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Hennessey Corvette C7 hits 200MPH on TX highway

Darth Biscuit

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The guy is driving this car 1-handed. Watch his left hand, it's holding a stopwatch or something else, but it's not wrapped around the steering wheel.

 

I saw that... no idea what he's holding, but it's not the steering wheel...

 

 

Corvettes have been hitting 200mph for years & years.

 

 

Thanks for the insightful commentary.

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You don't like them?  I think they're awesome.

 

i HATE the back ends on them and think the front ends are alright, but just a rip-off of the new Viper's... the last gens were far superior in the looks department imo

 

I saw that... no idea what he's holding, but it's not the steering wheel...

 

i assumed it was nitrous... he hits it when he was starting to lose major power and he took off again.  could be wrong though

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i HATE the back ends on them and think the front ends are alright, but just a rip-off of the new Viper's... the last gens were far superior in the looks department imo

 

 

i assumed it was nitrous... he hits it when he was starting to lose major power and he took off again.  could be wrong though

 

That's what I kind of thought at first, but he holds it down a long time... I didn't think you could use nitrous for very long.

 

I loved the C6's too... but I really like this C7.

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The button is connected to a pigtail and he begins holding it down after he makes his final shift at about 150mph. I'm thinking it's one of 2 things:

1. An override to the onboard computer that is basically either a governor/rev limiter or

2. They installed some sort of recording device to capture the actual speed/engine performance to begin at a certain point.

 

And while this may be "ancient history" to some, the 1966 split-window is still the most iconic Corvette ever built:

011007_1.jpg

 

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