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John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« on: October 25, 2012, 09:24:15 PM »
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 11:08:26 PM »
I thought this was going to be about one of those guys who gets a RR Merlin engine from somewhere and shoehorns it into a car.
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2012, 05:51:54 AM »
When I first looked at that I thought you had written MPG.  I was all prepared to be astounded.

Closed course.  Straddle the white dotted line.  No cops in pursuit.  What fun is that?

I suppose I could be astounded to know that the RIFD reader worked at a target moving past as 220mph, but I'm not.

But everybody looked like they had fun.  And nobody got their eye poked out.  That's what counts.

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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2012, 08:02:26 AM »
I've never been a big Chevy fan but I must admit that Camaro sounds pretty sweet.
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2012, 08:37:52 AM »
Only 1200?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBO8qMRDoBE

AMS Alpha-Omega version of my car:
1600hp AT THE WHEELS
233mph in the standing mile (top speed is higher)
8.62@174.8mph 1/4 mile

Oh, and OVER 1000ft-lbs of torque.
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2012, 06:42:08 PM »
You have a GT-R?

A pet peeve of mine is music dubbed into hot car videos.  The only music I want to hear is coming out of the exhaust.  It's the equivalent of black bars on a nudie pic.
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2012, 07:35:14 PM »
Quote from: Lee on October 26, 2012, 06:42:08 PM
You have a GT-R?

Yup, it's my nice weather daily driver when I'm not riding the bikes.  2009 gunmetal grey. 
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2012, 08:26:01 PM »
Nice! That's my dream car. I can barely stay out of trouble driving my Jeep though...I'd be dead or in jail if I owned any of the cars in those videos....Even at my advanced age
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2012, 09:03:09 PM »
Quote from: Lee on October 26, 2012, 08:26:01 PM
Nice! That's my dream car. I can barely stay out of trouble driving my Jeep though...I'd be dead or in jail if I owned any of the cars in those videos....Even at my advanced age

Knock on wood, but I haven't gotten pulled over in a while, and that's saying something considering between the gtr, raptor, and cbr1000, its a total of 1100hp. (480/420/200)...I have a "problem" some would say :)
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2012, 10:35:03 PM »
Quote from: birdman on October 26, 2012, 08:37:52 AM
Only 1200?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBO8qMRDoBE

AMS Alpha-Omega version of my car:
1600hp AT THE WHEELS
233mph in the standing mile (top speed is higher)
8.62@174.8mph 1/4 mile

Oh, and OVER 1000ft-lbs of torque.

At 3:07 I can't even imagine the pucker factor.
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2012, 08:47:42 AM »
Quote from: CNYCacher on October 26, 2012, 10:35:03 PM
At 3:07 I can't even imagine the pucker factor.

Probably around "turn coal to diamonds"
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2012, 10:09:49 AM »
Quote from: birdman on October 27, 2012, 08:47:42 AM
Probably around "turn coal to diamonds"

Is there a scale for pucker factor?


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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2012, 02:55:24 PM »
Upping the ante:  modified Fort GT sets new record for standing mile:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/29/performance-power-racing-ford-gt-sets-283-mph-standing-mile-record/?intcmp=features

1700 hp, 283 mph
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Re: John Hennessey's 1200-hp Cadillac
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2012, 08:21:07 PM »
Sure, it's all fun and games till your retinas detach.  :O
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