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BustedS13
04-04-2010, 11:46 AM
Insanely Fast Now Has a Face: The 2011 Hennessey Venom GT | Auto in the News (http://www.autointhenews.com/insanely-fast-now-has-a-face-the-2011-hennessey-venom-gt/)



Insanely Fast Now Has a Face: The 2011 Hennessey Venom GT

by jburney on March 29, 2010

http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-image-e1269887734582.jpg (http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-image.jpg)
Watch out Bugatti Veyron, there’s another supercar brewing!
John Hennessey has spent a lot of time over the years enhancing already fast vehicles; Dodge Vipers, Ford GTs, and Chevrolet Corvettes, but it is now time for Hennessey Performance Engineering to unleash its very own supercar, the 2011 Venom GT.
http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-2-image-e1269887846849.jpg (http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-2-image.jpg)
The Venom GT looks to combine the look of the Lotus Exige, the proportions of the Porsche Carerra GT, and the engine of the Corvette ZR1; adding the Hennessey name. The Exige body is lowered, widened by 12-inches, and 18-inches longer. Under the hood, the Venom GT has a supercharged LS9 V8 engine, like the Corvette ZR1, which can potentially give the lightweight, 2,400 pound Venom up to 1200 horsepower.
http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-engine-image-e1269887812935.jpg (http://www.autointhenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hennessey-Venom-GT-engine-image.jpg)
The Hennessey Venom GT can do its 0–60-miles per hour sprint in 2.4 seconds; reach 200 miles per hour in 14.3 seconds, and hit a top speed of 272 miles per hour. With all that acceleration, what about the brakes? Don’t worry, the Venom’s spoiler alone acts as a brake, helping the Venom cancel 200 miles per hour in seven seconds.
All for about $600,000. Interested? Me too!

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holy shit!

ILoveMyRHS13
04-04-2010, 11:56 AM
Holy FUCK. 200-0 in 7 seconds?

Very impressive.

BustedS13
04-04-2010, 12:15 PM
edit:
it says it has a ZR1 engine, but that's clearly a Viper v10. uhhhh

illvialuver
04-04-2010, 12:21 PM
miiiiiiiiiiiiinnd blasting!!! 270+ miles per hour?!!?!?!? damnnnnn

ILoveMyRHS13
04-04-2010, 12:24 PM
edit:
it says it has a ZR1 engine, but that's clearly a Viper v10. uhhhh
Hmmm, that picture actually looks like a Henessey Viper engine bay.

BustedS13
04-04-2010, 12:30 PM
Hmmm, that picture actually looks like a Henessey Viper engine bay.

it says "venom" on the fan shroud, though. maybe it was just the prototype?

ILoveMyRHS13
04-04-2010, 12:32 PM
it says "venom" on the fan shroud, though. maybe it was just the prototype?
But it says Twin Turbo as well. Wasn't the Henessey Viper called the Venom 900 Twin turbo something or other?

EDIT: It was called the Henessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo. Makes sense MANG.

BustedS13
04-04-2010, 12:36 PM
fair enough, fair enough.
i need an action video.

HyperTek
04-04-2010, 12:41 PM
yeah wrong engine picture, notice the windsheild wipers and the brake mc.

So who is claiming this hits 270mph? i wanna see proof! hopefully one day Top Gear gets to play with one lol

Tantwoforty
04-04-2010, 12:46 PM
yeah wrong engine picture, notice the windsheild wipers and the brake mc.

So who is claiming this hits 270mph? i wanna see proof! hopefully one day Top Gear gets to play with one lol
maby it will beat the jet...

soreballz
04-04-2010, 02:25 PM
Too bad it's a Henesssey project...

nathanong87
04-04-2010, 02:32 PM
like exactly like an exige...

Future240
04-04-2010, 02:45 PM
My pants just got tight at the thought of this.

Too bad it's a Henesssey project...

Glad I'm not the only one who is skeptical.

GSXRJJordan
04-04-2010, 03:18 PM
Repost. http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/313606-hennessey-venom-gt-tuned-lotus-elise.html

lawrenceyang
04-04-2010, 04:15 PM
oh my god that's quick

TheWolf
04-04-2010, 04:54 PM
Maybe everyone can place an order and in 10 years you'll get a viper with a cam upgrade instead... and a promise that it's just as fast...

racerx2k1
04-04-2010, 05:17 PM
Repost

http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/313606-hennessey-venom-gt-tuned-lotus-elise.html?highlight=venom