200mph on the texas freeway by my house.. - Page 2

King T · 12-19-2013, 05:40 AM

Loved the vid! That's a great looking toll road (we don't have any here).

The aero of the C7 really shines! It looked very stable and smooth at 200 mph

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Following the recent driving debut of the Corvette Stingray HPE600 by Hennessey Performance, the ****ded out onto a closed section of the Texas Grand Parkway toll road to test out the straight line performance of its brand new C7 based HPE600.

Hennessey Performance is of course no stranger to high speed runs on this stretch of road with its twin-turbo Cadillac CTS-V and upgraded Camaro ZL1 both hitting well over 200 mph here previously. Unsurprisingly, Hennessey Performance had the ambitious goal of reaching 200 mph in the brand new Corvette Stingray and in the end, the HPE600 did it with relative ease reaching 200.6 mph!

As the name suggests, the Corvette Stingray HPE600 by Hennessey Performance produces an impressive 603 hp. However, this HPE600 wasn’t standard and actually featured a custom Nitrous Express kit adding an extra 100 hp at the push of a button! Other upgrades to the powertrain include new cylinder heads, stainless steel headers, custom HPE camshaft, HPE engine management calibration as well as some extensive dyno and road testing.

As it stands, Hennessey Performance plans to offer just 100 units of the HPE600 package for eager 2014 Corvette Stingray owners. Based on the incredible performance of the Corvette Stingray HPE600, we don’t think they’ll have difficulty selling those 100 examples!

King T · 12-19-2013, 07:03 AM

King T · 12-19-2013, 07:07 AM

To the Texas members, this toll road has some hella cameras! Can still capture a license plate at 200 mph?!!

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This also gave Texas DOT the opportunity to test its new RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) toll collection system. That's a good thing, since this new section of the road opens to the public on 12/21 and surely many people will be going 200 MPH plus when they hit the tolls.

And yes, if you were wondering, Hennessey confirmed to us that the toll system was able to read the license plate at that speed. Which is nuts.

*Camaro_Corvette* · 12-19-2013, 07:30 AM

That's one hell of a camera^^

STL20102SS · 12-19-2013, 07:43 AM

Absolutely amazing!

ZL1-V · 12-19-2013, 11:14 AM

That's just the camera technology that we are shown and happen to discover. You should see the satellite shots and the resolution they provide from above. Don't forget NASA and JPL have had that technology for years tracking fast objects and gathering information in small packages. Eventually some of it trickles down to commercial and eventually consumer level if applicable.

11BEE · 12-20-2013, 05:01 PM

This is how they do it in Texas.

ChrisBlair · 12-20-2013, 05:06 PM

Saw this today on Yahoo. Lots of idiots saying stupid things about how they hope this guys owns a private freeway, etc. People are so stupid, and they remind you of it all the damn time...

Awesome video!

DwRed1LTV6 · 12-20-2013, 05:22 PM

Indeed an awesome video

200 mph

1LESSPROBLEM · 12-20-2013, 05:25 PM

Anyone notice the nitrous hit shortly after he gets into 5th? saaaawwweeeeeeet!!

SS Blinder · 12-20-2013, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

Saw this today on Yahoo. Lots of idiots saying stupid things about how they hope this guys owns a private freeway, etc. People are so stupid, and they remind you of it all the damn time...

Awesome video!

mySSt · 12-20-2013, 07:08 PM

Holy crap Batman - Driving at 200 mph with one and a half hands!

Did you see the flock of birds fly off at 2:16? That would have made for even more interesting video if they didn't get airborne any sooner.

Love the digital cameras for what they allow us to see.

*mlee* · 12-20-2013, 08:42 PM

Another Stinkin Toll Road... at least it's a fast one.

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