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How fast were they going?


This is truly an awesome, face-paced experience, but I was wondering how fast exactly?

I examined the speedometer closely during the first race, but the numbers on it don't seem to make sense. Around 10 minutes into the movie, there's a closeup shot of JP's speedometer, and it looks like it's reading 240 at the max, but you can clearly see that the left side of the speedometer must peak at 260 before spinning to the right side. Perhaps some strange alien symbols for the numbering system?

If you look in the inner circle, you can see it goes to 200, then a slightly modified 2 for the next set of 100, then 300, and 400. Does this mean the speedometer was actually maxed at 340?

Also, what units were they using to measure? I know the outer circle was kilometers per hour, but what was the inner circle (it read k/m)? Certainly not kilometers per minute, as that doesn't convert correctly.

Perhaps I'm overlooking something simple.

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At one point they said that JP's new car had a 35,000 horsepower engine, and that was before the 2 or 3 caps. Not sure how fast that is in MPH but I think that's slightly faster than a jet engine.

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We never heard a sonic boom or saw the "white vapor flash" effect, so I'll say ... high subsonic? Speed of sound is about 750 mph, real-world land speed record is a few mph faster. Sounds about right for when they were under the influence of the "platinum nitro."

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Answer: FAST

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not as fast as you think. the announcer clearly said at one point that when JP crashed at the beginning of the movie he was going 300kph.

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horsepower doesn't equate to top speed
but we can get a sense of acceleration
a 35000 horsepower engine is about equal to 1 engine on a 747 (which as 4 engines)
but not the world record - which is probably 30million HP by the space shuttle

and considering they had bioenergy weapons, 35k HP in a transAm is pretty pathetic
i guess the steamlight nitro pushed it into the million?

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