Speed Demon Unofficial Timing

[Dean Los Angeles]

Pulled from the 2011 video.
Who needs a big gas tank when you are only going to run a lousy minute and 18 seconds?

Mile	Speed	Elapsed Time
0	0	0	:12 pull away from push truck 50 mph
1/4	103	20	:20 second gear
1/2	153	27
3/4	191	32	:33 third gear
1	226	36
1 1/4	254	40
1 1/2	275	43
1 3/4	295	46	:46 4th gear
2	317	49
2 1/4	332	52
2 1/2	349	55
2 3/4	353	57
3	371	1:00	1:01 5th gear
3 1/4	381	1:02
3 1/2	387	1:04
3 3/4	396	1:07
4	409	1:09
4 1/4	413	1:11
4 1/2	414	1:13
4 3/4	421	1:15
5	426	1:18	1:18 chute out

[Schruiber]

I never knew a chute can be deployed at 426mph? Is it a special high speed chute of sorts?  It's a question from someone who never used a chute (on a car).

[Dean Los Angeles]

This is the video that I used to pull the information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbYuoTQdFw&feature=player_embedded

The first chute to be deployed is a small drouge chute.
The large chute is deployed at 300 mph!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

"Who needs a big gas tank when you are only going to run a lousy minute and 18 seconds?"

Well, Dave Davidson told us at the 200 MPH Club banquet that the 911 car's speed and distance limitations are limited by the amount of fuel the gas tank can carry.  If I remember correctly -- he said the tank holds 27 gallons of fuel - and that it runs dry at just past the 3.  Let's do the math:  3 miles and 27 gallons is 9 gallons/mile, and 27 gallons times the price of nitro -- what it is, $30/gallon? - $810.  Now I know the car doesn't run 100%, but ethanol ain't cheap, so discount a few bucks and we still end up with $500 +/- for a single run.

The 911 car DOES need a bigger fuel tank - and it runs less than 1 minute 18 seconds!