've read it reached only 327,3 km/h (IV is on my list).

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    Weineck Cobra - who knows?
    It acceletares incredibly, but top speed is "only" about 345 km/h.

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    apart from the dauer 962 the other two variations ought to reach 400 kmh as well, that is DP 962 and schuppan 962 CR
    12 cylinders or walk!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ecnelis View Post
    III too? I've read it reached only 327,3 km/h (IV is on my list).
    No, sorry, not the III.

    I think the Veyron prototypes also reached 400, they had a bit different name (EB16/4).

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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi View Post
    apart from the dauer 962 the other two variations ought to reach 400 kmh as well, that is DP 962 and schuppan 962 CR
    All I have found about other 962's is:

    Porsche DP 962 - 340 kph
    Schuppan 962CR - 370 kph
    Koenig C62 - 378 kph

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ecnelis View Post
    All I have found about other 962's is:

    Porsche DP 962 - 340 kph
    Schuppan 962CR - 370 kph
    Koenig C62 - 378 kph


    dang i thought those things were much faster...
    12 cylinders or walk!

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    In one episode of Knight Rider, there was a 'counter-KITT' called KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot). It might be appr. as fast as KITT.

    I guess they can go beyond 400 in IRL/Champ Car too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi View Post
    dang i thought those things were much faster...
    Yes, 340 - 380 km/h is pretty damn close to walking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sicilian973-2 View Post
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    Top speed: "only" 236 mph (380 km/h).

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    I guess they can go beyond 400 in IRL/Champ Car too.
    According to Wiki IRL speed record is 224 mph (360 kph).
    Last edited by Ecnelis; 02-25-2007 at 01:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ecnelis View Post
    According to Wiki IRL speed record is 224 mph (360 kph).
    I don't think so: 382,216 km/h average speed thru 1 lap (Guinness book). I'm sure the top speed was over 400.

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    what about the veyron, it has reached the 400km/h and it does have a limiter to that speed because of tires and the fuel deposit size!!
    it´s the closest , according to the press, to a 400km/h "friendly"/"every day use" car.
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    It Top Gear TV series they have reached 407,9 kph in Veyron and it is on my list with this top speed.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kultag View Post
    I don't think so: 382,216 km/h average speed thru 1 lap (Guinness book). I'm sure the top speed was over 400.
    I'll check it. 224 mph (360 kph) was in IRL only... Thanks.

    EDIT: Interesting comparsion: http://www.champcarworldseries.com/T...omparisons.asp

    Looks like the Champ Car vehicles are fastest.

    EDIT2: This is what I've found: "In 2000 Gil de Ferran recorded Honda's fifth consecutive CART Drivers' championship while setting a new world closed-course speed record of 241.428 mph at California Speedway." - 388,5 km/h.

    It was at October 28, 2000... Do you know when and where the average of 382,2 km/h was reached?
    Last edited by Ecnelis; 02-25-2007 at 04:36 PM.

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    There was an article in an American car mag (can't remember which one) and they did a big top speed test with a Champ car and IIRC it hit around the 380kmh mark
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen View Post
    There was an article in an American car mag (can't remember which one) and they did a big top speed test with a Champ car and IIRC it hit around the 380kmh mark
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