Hennessey’s Venom F5 household is welcoming a 3rd to the storage. The Venom F5 Revolution breaks cowl immediately, a track-focused model Hennessey re-engineered for extra downforce and improved dealing with.
Powering the brand new track-focused Venom F5 is Hennessey’s twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter “Fury” V8 engine, calibrated for aggressive use. It produces the identical 1,817 horsepower (1,355 kilowatts) and 1,193 pound-feet (1,617 Newton-meters) of torque as the remainder of the fam. Nonetheless, whereas the Revolution gives the identical output as its road-focused siblings, it’s the lightest of the bunch, weighing below 3,000 kilos (1,360 kilograms).
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Hennessey made many of the adjustments to the automotive’s aerodynamics and suspension. A big, adjustable full-width rear wing with endplates helped the automaker enhance the automotive’s downforce, delivering greater than 800 lbs (362 kg) at 186 miles per hour (300 kilometers per hour). That determine rises to 1,400 lbs (635 kg) of downforce at 249 mph (400 kph). Energy routes to the rear wheels by way of an automatic single-clutch gearbox.
Hennessey put in a bigger entrance carbon-fiber splitter to stop air from flowing below the automotive. A rear diffuser helps channel any air that does make its method beneath. Dive planes in entrance of the wheels of the entrance fascia assist add grip to enhance turn-in, whereas a roof-mounted consumption scoop feeds air to the engine bay.
The automotive incorporates a double-wishbone suspension Hennessey personalized with extra aggressive alignment settings. The corporate additionally fitted it with adjustable dampers that enable trackside calibration with easy instruments. New, bigger alloy wheels present a bigger contact patch, which boosts the automotive’s cornering and stopping capabilities.
Hennessey will provide the F5 Revolution with an onboard monitor telemetry system, permitting for real-time monitoring. It tracks lap time, splits, cornering G-forces, and different info. The automotive will make its world public debut in per week on the Miami Motorcar Cavalcade Concours d’Class on January 15. Hennessey plans to provide simply 24 items for the world, with every beginning at $2.7 million. In accordance with the corporate, many are already bought, with solely a handful remaining, so if you need one, act quick.
