Hennessey Venom GT 0-300km World Record Run - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

kleach18 · 01-22-2013, 04:08 AM

I don't get how this a a stock production car... Beside the fact that it started out as a lotus.. To me it seems more like a kit car.

What are some of your thoughts?

abisson · 01-22-2013, 07:48 AM

It is not a kit car. It is a production car at the same level as a Alpina, RUF or Brabus. Plus, I think Hennessey don't even take the Lotus Chassis. Or they take it and change it completely. (Not sure about this).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_vehicle So it is a production car.

Also, it is funny how they didn't go for the 0-300-0 like Koenigsegg, knowing they couldn't beat them.

kleach18 · 01-22-2013, 08:52 AM

Its a lotus frame/unibody.... The only other thing that is lotus on it it the windshield and doors. When they actually insure it it has a lotus VIN # from what I read online.. So basically I could take a rx7 uni body and stick a big chevy motor in it and redo the body and call it my car that I produce??? That's why I don't get this car... They basically take a 40k car stick a LS9 in it and stick a custom carbon fiber body in it and call it their car.. Its a quick way to get around them actually building a chassis and getting by all the testing that is required by the fed government regulations..

I don't know, it just doesn't seem right. That and they sell these things for 1 million dollars... To each their own though. If they can make a buck on it without another car company suing them then go for it.

On a side note, that thing seems amazing (in a straight line anyways). I'd like to see how this thing compares to the super cars it's compared to in the turns..

kleach18 · 01-22-2013, 08:53 AM

Even the dash is a fairly stock lotus dash from what I read..

abisson · 01-22-2013, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kleach18

Its a lotus frame/unibody.... The only other thing that is lotus on it it the windshield and doors. When they actually insure it it has a lotus VIN # from what I read online.. So basically I could take a rx7 uni body and stick a big chevy motor in it and redo the body and call it my car that I produce??? That's why I don't get this car... They basically take a 40k car stick a LS9 in it and stick a custom carbon fiber body in it and call it their car.. Its a quick way to get around them actually building a chassis and getting by all the testing that is required by the fed government regulations..

I don't know, it just doesn't seem right. That and they sell these things for 1 million dollars... To each their own though. If they can make a buck on it without another car company suing them then go for it.

On a side note, that thing seems amazing (in a straight line anyways). I'd like to see how this thing compares to the super cars it's compared to in the turns..

Jeez... I didn't know all that! I would take 2 Aventador over this lol

kleach18 · 01-22-2013, 09:12 AM

It seems like a crazy car... But when taking the VIN/title to the insurance it's just a million dollar lotus.... Just think if you wreak it... You totaled your car, here is 40k! But I paid 1 million for it..

lol

I'm sure there is something special that can be done to insure it to its full amount.

py0413 · 01-22-2013, 07:26 PM

If I care about going so fast in straight line, I'd signed up to learn how to fly already.

pgviper · 01-23-2013, 09:18 AM

Average acceleration is between 6-7 m/s^2 so technically your almost there haha. I wonder how much longer its going to take before a car can accelerate at the same rate as gravity.

Regardless, this is not an LS9, it's an LS7 (Chevy 7.0L) twin turbo. Whether it be a lotus or not, its a sick car with a ton of engineering. In order to break the record it must be a production car therefore it has to be treated as it's own entity I guess.

Inspired · 01-23-2013, 10:56 AM

They are thanking each other as if they had gotten a nobel prize or something. Great speed, great achievement but just an insanely tuned car off an existing platform. Hence the section where it is featured i guess. They should maybe chill a bit about it and wait with the claps until they have developed an own car from scratch like Koenigsegg and the likes.

Couldnt agree more to this Youtube comment

Elsabor67 · 01-24-2013, 12:01 PM

There is a new model that will have the $5,000,000 option to add wings and a joystick.

It is insane though to accelerate like it does. Just think if it could pick up speed like the planes on aircraft carriers, even though that I think is not that far off.

VMRWheels · 01-24-2013, 02:00 PM

That thing is seriously a jet.

buildbright · 01-24-2013, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kleach18

I don't get how this a a stock production car... Beside the fact that it started out as a lotus.. To me it seems more like a kit car.

What are some of your thoughts?

I agree with you it's a custom built kit car. It's fast and awesome but expensive and I'm sure not very reliable.

DSB335d · 01-25-2013, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by buildbright

Quote:

Originally Posted by kleach18

I don't get how this a a stock production car... Beside the fact that it started out as a lotus.. To me it seems more like a kit car.

What are some of your thoughts?

I agree with you it's a custom built kit car. It's fast and awesome but expensive and I'm sure not very reliable.

I agree with this and would like to add that I would rather build my own SuperLite SLC kit car, same power plant options that Hennessy uses; probably not as light but still crazy fast for around 1/10 the cost of a Hennessy venom gt.

Soorena · 01-27-2013, 05:33 AM

Agreed. It's not truly a production car. And it's highly overpriced.

kleach18 · 01-27-2013, 06:20 AM

Yeah my father and I are actually gathering pieces to build this GTM Supercar.

https://www.factoryfive.com/galleries/gtm-supercar/

We already found a rear end totaled Z06 to use as a donor car for the motor and wiring harness and brakes. Just waiting till I get back to the states to start the project.

Elsabor67 · 01-27-2013, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kleach18

Yeah my father and I are actually gathering pieces to build this GTM Supercar.

https://www.factoryfive.com/galleries/gtm-supercar/

We already found a rear end totaled Z06 to use as a donor car for the motor and wiring harness and brakes. Just waiting till I get back to the states to start the project.

There is a Col here in Stuttgart that has a Factory Five of a Shelby Cobra. At first I thought it was the real Cobra until I saw the Factory Five emblem up front.

DaveButcher · 02-01-2013, 05:23 PM

So fast!

paradoxical3 · 02-05-2013, 10:45 AM

Isn't the AMS ALpha 12 faster? And there are more of them out there as well.

Team Plutonium · 02-05-2013, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kleach18

It seems like a crazy car... But when taking the VIN/title to the insurance it's just a million dollar lotus.... Just think if you wreak it... You totaled your car, here is 40k! But I paid 1 million for it..

lol

I'm sure there is something special that can be done to insure it to its full amount.

Yes, just insure it with state-farm. Although at a miniscule level compared to the venom... I insured all my mods with state-farm... they took photos, and checked receipts. No reason why you couldn't do that with this car. Premiums would be slightly higher though.

01-22-2013, 04:08 AM	#1
kleach18 Essayons Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 264 iTrader: (0)	Hennessey Venom GT 0-300km World Record Run I don't get how this a a stock production car... Beside the fact that it started out as a lotus.. To me it seems more like a kit car. What are some of your thoughts? __________________ / 135i - M-Sport / 6-Speed / BMW Performance Exhaust / BMS Intake / JB4 Stage 2 ISO + Flex Fuel Wires / BMS 3.5in Down Pipe / CP-E Charge Pipe / BMS H8 AE / APEX EC-7's / COBB Tuning Sport Springs / ---Soon to come---- Intercooler / Meth
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01-22-2013, 08:52 AM	#3
kleach18 Essayons Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 264 iTrader: (0)	Its a lotus frame/unibody.... The only other thing that is lotus on it it the windshield and doors. When they actually insure it it has a lotus VIN # from what I read online.. So basically I could take a rx7 uni body and stick a big chevy motor in it and redo the body and call it my car that I produce??? That's why I don't get this car... They basically take a 40k car stick a LS9 in it and stick a custom carbon fiber body in it and call it their car.. Its a quick way to get around them actually building a chassis and getting by all the testing that is required by the fed government regulations.. I don't know, it just doesn't seem right. That and they sell these things for 1 million dollars... To each their own though. If they can make a buck on it without another car company suing them then go for it. On a side note, that thing seems amazing (in a straight line anyways). I'd like to see how this thing compares to the super cars it's compared to in the turns.. __________________ / 135i - M-Sport / 6-Speed / BMW Performance Exhaust / BMS Intake / JB4 Stage 2 ISO + Flex Fuel Wires / BMS 3.5in Down Pipe / CP-E Charge Pipe / BMS H8 AE / APEX EC-7's / COBB Tuning Sport Springs / ---Soon to come---- Intercooler / Meth

01-22-2013, 08:53 AM	#4
kleach18 Essayons Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 264 iTrader: (0)	Even the dash is a fairly stock lotus dash from what I read.. __________________ / 135i - M-Sport / 6-Speed / BMW Performance Exhaust / BMS Intake / JB4 Stage 2 ISO + Flex Fuel Wires / BMS 3.5in Down Pipe / CP-E Charge Pipe / BMS H8 AE / APEX EC-7's / COBB Tuning Sport Springs / ---Soon to come---- Intercooler / Meth

01-22-2013, 09:12 AM	#6
kleach18 Essayons Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 264 iTrader: (0)	It seems like a crazy car... But when taking the VIN/title to the insurance it's just a million dollar lotus.... Just think if you wreak it... You totaled your car, here is 40k! But I paid 1 million for it.. lol I'm sure there is something special that can be done to insure it to its full amount. __________________ / 135i - M-Sport / 6-Speed / BMW Performance Exhaust / BMS Intake / JB4 Stage 2 ISO + Flex Fuel Wires / BMS 3.5in Down Pipe / CP-E Charge Pipe / BMS H8 AE / APEX EC-7's / COBB Tuning Sport Springs / ---Soon to come---- Intercooler / Meth

01-22-2013, 07:26 PM	#7
py0413 Captain Drives: 2012 M5 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BC Posts: 934 iTrader: (2)	If I care about going so fast in straight line, I'd signed up to learn how to fly already. __________________ Must stop eating..............

01-22-2013, 07:48 AM	#2
abisson Canada FTW. Drives: 2010 GTI MKVI Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Maple Syrup Country Posts: 510 iTrader: (0)	It is not a kit car. It is a production car at the same level as a Alpina, RUF or Brabus. Plus, I think Hennessey don't even take the Lotus Chassis. Or they take it and change it completely. (Not sure about this). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_vehicle So it is a production car. Also, it is funny how they didn't go for the 0-300-0 like Koenigsegg, knowing they couldn't beat them.

01-23-2013, 09:18 AM	#8
pgviper Private Drives: G37s Coupe Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island Posts: 87 iTrader: (0)	Average acceleration is between 6-7 m/s^2 so technically your almost there haha. I wonder how much longer its going to take before a car can accelerate at the same rate as gravity. Regardless, this is not an LS9, it's an LS7 (Chevy 7.0L) twin turbo. Whether it be a lotus or not, its a sick car with a ton of engineering. In order to break the record it must be a production car therefore it has to be treated as it's own entity I guess.

01-23-2013, 10:56 AM	#9
Inspired Colonel Drives: 335i Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,030 iTrader: (2)	They are thanking each other as if they had gotten a nobel prize or something. Great speed, great achievement but just an insanely tuned car off an existing platform. Hence the section where it is featured i guess. They should maybe chill a bit about it and wait with the claps until they have developed an own car from scratch like Koenigsegg and the likes. Couldnt agree more to this Youtube comment

01-24-2013, 12:01 PM	#10
Elsabor67 aiming for 450..... Drives: La Jeva ;-) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Stuttgart, Ge :-) Posts: 2,283 iTrader: (20) Garage List 2009 135i [5.00]	There is a new model that will have the $5,000,000 option to add wings and a joystick. It is insane though to accelerate like it does. Just think if it could pick up speed like the planes on aircraft carriers, even though that I think is not that far off. __________________ Quote from Ezeedee regarding car mods: "you're only done when you sell the car "

01-24-2013, 02:00 PM	#11
VMRWheels BimmerPost Supporting Vendor Drives: BMW Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 9,691 iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 5 Series [3.30]	That thing is seriously a jet. __________________ NEW WHEEL MODEL: V721 \| LIVE INVENTORY: V705 V703 V710 \| V710 PICTURE THREAD p. 714-442-7916 extension 103 \| e. kevin.a@velocitymotoring.com \| f. facebook.com/vmrwheels f. flickr.com/vmrwheels

01-27-2013, 05:33 AM	#14
Soorena First Lieutenant Drives: XJ, M3, 458 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Paris Posts: 382 iTrader: (0)	Agreed. It's not truly a production car. And it's highly overpriced.

01-27-2013, 06:20 AM	#15
kleach18 Essayons Drives: 2013 135i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 264 iTrader: (0)	Yeah my father and I are actually gathering pieces to build this GTM Supercar. https://www.factoryfive.com/galleries/gtm-supercar/ We already found a rear end totaled Z06 to use as a donor car for the motor and wiring harness and brakes. Just waiting till I get back to the states to start the project. __________________ / 135i - M-Sport / 6-Speed / BMW Performance Exhaust / BMS Intake / JB4 Stage 2 ISO + Flex Fuel Wires / BMS 3.5in Down Pipe / CP-E Charge Pipe / BMS H8 AE / APEX EC-7's / COBB Tuning Sport Springs / ---Soon to come---- Intercooler / Meth

02-01-2013, 05:23 PM	#17
DaveButcher Registered Drives: Infiniti FX45 Silver on CF Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 4 iTrader: (0)	So fast!

02-05-2013, 10:45 AM	#18
paradoxical3 Second Lieutenant Drives: BMW Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: USA Posts: 250 iTrader: (1)	Isn't the AMS ALpha 12 faster? And there are more of them out there as well.

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