Hennessey is looking beyond 300 mph with the F5 Venom


200 miles per hour is so last decade. Now every exotic machine under the sun can crest the double century mark. Hell, a handful of sub-$100k Dodge products can do it. The real top speed race is focused on a truly insane number; 300 mph. One of the major contenders aiming to hit this massive mark? Hennessey.
The Texas Tuner is building a new hyper car and it’s called the F5 Venom. John Hennessey made a bit of news surrounding the reveal of the car when he stated that it will be capable of hitting 300 mph. There’s a lot of engineering required for such a feat, and it involves more than just twisting the wick for four-figure horsepower. But Hennessey believes that 300 mph isn’t just possible, he’s actually aiming for an even 500 kilometers per hour, which is a bit over 310 mph.
How does he plan to do it? With a 7.6-liter twin-turbocharge V8 engine cooking up 1,600 horsepower and 1,3oo pound-feet of torque. That, coupled with a drag coefficient of 0.33, should be enough to get the F5 Venom past the 300 mph mark, per Hennessey’s statements provided to Motor Authority.
The stress produced at the speed is immense. Be it on the tires, the engine, the aerodynamic forces at play, and the pressure on the driver, a run at 300 mph is uncharted territory for road-going production cars.
Will Hennessey get there first with its F5 Venom? We will likely find out in 2019, when testing gets underway for this potential record breaker.

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8 responses to “Hennessey is looking beyond 300 mph with the F5 Venom”

  1. nanoop Avatar

    Very handy that 500km/h and 300mph are so close, makes marketing with catchy numbers a blast.
    I’m really interested in the tire solutions they will find, though.

    1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
      smalleyxb122

      It’s all down to the tires. Giving a car enough power to reach 300 mph is fairly straightforward, but the current lack of a (street) tire capable of 300 mph is a pretty big hurdle.

        1. nanoop Avatar

          You’re all over the interwebs!

  2. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    But will it have Isofix?

    1. outback_ute Avatar
      outback_ute

      And a 5-star NCAP safety rating.

  3. Fred Avatar
    Fred

    Well only Hennessey can get Texas to close down a highway to run 300 mph. So that leaves me with a couple of open road runs and Bonneville. It’s just getting a bit silly.

    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      It seems he’s actually interested in the stretch of road in Nevada where Koenigsegg set the current speed record.