VIDEO: Cadillac-powered Spectre SpeedLiner sets world record for gas-powered, wheel-driven vehicles
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Different automakers seek out different bragging. The same goes for tuning houses. The bogey in question may be the quickest lap time around a given race track (usually the Nürburgring), a particular horsepower figure, a performance benchmark, or, in some cases, a world land speed record. That's what Spectre Performance was after with their SpeedLiner, and that's what they got. Well, one category of LSR, anyway.
The Spectre SpeedLiner is a purpose-built speed record car powered by a custom Cadillac V8 measuring 529 cubic inches (8.8 liters) in capacity, boosted by a pair of intercooled 88mm turbochargers, custom forged rods, solid roller cam, ported heads and oversized valves. The result is somewhere near 2000 horsepower, give or take. And on Sunday, the SpeedLiner clocked a 330.7 mph top speed on the Bonneville Salt Flats, claiming the record for the fastest wheel-driven, gasoline powered vehicle in the world.
Reports indicate that Spectre is looking to hit 400 mph, so this may very well not be the last we've heard from the SpeedLiner. In the meantime, you can check out a trio of videos after the jump.
[Source: SpectrePerformance via Auto-Focus.us]
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Jon 3:37PM (10/12/2009)
It's incredibly fitting that this article first mentions bragging rights because this thing looks exactly like something else men may compete over and brag about.
A penis.
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Gruv 3:45PM (10/12/2009)
I was going to say Viagra should have sponsored this ride.
Kevin 3:40PM (10/12/2009)
Wow. The things I would do for an engine like that.....
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andre lavoie 3:41PM (10/12/2009)
The engine for the next gen CTS-V?
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LaserRed38 3:51PM (10/12/2009)
Don't top fuel dragsters go this fast all the time?
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audi_arena 4:01PM (10/12/2009)
Yeah, thats what I was thinking... this isn't that impressive to me considering those engines put out somewhere around 5500 hp...
Phil Perman 4:01PM (10/12/2009)
Yes, but they're not gasoline powered
LaserRed38 4:06PM (10/12/2009)
D'oh. True, alcohol/methanol right? Either way, I thought there would be some dragsters out there running on gasoline that hit 330mph. Guess not. This vehicle looks very loud though.
KeatMP 4:08PM (10/12/2009)
Drag cars that break that time do not run on gasoline. Instead they run on nitromethane.
Phil Perman 4:24PM (10/12/2009)
They run 90% Nitromethane and 10% Methanol to be exact.
Gasoline powered cars can't really come close as. The average top fuel dragster produces 3-4 times the power as the car in the article
bigrig 4:47PM (10/12/2009)
Yes they do...in less than a 1320 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paul 4:10PM (10/12/2009)
Plus there is the fact that their engines are rebuilt after almost every run down the quarter mile. They would never stay together long enough to do the two runs required for a record like this.
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Shiftright 4:30PM (10/12/2009)
I'm suddenly feeling inadequate....
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Kaveh 4:39PM (10/12/2009)
How is a 529 cubic inches motor still considered a stock GM block?
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daleam 5:05PM (10/12/2009)
Probably because the block itself IS standard. It is probably bored and stroked to reach that displacement.
Holden Miecranc 5:06PM (10/12/2009)
Because they used the old Caddy 500 CID that was bored / stroked out to 529. It's a great engine that is not much bigger than a SBC.
Paul Allen 4:40PM (10/12/2009)
"And on Sunday, the SpeedLiner clocked a 330.7 mph top speed on the Bonneville Salt Flats, claiming the record for the fastest wheel-driven, gasoline powered vehicle in the world."
In 1965 The Summers Brothers did 409 MPH without forced induction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel-driven_land_speed_record
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MikeyZ06 4:56PM (10/12/2009)
I believe Goldenrod ran on alcohol.
nzl2can 9:29PM (10/12/2009)
lsr's are timed in both direction for an average speed as set by the FIA
1/4 mile speeds are a 1 way speed + a back up speed of a certain % according to the sancioning body
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