409.277 mph
It’s hard to believe that the Summers Brothers’ (Bob and Bill) Goldenrod holds the FIA record to this day as the fastest naturally aspirated, piston engine-powered, wheel-driven car at 409.277 mph (with one pass at 425 mph).
What’s the fastest piston engine car?
Speed Demon streamliner
On August 14, 2020, the southern-California-based Speed Demon team set a new record for piston-engine vehicles at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The Speed Demon streamliner achieved a flying mile speed of 470.733 mph with an exit speed of 481.576 mph.
What is the fastest speed a car has ever gone?
The official land-speed record (measured over one mile) is 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mi/h) (Mach 1.020), set by Andy Green (UK) on 15 October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC.
How fast is the speed demon?
466.290 mph
The Speed Demon A/Blown Fuel Streamliner has won the HOT ROD Magazine Trophy for top speed of the event at the 2021 Bonneville Speed Week. The Speed Demon’s fastest speed was 466.290 mph and was achieved with a turbocharged 443ci, LS-based engine built by Duttweiler Performance.
What kind of car is the goldenrod?
Goldenrod (car) Goldenrod on display at the Henry Ford Museum in 2012. Goldenrod is an American streamliner land speed racing car which held the wheel-driven land speed record from 1965 to 1991. It was owned by Bob “Butch” and Bill Summers, of Ontario, California.
What is the top speed of a goldenrod?
Goldenrod (car) Later the Burklands’ 411 Streamliner set the official new record at 415.896 mph (669.319 km/h) on 2008/09/26 (Class AI-I-11). Goldenrod was not supercharged, so it still held the class (AI-II-11) record until 21 September 2010, when Charles Nearburg in the Spirit of Rett increased this to 414.316 mph.
What is the world record for the goldenrod?
Bob drove the duo’s Goldenrod to a two-way average of 409.277 mph in the mile (and 409.685 in the kilometer) for an FIA record that still stands. Sure, Al Teague ran faster than that over a decade ago for his FIA and SCTA records (409.986 mph), but that was with a supercharged Hemi.
What kind of engine does the Summers brothers Goldenrod have?
The Summers Brothers Goldenrod was powered by 4 fuel injected Chrysler 426 Hemi’s.These pics were taken at a Custom Carshow in St.Louis MO. in early 1966. This a shot of the front gearbox and driveline of the Summers Brothers Goldenrod.
