SSC claims back worlds fastest prodiction car title, and all the drama surrounding it

27 SSC claims back worlds fastest prodiction car title, and all the drama surrounding it

Story time! Last year SSC claimed an absurd top speed figure of 331mph (316.11mph average), however, soon people began to be skeptical about the SSC record run and claimed record numbers

Video time, gear ratios and satellite positions just didn't add up. So, Jerod Shelby decided to come out and apologize for the opaqueness of the project and stated that he was going to run the car for the second time.

After a while, news got out that the car had done a second run, but it was, both disappointing, and hopeful at the same time - the owner of the car (a customer) was able to reach 252 mph before engine overheated.

What was interesting though, was that the gear reached used at 250mph suggested the car had lots more potential. All this put aside, people just weren't interested in "just another 250mph car", especially due to the fact that just before, they were claiming 300+ mph.

After another waiting period we got more news and this time it was really good news - SSC claimed the record again and this time (supposedly) for real!

The run was conducted at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this time with the proper equipment, and customer driving (again).

The number you ask? Check 282.9mph! Just to clear things up, Larry Caplin (the owner of the car) achieved 279.7mph on his northbound run, and 286.1mph on southbound run.

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bibsmum 4d ago

amazing still no track times.

ChironSS 1m ago

It's certainly goodnews!

lafars 1m ago

does anyone have an estimate for the 0-400 time, granted he didn't floor it until he was going 50kph due to limited traction (we also have to take into account that a different final drive (3.167) than standard (2.92) which was used get better acceleration on such a short stretch)

NIN 1m ago

Step 1 - 300mph (Chiron Super Sport 300+ production version, I guess)
Step 2 - 300mph 2-way average
Step 3 - 500kph
Step 4 - 500kph 2 way average

There are still a few achievements out there if the manufacturers (and Hennessey*) want to go for them.

*not sure if Hennessey is a true OEM at this point.

DodgeHEMI426 1m ago

I'm actually impressed. Taking into account the relatively short distance to achieve the top speed and the fact that a customer did it, I think 300+ mph might actually be possible.

196ss 1m ago

2,3 miles is too short distance for such a car, they need to find something longer to achieve the full potential of the car.

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SpeedKing 1m ago

The thing that didn't make sense to me was that the Tuatara went from 260-270mph in 3.85sec whereas 270-286mph took 4.5 sec in the same southbound slightly wind assisted run according to the Racelogic GPS.

lafars 1m ago

forgot one thing:

It took 2.87 seconds for the Tuatara to accelerate from 274 to 286 mph.

edit: was unsure of how formatting worked here but it seems to be the same as old.reddit

Corvolet3 1m ago

That's about 460kph, which is still really impressive. Hopefully people won't bash American hypercar makers so much after these news.

FastestLaps 1m ago

Ok so now I can add this to my list of cars to consider when I will be shopping for the 280+ mph car that I don't yet own, but definitely have to (everybody needs a 280+ mph car).