What Is The Fastest Engine Powered Car In The World?
Engine: | twin-turbo, 5.0-liter V-8 |
Horsepower: | 1,341 horsepower |
Torque: | 1,160 pound-feet |
0-60 mph: | 2.6 seconds |
Top speed: | 278 mph |
Big-block-Chevy streamliner tops piston-powered land speed record Back to video. The Speed Demon 715 is driven by a twin-turbocharged 555-cubic-inch (9.0L) Chevy engine. Driven by George Poteet, the car set an initial time of 469.298 mph over a five-mile run, its fastest time on the course.Aug 14, 2020
470.733 mphNHRA - National Hot Rod Association On August 14, 2020, the southern-California-based Speed Demon team set a new record for piston-engine vehicles at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Speed Demon streamliner achieved a flying mile speed of 470.733 mph with an exit speed of 481.576 mph.Aug 19, 2020
Speed Demon is a land speed racing car built in 2010 by Ron Main for George Poteet. After making "the fastest piston engine pass ever", turning in a two-way average of 437.183 mph (703.578 km/h).
The only things constraining the builders and drivers of the Streamliner classes are their own imaginations. Watch these space pods fly across the five-mile course on the Bonneville Salt Flats in competition that considers 240 mph “a shakedown pass”, and you'll wonder if they even follow the laws of physics.
Teddy Tetzlaff drove a Blitzen Benz racecar and drove across the Bonneville Salt Flats. He set a 142.8 miles per hour speed back then. This was an unofficial land-speed record.Aug 30, 2021
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George Poteet and Ron Main's Speed Demon has established a new land speed record for a piston engined wheel driven car. During Bonneville Speed Week the car hit 451.933 mph with Poteet at the wheel, setting a new combined record of 437.183 mph smashing the old record by 47.183 mph.
211 mphThe crew at JBPG was able to run the Challenger Demon up to a top speed of 211 mph. The company said this is a new top speed record for the car. What's really wild is the fact the Demon pulled 0.2 g just during acceleration, and the 211 top speed comes in under one minute.Apr 7, 2019