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Showing posts with label ssc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ssc. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
SSC Aero Ultimate
The SSC Ultimate Aero is an American-built mid-engine supercar by Shelby SuperCars. The higher-performance limited production version, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT produces more emissions-legal horsepower than any other production automobile in the world and previously held the Guinness Book of World Records record for being the fastest production car in the world (succeeded by the 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport),with a recorded speed of 412.28 km/h (256.18 mph).
This speed was achieved during tests on September 13, 2007 West Richland, Washington, United States and verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007. This speed however does not reflect the Ultimate Aero TT's full potential. SSC estimates that the newer, more powerful and lighter weight 2009 Ultimate Aero TT is capable of a top speed of over 270 mph (430 km/h).The SSC Ultimate Aero does not have electronic aids such as ABS brakes or traction control because (to quote Jerod Shelby) "Early design philosophy on the car was to make it a drivers car. I wanted a car that you not only throttled with your right foot but at times you could steer with your right foot.".The Aero and the Shelby SuperCars company are the brainchildren of Jerod Shelby (no relation to retired racing driver and sportscar builder Carroll Shelby), who started out building exotic "replicars" including a Fiero-based Ferrari F355 replica and a Lamborghini Diablo replica based on a spaceframe which later was used in the Ultimate Aero prototype. Jerod later moved from building replicas to designing his first Supercar and after seven years it finally began to take shape. Although the basic Aero model is no longer produced, the Ultimate Aero is still in production with an MSRP of around $650,000
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2007 SSC Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo
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SSC Aero Ultimate
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Labels:cars,custom,modified,cars updated,cars insuranceThursday, February 17, 2011
After breaking the record in the air, the challenge was to achieve at the surface and on wheels. The difficulties were considerable, especially on the power required and the stability of the vehicle. A Bugatti Veyron by little beyond 400 km / h with 1,001 horsepower, and when they want to get that speed, it takes a bestial power, much less is proportional.
Hit a jump to 1997 in Black Rock, Nevada (USA). Andy Green is intended to break the sound barrier, and therefore the land speed record with the Thrust Super Sonic Car (SSC). I had no engine pistons (what we know for cars) but two Rolls Royce Spey 202 jet engines that propelled the legendary McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, the father of the F-15. The power that could develop the car was in the order of 110,000 hp, of course, the reactors did not encourage any transmission to the wheels, they were free.
On October 13, amid great expectations from the media, Andy Green managed to reach the not inconsiderable figure of 1229.81 kilometers per hour, more than Mach 1 or 740 miles per hour, but did not become official. Two days after the record was improved to 1232.93 Km / h, then yes.
The feat was performed in the desert between heavy security. For those who ask the question, no speed trap of DGT have managed to get the license plate, it is beyond their means for more than 800 km / h.
Why I said officially? That assumes that the Budweiser Rocket managed to surpass Mach 1.01 in 1979, but there was insufficient evidence to certify the record, by the lack of measures and that the witnesses did not hear the sonic boom that occurs when you exceed that speed .
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