A 10.9-second quarter-mile at 132.2 mph, to be exact.
Hennessey calls his breathed-on 2009 Corvette ZR1 a ZR700, and did the deed on stock Michelin street tires.
The ZR700 wears a host of bolt-ons and a reflash to swell output to 705-hp and 717 lb-ft, which apparently is enough extra sauce to beat the stock ZR1 we recently tested by 0.6-second and 3.9 mph.
As an aside, how badass are the ZR700's blacked-out wheels? A night and day improvement over the gaudy chrome on the stock ones, we say. Click the thumbnails below for a full-size version:
Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor
m6vx says:
06:23 PM, 02/12/09
A 10 second quarter? no
Sub-11? yes
Reading the title, I was thinking 10 seconds - amazing! only to be misled by the media again....
kurtamaxxxguy says:
07:12 PM, 02/12/09
Is Hennessey going to loan one to IL for comparison with the GT-R?
hondacura4 says:
08:06 PM, 02/12/09
Even though the upgrades are mostly bolt ons and electronics, Id go a bit further than "breathed upon". An insane car has been made even more insane! I wanna' ride!
the_big_al says:
08:43 PM, 02/12/09
I'm liking not only the wheels, but the primer black paint job... pulls off what every backyard kid with a spray can was trying to do with his beretta.
sortasuave says:
04:34 AM, 02/13/09
I suspect the times would be even better if they got a guy that launched the car worth a darn!
oscarav098 says:
05:37 AM, 02/13/09
Thos are NOT the stock wheels. They look like the new HRE monoblocks.
jkavanagh says:
09:46 AM, 02/13/09
m6vx, in the vernacular of drag racing, anything that is 10.999999999 seconds or less is a "ten second" pass.
This lingo has been the practice for, well, as long as there has been drag racing.
boxermike says:
09:48 AM, 02/13/09
"I suspect the times would be even better if they got a guy that launched the car worth a darn!"
You can't expect the same launch technique with street tires and 700hp as you would with drag radials and 700hp. You have to pick: bog or spin, he choose to bog and then get on it ASAP.
-mike