Hennessey has its way with a Lotus, Venom baby born

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Hennessey has its way with a Lotus, Venom baby born

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The (tuners?) from Texas take an LS9, monkey with it to get 725 hp and slap it into a Lotus. Fine.
They also have plans to make 1000 and 1200 hp twin turbo variants :buttsex: . Oh, and they also offer a one day track orientation. Yeah, like you could ever drive that thing on the road. Thank God it is getting traction control.
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:dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob: :dropgob:




..........That thing is mind-blowingly incredible
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Even with traction control, I have to wonder if it will be controllable! We need to see video's of it actually running!!!!
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The company plans to establish a network of Venom GT dealers and distributors in the Middle East, Europe, Russia, Australia and Asia. Production is limited to just 10 vehicles per year and the company already has orders for 4 Venom GT’s.
Tis going to be very expensive...
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Sabre wrote: Tis going to be very expensive...
Aye. But I don't think any of us expected it not to be :lol:
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Cereb Daithi wrote:
Sabre wrote: Tis going to be very expensive...
Aye. But I don't think any of us expected it not to be :lol:
lol, good point...
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I'll believe it when all ten are delivered on time without the aid of a lawsuit on behalf of the purchasers.

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So, in one year, there have been 2.5 of these cars built. They are still working on the third.
Jalopink has a funny review of riding in the second one.
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complacent wrote:I'll believe it when all ten are delivered on time without the aid of a lawsuit on behalf of the purchasers.
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That thing sounds ridiculous...
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complacent wrote:I'll believe it when all ten are delivered on time without the aid of a lawsuit on behalf of the purchasers.
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Sabre wrote:Even with traction control, I have to wonder if it will be controllable! We need to see video's of it actually running!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... urV3v9RYeU#![/video]
Looks like most of the pieces are staying on the car and it is going straight.
I just was thinking something different for 'traction' control. Sounds more like 'engine cut when wheels go faster than pavement'...control.
But good Lord, 230mph in 20 seconds? That is impressive.
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That is damn impressive.
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:dropgob:

that's fast.
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Fast enough to outrun customer's lawyers...
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