Comments by "JerseyMikeP" (@JerseyMikeP) on "The Fastest Cars in History | WheelHouse" video.

  1. Callaway with the Help of Lingenfelter went 254.76mph WAY back in 1989 in a Modded Corvette they drover from massachusetts to OHIO and back.
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  2. The Record Agera RS had the 1 MEGAwatt engine 1,360hp...NOT the stock 1,160hp engine. It was 1 of only 3 built that way...so technically It doesn't have the Production car record... as you need to build 25 of them to be considered a Production car.
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  3. Adodoes, All Bugattis have rev limiters so ALL record but the Original were Fake new.
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  4. Freakyrunner, I don't think Koenigsegg will build the required 25 Agera RS/ one of one package models needed...they ONLY built 3 from what I heard last.
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  5. You guys went a little light on the land speed record competition in the 1920s in England. Didn't even mention the first guy that died on a record run (Parry THomas) and went light on (Malcolm Campbell) that held the record multiple times in the 20's/30's. Here's a good video on the early years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4FcigOOILU Also didn't mention Mickey Thompson that was a Big player in landspeed records and in racing in general.
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  6. Also the Jaguar wasn't special...120 mph was 20<30 mph slower than the fastest luxury cars of the 1920s/1930s...like the SJ Duesenberg you mentioned earlier. Also I've read the 1959 DB4 GT had a modified engine and only ran 151mph? Lambo had the top speed a couple of years in the 60's, so did the shelby 427 Cobra...Ferrari didn't dominate like you imply.
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  7. McLaren ONLY ran 231 mph in stock trim. 240 mph was with limiters removed...a Trick Bugatti uses to make FAKE Claims. Also the Koenigsegg Agera RS needs an * as the care was an specially modified one....which they later changed their web page to say is an "Option"...regardless I don't think Koenigsegg has built enough cars to Qualify as a "PRODUCTION MODEL".
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  8. That was an amazing 6 cyl. but it wouldn't keep up with a supercharged Dusenberg. By 1955 with the release of the Chrysler Letter cars (300's) Hudson's future in performance was over.
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  9.  @antiteroristickejedinicepo4830  ???? You said 1952, Correct? Duesenburgs were running 30 mph faster in the 1920's. Wish Hudson did do something...it would have driven the musclecar era more....But you are kidding yourself if you think they would have been able to keep up with the Hemi. Ford tried that with their race 427 SOHC....and when they showed it to the president of Nascar...Chryseler had a 48 valve DOHC hemi to put on display. That's why there wasn't a 427 SOHC Ford ever made.
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  10. "It was younger and faster than Dusenberg"....You Obviously DON'T know Your HISTORY. Dusenberg was shitting on SSK Mercedes Benzs, Bugattis and Bentley Blower cars back in the 1920's when it came to street performance. Hudson didn't have ANY performance cars back then. The Hudson started getting SOME performance with the Super SIX in 1916....but NO Match for ANY Duesenburg. NO HUDSON could touch the lowest LEVEL/Cheapest Duesenburg in perfromance.
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  11.  @antiteroristickejedinicepo4830  Talking SHIT but I See NO LINKS....LIKE EVERY OTHER TROLL/BULLSHIT TALKER ON YOUTUBE. What Year/what Speed? A Gullwing Mercedes from the 1950's would Barely beat a SC Duesenburg from the 1920's.
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  12. It doesn't matter as Hennessey will never "ACTUALLY" test top speed and will Never build the required 25 units.
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  13. I doubt the Ferrari 365 gtb/4 was the fastest car,(1968<1970), maybe 1971<1973 when their production ended Street Hemi Daytona/superbird would go to 180 mph and a L88/Zl-1 Corvette and the time would probably equal or more 180 mph. More Fake (Historical News), Like Christopher Columbus and America....FYI, He never got here and the Vikings were here 100+yrs earlier.
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  14. Bugatti never did 268mph stock...it was modified...Production models are limiited to 258mph. Even the Bugatti Chirizo is limited to 261 mph. A Stock Bugatti will never have the record again.
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  15. Quasimodem, Not a STOCK Supersport... " NO Production Supersport will go over 258mph." Bugatti likes to CHEAT and remove the limiters when they make their runs.
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  16. Bugatti...Never, as ALL their cars are limited. Pagani...never designes theri cars for top speed....215+/-mph Max. Only Koenigsegg and Hennessey.
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  17. You do realize this is an American Youtube page...better off visiting a European or Japanese page...if you can't do the math.
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  18. Adodoes, It was a Rev-limiter that was removed....From the Road&track link below. "The car used for the record was McLaren's fifth experimental prototype, or XP5 in McLaren speak, which was five years old at the time. On his first run Wallace hit an indicated 388 km/h (241.1 mph), but he knew the car had a bit more to give. (((((He asked the technicians for more revs, and set out again. With the rev limiter removed, he hit 391 km/h (242.956 mph), and called it a day.))))) "It will not go any more than 391," said Wallace. "But anyway, 391's quite fast, isn't it?" Quite. Top speed records are averaged between two runs in opposite direction to account for wind, so the McLaren's official top speed record calculated out to 240.1 mph. That record has since been beaten by the Bugatti Veyron and others, but the F1 remains the fastest naturally aspirated production car ever built. " https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/videos/a32423/mclaren-f1-top-speed-record-history/
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  19. Not over-rated if you are a car enthusiast. It's as over-rated as Chanel/ giorgio armani if you aren't into high fashion.
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  20. Fastest Piston/wheel driven is still in the 400's mph range. The Boosted Record is a 2 way avg. of 437.183 mph( 462 mph was it's fastest 1 way) with a Twin turbo 5 liter LS based engine. Fastest All Motor record was setby the Goldenrod in 1965 at 409 mph 2 way avg.
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  21. 25 units need to be made. Which is why the Modded Agera RS record isn't the record....Koenigsegg only made 3 with a 1 MW engine...and it wasn't even an option when they ran the record. It's still an impressive run...Record for Fastest speed on a public road...but NOT the Production car record.
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  22. ALL Bugatti's have Speed Limiters....Chiron will ONLY do 261 mph.
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  23.  @diparshanregmi8543  Sad a guy with the Bugatti Supersport as his Profile picture doesn't even know about the car. 258 mph is the limit...261 mph for the Chiron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Pe7t-8X_c
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  24. It's because Bugatti runs top speed runs with Moddified cars. The Supersport in limited from the factory to 258mph....Not the claimed 267mph. And the New Chiron will ONLY go 261mph....regardless of what the forms/ magazines/factory claims. You lose alot of respect when you try to cheat....It's like Nissan with their fake Nurburgring times.
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  25. 140 KM/H That's Only 90 MPH. I Have an argument going on with a Euro D'BAG about it. He thinks it was faster than the SSk Mercedes and Bentley blowers and Duesenburgs in the 1920's. No way in hell.
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  26.  @n0tlance314  I do agree on that. Steam Trains were INSANE back then...too bad it took so much man power to keep it going.
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  27. That's one of the Best Comments I've read on here.
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  28. It's because this is a USA Youtube page...and Majority of all Supercars are Sold in the USA. USA buys more supercars than all of europe, UK and russia combined. What you really have to ask is why they do Horsepower...which is Imperial...Not metric?
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  29. NEVER PROVEN OR VERIFIED.
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  30. Xj220. It actually ran a Renault V6 with 2 BIG turbos. Here's one of the best Video comparisons on different styles of turbo cars thru the years. EVO magazine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhR2lXJNg3M
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  31. Funny thing is DRUM brakes don't slow you down (No Speed lose/Drag)....but it takes forever to stop;-)
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  32. The Venom GT 270.49 mph run I think... was only in 1 Direction (never heard of what the wind speed was either). The Venom Gt was still accelerating when he had to brake and as he only had (8,000 ft) to make the run and brake. The Agera RS on the other hand used (12,500 ft) to get up to about the same speed (270.6mph)..also slightly downhill. That Venom GT was also with the 1st gen engine 1,244 hp , Hennessey up grade the engine half way thru the production run to 1,451hp...which of course would go faster. Vemon F5 Has Not made a run yet so claiming or Disclaiming it can go 300 mph is as waste of time...but it does have 1,600 hp. The One of 3 (I.E. NON-Production car) Agera RS with the 1MW (1,360 hp) engine had a 2 way avg. of (277.87 mph).
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  33. Pro-charged 1 - It did hold the Closed Course record.
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  34. Henning Quast, As amazing the Benz W125 and Auto Union cars were...they weren't "Production street cars" but "race cars" driven on the street.
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  35. It ACTUALLY Wasn't an OPTION when they made the Run. It was a Custom Built Agera RS that after 4 wks they add to the Options list....They ONLY built 3 of these "special" Models so it's NOT a production car. It still has the fastest Street legal top speed.
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  36. A true automotive enthusiast...knows Both. Metric ONLY is for the people that have no brain power/ are handicapped.
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  37. Speed record was higher than 153 mph in 1967.
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  38. NONE of them are... Bugatti runs without the factory limiters. FAIL Hennessey and Koenigsegg won't build enough units of the model to qualify as a "Production car".
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  39. Bugatti likes to Modify their record cars...the SS doesn't do 268 mph...Only 258 mph which is what the limiter is set at. Also the Chiron won't break any record either as it is limited to 261 mph.
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  40. True, tire technology and drivetrain layout is what matters from a standing start. that's why with cars with massive power it's irrelevant. Most of the quick standing start cars aren't quick in a highway race.
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  41. It's Because it's GAY to claim a car goes so fast when the wind is pushing it 10 mph faster than it can Really go. 2 way avg. is the True cars top speed. FYI, Also the 286 run was slightly DOWNHILL.
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  42. Type of tire, Even Nascar had problems with tires when the Dodge Daytona/ plymouth superbirds were going 200+ on a closed track with the tires blowing out. Street tires having to turn is even harder. Landspeed record tires are MUCH taller/skinner and built differently.
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  43.  @shrekfanclub1033  You got that backwards. Wider increases Rolling and wind Resistance. All 300+ mph cars have skinny tires. Thrust SSC tire pic below. https://www.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/styles/gallery_slide/public/images/car-reviews/first-drives/legacy/bloodhound-ssc-0001_1.jpg?itok=4zq2c97D Wider is For Better when it comes to traction...cornering/braking/accelerating...NOT top speed. DRS Ira has it right about the centrifugal forces pulling the center of the tread out on wide tires at high speeds...which is why Alot of Top sport car tires moved from steel to Kevlar as it has less stress under high loads...also why they cost more. Wider tires also are harder to track straight as they will follow cracks/imperfections in the road MORE than a skinny tire.
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  44. The SRT10 Ram is still the fastest Pickup. The Goldenrod landspeed record car that was Powered by 4 - Fuel injected 426 HEMI's...STILL Holds the Landspeed record for an Normally Aspirated car at 409 mph set in 1965. They said it could easily have gone faster but it never tried to break it's own record.
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  45. Austin, A record is ran in both directions to cancel out the wind...so the the Official record speed achieved is 447.19 km/h (277.87 mph). One of one wouldn't be able to go faster ans it has Much more drag with the same power. One:one was a track model. Venom GT only ran in one direction...so it's speed doesn't count. Bugatti runs Modified Veyrons (no limiters) so the are out too.
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  46. Agera.
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  47. Veyron speed was beat along time ago. The Chiron is limited to only 261mph and will never challenge the record as Koenigseggs holds the record at 273mph? Bugatti will never challenger for it again as they are owned by a conservative german brand. It's Hennessey vs. Koenigsegg for now.
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  48. Gale banks ran 299 mph in 1989 with a stock bodied Trans am running a Twin turbo Big block at Bonneville. John Lingenfelter drove the 1988 Callaway Sledgehammer Twin turbo 5.7L v8 corvette from Connecticut to Ohio and ran 254 mph in 1988.
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  49. I do like them...Koenigseggs are my favorite "Supercar". Only problem is the Record car was 1 of 3 "Special cars". When they posted the record video....NOWHERE on the Agera RS showed/mentioned an "Option" for the One:One engine....Only the option for E85 tune. Later they added it...which is Shady. Regardless It's still not the fastest Production record...as They only made 3+/- of these Special Models. Hennessey is the Koenigseggs competition...NOT Bugatti....But hennessey will probably make even Less F5 even if it maybe/Should be faster then the Koenigseggs record. It just sucks that Koenigseggs are so slow to 60mph or 100kph compared to everyone else. I think it's that Tri-flex rear suspension that is the problem.
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  50. QUasimodem, Yes the Supersport was a Production model.....BUT my point was the one they used to run 268mph....WASN'T STOCK. ALL supertsports are LIMITED to 258mph....and thats a FACT. Just like the Chiron is limited to ONLY 261 mph.
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  51.  @paveantelic7876  If you really don't see it as a Modification...you don't know what a Modification is, and I don't think it's easy on a bugatti...I can guarantee you that NONE of their customers could do it themselves.
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  52.  @paveantelic7876  Changing ANYTHING from Original (tires, exhaust, intake, adding downforce AND "tuning"...which a limiter removal with a scanner/tuner is.... a Mod.
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  53. @AMQ__SA LMFAO...you Don't know what the FK your talking about, Or in the conversation...so you can GTFOH. You are only making yourself look stupid. Here's some INFO. so you can learn something DUMBASS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Pe7t-8X_c Chiron is also limited so any talk of it beating the Koenigsegg is Fake news. Fanboys don't listen to facts...so if you want to see one, Look in the mirror.
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  54. @NVIDIA Racing LMFAO...Hacking the computer is a Modification. I you raced you would know that all racing sanctions see it that way...so it a modification.
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  55. @NVIDIA Racing Not a Koenigsegg fanboy either...unlike YOU I don't make up shit... Koenigseggs suck 0-60 and on a track.... but they do shit on the bugatti in high speed acceleration and top speed. 8L W16 and it makes less power than a twin turbo 20 Viper with less boost. GTFOH Only they can make a 4,000+ Carbon fiber chassis car...What a JOKE.
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  56. @NVIDIA Racing YES, because it's a LIE.... A STOCK Supersport won't EVER go 432...only 415kmh. I Can send you links if you want to Learn FACTS. Bugatti records are FAKE news...just like Christopher Columbus whos dumb ass never even made it to america.
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  57.  @registratedforever  LOL, "limiter removed" means NOT stock/ production. Bugatti NEVER HAD ANY RECORDS.
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  58. Not a production model (Race hemi)..and 200 mph was on a closed course....it was much faster on a straight road...Chrysler Proving Grounds had the race cars to laps of 235<243 mph. The stock Winged cars didn't have the right gearing available from the factory to ever get close to 200mph...180 mph is redline with the lowest optional rear gears/trans with the hemi.
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  59. Wright Mike.....Sorry but a 440-6 pack or a street hemi wouldn't go past 180+/-mph. If you have a link to a magazine test that says otherwise that would be great. I have Every hemi/mopar book every wrote on hemis/superbirds/daytonas and the test drives always said 180mph was the street models top speed. Never could find a motor trend/car & driver actual test. Also a regular guy driving on the street, the speedos were Horribly off (late 90s 993 porsche speedo for example are off +15mph than actual at top speed) and not to mention if they did mods that weren't given. I'm not talking Race spec hemis. Those actually went WAY faster than 201mph which was the closed course record they held....in top speed testing they would out run a McLaren F1 with the race hemi.
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