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Old 12-13-2006, 07:29 PM
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Thumbs up Diesel land speed record set!

Diesel land speed record set, official average of 328.767 mph. With a top speed achieved of 365.695MPH. Engines used were twin 5.0L 4-cylinder twin turbo charged.

Each engine produces 750HP & 1150 Lb-ft torque (normal output is 74-125HP & 235-457 Lb-ft torque).

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Thats pretty good. A few years ago a road tractor that was sponsered by CFI, it was a T2000 KW with a KT Cummins in it, broke the land speed record for a tractor with a single engine. Well It was at the MId America Trucking show and I worked at the local Kenworth dealer. I got to drive the truck around the parking lot. That thing was geared high. I could have out ran it on foot for the first couple hundred feet. They said that they run the truck for . I think a mile, they pass a marker and time it for the next mile. Then they come back and take a average on the two runs. It was pretty neat.

It was the Red Racer in the HH2 class. Set the record in 99. It may have been broke by now.
 

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