331mph SSC Twatara

[Rich B]

What does all this programming crap have to do with it? Surely there's a verified box that you stick in a car that records speed accurately or a timing system that you stick on the road that times a car between two points?

[RobYob]

What does all this programming crap have to do with it? Surely there's a verified box that you stick in a car that records speed accurately or a timing system that you stick on the road that times a car between two points?

Yes.

But.

SSC wanted a fancy looking frontend display for the car and video. The programming of which was the responsibility of SSC not the data acquisition company Dewetron.

[Mito Man]

It’s all bollocks, they tried to deceive in a last bid to get publicity/sales. Even they must have known that the car wouldn’t do 300+ with that gearing and also sending a driver out on standard Michelins just inflated with nitrogen would have been a quick way of killing the poor bastard. Your average 13 year old kid can work out gear ratios on a RC car yet an engineering company which ground up build a supercar somehow missed it - yeah right.
Don’t see how they would re-run it - doubt they can afford to get a 330 mph tyre made for their car unless they pick up a tyre sponsor.

[Rich B]

I've been out myself this morning and SMASHED the SSC record, I went 400mph - verified with a Twatty-Python-dewybox no less!

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Golf looks very stable at that speed, nice crisp photo

[Beany]

And it's pulling it at idle - impressive.

[integrale_evo]

Wonder what it’s geared for

[Rich B]

I'd just lifted off at that point too, so the stop/start kicked in - Probably another 100mph left I reckon...

[Mito Man]

It’s a rebadged Bugatti at the end of the day isn’t it