As we noted last year, John Hennessey claims that his upcoming Venom F5 will do 290 mph. You may remember that Hennessey's current Venom GT went 270.49 miles per hour at the Kennedy Space Center. That he's bringing a Venom GT to SEMA is no surprise. Nor is his claim that he's found over 200 more ponies running on E85. The man is nothing if not horsepower hungry, and alcohol's anti-detonation properties allow Hennessey to turn up the twin-turbocharged 7.0-liter LS2-based engine's boost from 19 to 26 psi.
-The result? According to Hennessey, 207 more horsepower for a total of 1451. 60 mph will arrive in 2.4 seconds, with 100 coming just two seconds later. The sprint to 200 should take 12.8 seconds. The projected quarter-mile time is 9.4 seconds at 167 mph. Conveniently, the E85 car's top-speed prediction slots in right between the Venom GT's Cape Canaveral run and the future F5's alleged top speed.
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The Lotus-faced rocket sled won't be around much longer. John Hennessey says his company plans to produce "a handful" of Venom GTs in 2016. We do, however, expect some Putin-esque feats of manly speed from the Texas tuning shop. So like, be on the lookout for those.
-from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/nSHy27
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