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Posted 2 Years, 2 Months ago #1
Top fuel dragsters hit over 300mph in the quarter mile. But what could they do over a longer distance? If you took one out to the Bonneville salt flats and kept it floored until it blew (or ran out of fuel) could you get to 375mph or 400mph?
How fast can a piston-engine car go?
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Posted 2 Years, 2 Months ago #2
Nolan White did a one-way mile at 413mph in `Autopower`, but was fatally injured on the return run. This is the SCTA mile record.
Al Teague holds the FIA piston-engined record at 409.9mph for the two-way measured mile, 425mph for the two-way measured kilmoetre.
Bob Summers in `Goldenrod` holds the normally-aspirated (no turbos or superchargers) record for the two-way measured mile at 409.7mph.
The "wheel-driven" record (i.e. including turbines) is held by Don Vesco at 458mph in `Turbinator` which is as you`d expect a gas-turbine car. pete
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