Chiron breaks the 300mph barrier

[antipop]

It took over 30 years to go from 200mph to 300mph but here it is.

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuS_bXJNync

It is quite insane to watch and think what it must be like to drive at that speed.

I would love to know how long the fuel tanks and the tyres last. I believe those are the two constraining factors here. 500kph was very close too and it would have been amazing to break that too.

[sircharles]

Wow!
What it must feel like to be in that car driving that fast. The adrenaline!

[Masterlu]

I saw this yesterday; and it is amazing. I wouldn’t be too concerned with fuel or tires, as the new Bugatti is $11M (not a typo)

[radio times]

It's a nice stable chassis for speed is the Chiron, but well done all the same.

[antipop]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

I saw this yesterday; and it is amazing. I wouldn’t be too concerned with fuel or tires, as the new Bugatti is $11M (not a typo)

It's not the cost that concern me but rather what is their limits. I'm sure any owner of a Bugatti don't really care about the cost of fuel or tyres.

I had 2 high speed experience recently. One on a banked ring (closed road) at 130mph and another on the autobahn at 140mph. Both were quite intense and required all of my focus.

I can't even imagine the nerves needed at 300mph knowing that any small movement can mean finding the car in the ditch.

[robfine]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

I saw this yesterday; and it is amazing. I wouldn’t be too concerned with fuel or tires, as the new Bugatti is $11M (not a typo)

Or as it would be listed in the Marketplace:

FS: New sound system 10/10. $11M. Movable Bugatti rack included NC. Buyer pays Paypal and shipping fees.

P.S. The lucky buyer need a friend or two to get this up the stairs.

[Mikado463]

as for a reference ........ a Top Fuel dragster hits 300 mph in 3 seconds and in less than a 1000 feet.

[radio times]

The Thrust SSC hit 763 mph in less than 14 miles. Full opposite lock at 525 mph must have been mildly amusing.

[andrewmr]

Originally Posted by Mikado463

as for a reference ........ a Top Fuel dragster hits 300 mph in 3 seconds and in less than a 1000 feet.

Came in to say similar.....




Top Fuel dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 335 miles per hour (539 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (305 m) runs in 3.64 seconds. Here are some fuel facts.

* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower (11,000 HP) than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.

* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.

* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster's supercharger.

* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.

* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.

* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.

* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.

* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.

* Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.

* In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acce leration approaches 8 G's.

* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 480 revolutions from light to light!

* Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.

* The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.

* THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.

0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin ‘chutes at 300 MPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth . . quicker than a jet fighter plane . . . quicker than the space shuttle.

The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 3,628 seconds for the 1000' track (2018, Clay Millican). The top speed record is 336.57 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run (2018, Tony Schumacher).

Putting this all into perspective:

You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 200 MPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.

The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you.

He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH & not only cau ght, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1000 foot long race!

That's acceleration!

[Masterlu]

^^^ Very Cool Post.