http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/08/video-hennessey-gtr700-rips-2-8s-0-60-with-launch-control-off/
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You name it and John Hennessey will make it faster. From Vipers to Vettes to Challengers, Hennessey Performance will take competent sports cars and make them into tire-shredding speed demons with more horsepower than any street-going vehicle should ever logically have. The latest creation to come from the Texas tuner is the GTR700 based on the Nissan GT-R. The upgraded Godzilla now sports 715 horsepower and 662 lb-ft torque thanks to numerous modifications including a stainless steel exhaust system, new ECU programming, modified turbos with larger compressor wheels, 100mm cold air intake, high-flow fuel injectors, transmission cooler, clutch pack upgrades, and more. The result is stupefying. Sixty mph comes up in just 2.8 seconds, 100 mph in 6.7 seconds and 150 mph in 14.5 seconds. Compared to a stock GT-R, the GTR700 reaches 186 mph in less than half the time. Someone needs to take this thing to the Nurburgring. Hit the jump to watch the Hennessey GTR700 hit a full 1.0g during acceleration on its way to a 10.87 sec @ 132 mph quarter mile run.
---I am parting out!!!!---
12.5@116 2.0 60ft
and then the tranny grenades...
I keed i keed
Hennessey is a beast...I've always loved his vipers...mmm
imagine how nice it would be if it didn't start as a pile
Brian
pretty nice id read the comments on the bottom of that page and i dont think many people like him lol.
hes a crook@$$! will always be one...
Phewes wrote:hes a crook@$$! will always be one...
I have to disagree there
My gf's parents have had 2 Hennessy Vipers and love them
Now Carol Shelby on the other hand ... hes the crook
LOL maybe he didnt mess with your gf's parents vipers. but he did on many of others'
I love how it sounds.
"A car just isn't a car without a little blood, sweat, and beers." -- Shadowfire
One of the big 3 should hire this guy
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
Mr. Kleindl wrote:Phewes wrote:hes a crook@$$! will always be one...
I have to disagree there
My gf's parents have had 2 Hennessy Vipers and love them
Now Carol Shelby on the other hand ... hes the crook
does your gf have a sister? lol
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wonder how many gtr owners he will rip off and how many will be missing pieces to their cars , LMAO
So let's see, goes from an 11.3 stock to a 10.87 with the package that will cost you 10k...seems worth it...NOT!!!!
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4 Cams...32 Valves...5 Liters...This Could Get Fun!
Remeber skunk it still has the Fagomatic nissan trans. and weighs 2 tons. And its still not a ZR1 killer. I hated the comparisons they did with original gtr compared to the z06 and ZR1 they adjusted so many things to make it look like this car was the second coming. Now owners are just realizing its just an over hyped money pit.
Rodimus Prime wrote:One of the big 3 should hire this guy
Are you kidding???? Do you have any idea how many @!#$ up things this guy has done? The one that keeps poping into my head is the TT Viper with a gravity drain for the turbos that were located about even with the bottom of the pan. That guy has no business designing anything for any car.
mitdr774 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:One of the big 3 should hire this guy
Are you kidding???? Do you have any idea how many @!#$ up things this guy has done? The one that keeps poping into my head is the TT Viper with a gravity drain for the turbos that were located about even with the bottom of the pan. That guy has no business designing anything for any car.
Agreed. Let's see how many customer complaints, publicized horror stories etc etc that Hennessey has compared to Shelby, Roush, and Lingenfelter. I think it is hilarious that that one guy said Carrol Shelby is a crook.... Now, I will admit that most of us in here probably don't have a car built by any of these guys, but I wouldn't call Shelby a crook at all from what I have seen and heard. I have heard PLENTY of Hennessey horror stories in my lifetime.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
In my family we teach that boys have a God-stick and girls have a Shame Cave. -John Stewart
Rodimus Prime wrote:One of the big 3 should hire this guy
to help solve the cobalt heatsoak issue?
Just kidding man... but I have heard horror stories as well
Lanman31337 -F = fatties = do not want. A little chunk in the junk is ok though.
