“HSV sets new World Land Speed Record”

[stevedee3]

Hmm.. I read it as being they had a 1km strip of road to start from 0km/h and see what 'top speed' they would reach at the 1km mark. So like a 1/4 mile run but over 1km.

OK, I think I've found the answer:

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com

This states that it was a "flying kilometre". I think you're reading it as a "standing kilometre".

[Wraith]

Remember this record wasn't about getting the top speed out of the car, they only had 1km to do it in. And mate you got to 280km/h in your VK 5.0L? The VL Commodore SS Group A Walkinshaw had a top speed of 232km/h.

I havn't checked the above clip, but on the V8 supercars yesterday they showed the whole Skaife, ute record run and I remember hearing it did it over a 5.2km run........

And yes, 280km/h in a VK 5.0ltr - hard to believe, unless the motor was very highly modified, I had a VH 5.0ltr SL/E with a worked engine - hi po cam, yella terra heads, bored 30 thou, higher comp and re-calibrated Rochester and dizzy done by Tate Phillips engineering (who used to do all the Brockie stuff) and it struggled anywhere over 190km/h, max. I could get was just over 200km/h, very slow gain from there on - diff ratio was 3:08, so it wasn't due to gearing........

[MatsHolden]

I havn't checked the above clip, but on the V8 supercars yesterday they showed the whole Skaife, ute record run and I remember hearing it did it over a 5.2km run........

And yes, 280km/h in a VK 5.0ltr - hard to believe, unless the motor was very highly modified, I had a VH 5.0ltr SL/E with a worked engine - hi po cam, yella terra heads, bored 30 thou, higher comp and re-calibrated Rochester and dizzy done by Tate Phillips engineering (who used to do all the Brockie stuff) and it struggled anywhere over 190km/h, max. I could get was just over 200km/h, very slow gain from there on - diff ratio was 3:08, so it wasn't due to gearing........

Yeh I just caught the tail end of that on the V8's yesterday, was spewin! lol

And your VH... now that I can believe! How good do the 5.0L Holden bent 8's sound! Pure bliss.

[dodgyblue]

hehe, crispy. my old n13 pulsar beat that :P.i hit 198, and 200 1 day when it popped the belts off (alternator, powersteer).
but i spose it was a euro motor (18le)

Huh? The n13 had a euro motor? I thought it used the Family2 from the Camira. I had a 1989 Series II for about 8 years and had to trade it in because it started getting very expensive to fix.. EMC went, alternator went, fuel pump went...

[Wraith]

How good do the 5.0L Holden bent 8's sound! Pure bliss.

Oh yeh, the sound with the right exhaust from any of the older V8's even rovers - pure horn bag wet dreams stuff, drool, drool, they even make a wrx sound like an old 2 stroke lawn mower by comparison LOL.

[auzvectra]

as i said, it was an efi 5.0L .
n i wont say what was done to it :P.
but i aint no liar.

[auzvectra]

Sounds interesting - what did you have done in the VK - obviously there was an engine transplant to start with.....

yeah, was a late model 5.0L, well mighta been a 5.7L, not sure they are both the same on the outside. but it wasnt standard.
good thing the car was really low .

[Vectracious]

yeah, was a late model 5.0L, well mighta been a 5.7L, not sure they are both the same on the outside. but it wasnt standard.
good thing the car was really low .

Go on, you can give us more than that!!!

When you said that it was a late model 5.0-5.7 - so it would have had to have been the stroker motor out of the VR GTS-R with a 6 speed.