Hennessey is claiming to have produced a hypercar that “conjures up driving confidence in any respect speeds with the accuracy and feedback-rich responses of a race automobile.” and “will make sure the F5 presents a world-class driving expertise.” – per the Hennessey web site. These are very daring aspirations nevertheless, Hennessey has produced a particularly inflexible chassis, one of many world’s stiffest.
This Venom F5 is powered by a 7.6L twin-turbocharged V8 engine is able to producing 1,600-horsepower @ 7,200 rpm and 1,300 lb-ft of torque at 4,400 rpm. Amongst different issues, the efficiency of this engine can be a figuring out consider whether or not the Venom F5 can obtain its goal of being the primary manufacturing automobile that’s able to reaching a high pace of greater than 300 mph.
The Venom F5’s engine is ready to produce these figures thanks in enormous half to its billet aluminium machined engine block with metal cylinder sleeves, precision ball bearing twin turbos with billet compressor wheels, chrome steel turbo headers, and a dry sump oiling system. Hennessey’s relationship with Shell and Pennzoil ensured that the engine obtained the suitable therapy of lubricants to offer most effectivity and safety (aka not blowing up).
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