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The spending $$$$ to produce enough torque to turn them.(sproket @ Dec. 28 2006,18:30) Cheapest way would be put a huge sprocket in front like a 60 tooth and a 17 tooth on the rear...
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Get some guys to give you a push to get rolling and then hit 1st gear and open her up...You are probably going to need a looooooong strech of road to get it up there anyways...(BusaWhipped @ Dec. 28 2006,17:48)The spending $$$$ to produce enough torque to turn them.(sproket @ Dec. 28 2006,18:30) Cheapest way would be put a huge sprocket in front like a 60 tooth and a 17 tooth on the rear...
300mph over what kind of distance? stock body? It would be alot easier on level straight 20 mile stretch of cemet than say 7 miles of salt, or dirt, or 1 mile of runway, or etc.....
I think at that high of a level its' theoretical only. I hope someone proves me wrong though!
I think at that high of a level its' theoretical only. I hope someone proves me wrong though!
An inaccurate speedometer should do the trick - probably need to be custom made - so my guess is it could be done for $300 or $400. Hacking a GPS is another alternative. The internet, and tales thereof, also seem to greatly improve performance beyond conventional expectations..... just trying to get creative here.... then there is the free fall from an aircraft from 25,000 - assuming propoer aero package.....
Simple, one word...... "JATO" Please read on;
Now ladies and gentleman, the winner of this year's Darwin Award:
The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded in
the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The
wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The
type of car was unidentifiable at the scene.
Police investigators finally pieced together the mystery. An amateur rocket
scientist... had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off,
actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport
planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields. He had driven
his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of
road. He attached the JATO unit to the car, jumped in, got up some speed
and fired off the JATO!
The facts as best as could be determined are that the operator of the 1967
Impala hit the JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from
the crash site. This was established by the scorched and melted asphalt at
that location.
The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5
seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and
continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, and
soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog
fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing him to become
irrelevant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained
on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds) before the
driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and
leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for
an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet
leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable. However, small fragments
of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and
bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of
the steering wheel.
Epilogue: It has been calculated that this moron attained a ground speed of
approximately 420-mph, though much of his voyage was not on the ground.
Now ladies and gentleman, the winner of this year's Darwin Award:
The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded in
the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The
wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The
type of car was unidentifiable at the scene.
Police investigators finally pieced together the mystery. An amateur rocket
scientist... had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off,
actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport
planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields. He had driven
his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of
road. He attached the JATO unit to the car, jumped in, got up some speed
and fired off the JATO!
The facts as best as could be determined are that the operator of the 1967
Impala hit the JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from
the crash site. This was established by the scorched and melted asphalt at
that location.
The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5
seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and
continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, and
soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog
fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing him to become
irrelevant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained
on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds) before the
driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and
leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for
an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet
leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable. However, small fragments
of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and
bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of
the steering wheel.
Epilogue: It has been calculated that this moron attained a ground speed of
approximately 420-mph, though much of his voyage was not on the ground.
Urban Myth.(SLA1500 @ Jan. 31 2007,19:16) Simple, one word...... "JATO" Please read on;
Now ladies and gentleman, the winner of this year's Darwin Award:
The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded in
the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The
wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The
type of car was unidentifiable at the scene.
Police investigators finally pieced together the mystery. An amateur rocket
scientist... had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off,
actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport
planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields. He had driven
his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of
road. He attached the JATO unit to the car, jumped in, got up some speed
and fired off the JATO!
The facts as best as could be determined are that the operator of the 1967
Impala hit the JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from
the crash site. This was established by the scorched and melted asphalt at
that location.
The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5
seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and
continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, and
soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog
fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing him to become
irrelevant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained
on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20 seconds) before the
driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and
leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for
an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet
leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable. However, small fragments
of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and
bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of
the steering wheel.
Epilogue: It has been calculated that this moron attained a ground speed of
approximately 420-mph, though much of his voyage was not on the ground.
www.snopes.com
But back to the question...
I'll reference to Top Gear and the high speed run they did with the Veyron.
The numbers projected that with the tires withstanding, the Veyron needed about 300HP to make it to 150MPH but needed the additional 700HP to make it to 250.
Now remember, the Veyron has massive amounts of air ducting to combust all of that CFM. It also has much superior aerodynamics and structural stability. The tires then come into play. The tires on the Veyron are custom made specifically to withstand those speeds. If you can get a tire (x2) made to withstand the tremendous force exerted at those speeds, then all you have to do is build the bike around it.
I'll reference to Top Gear and the high speed run they did with the Veyron.
The numbers projected that with the tires withstanding, the Veyron needed about 300HP to make it to 150MPH but needed the additional 700HP to make it to 250.
Now remember, the Veyron has massive amounts of air ducting to combust all of that CFM. It also has much superior aerodynamics and structural stability. The tires then come into play. The tires on the Veyron are custom made specifically to withstand those speeds. If you can get a tire (x2) made to withstand the tremendous force exerted at those speeds, then all you have to do is build the bike around it.
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