Watch This Ford GT Hit an Incredible 310 MPH in the Standing Mile (2024)

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ford gt 310 mph | TikTok. This Ford GT holds the Guinness World. Record for the fastest street legal standing mile. at 310.8 miles per hour.

It was designed to take corners, but thanks to its excellent engine and bulletproof drivetrain, it makes for an incredible runway racer as well. This one's just eclipsed 310 mph in the standing mile, making it the fastest street-legal car in the category, ever.

Its twin-turbocharged V8 produces over 2,700 horsepower, compared to the stock GT's 550 hp engine which allowed it to reach an electronically limited top speed of 205 mph.

9, 2022, the Gas Monkey Garage-sponsored 2006 Ford GT known as the “BADD GT,” achieved a top speed of 310.8 mph (500.1 km/h) at Space Florida's Launch and Landing Facility, located in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, making this car the fastest street legal car in the world.

In total, a speed of 310 miles an hour was achieved behind the wheel of this incredible Ford GT. If there was any question that this car was a super car then it should now be pretty much clear considering it's faster than pretty much any Bugatti you'll find on the road.

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480 hp / 415 lb-ft of torque. Ford Mustang GT 0-60 time: 4.3 seconds. Ford Mustang GT Top Speed: 155 mph.

As a matter of fact, the GT barely loses out to the Corvette in the 0-60 sprint, and it has more power and less weight. That's why for performance, the Corvette is our winner.

This vehicle will not be street legal, as it is designed as a track only supercar. The 2023 Ford GT will also take many design cues from the vehicle made famous by the recent Ford Vs Ferrari movie, the 1967 Le Mans winner.

On February 14, 2014, on the Kennedy Space Center's 3.22-mile (5.2 km) shuttle landing strip in Florida, the Hennessey team recorded a top speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h) in a limited distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km) with the Director of Miller Motorsport Park, Brian Smith, driving.

Powering this beast is a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6, unleashing a staggering 650 horsepower. Unlike its manual predecessors, the latest GT comes equipped with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, delivering lightning-fast shifts.

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While under development, the project was called Petunia. The GT is similar in outward appearance to the original GT40, but is bigger, wider, and most importantly 4 in (100 mm) taller than the original's 40 in (100 cm) overall height; as a result, a potential name for the car was the GT44.

M2K Motorsports made history when their Ford GT made a 300mph standing-mile pass. We go under the hood of this amazing machine and talk power with the team behind the record.

World's Fastest Street Car: 2006 Ford GT Goes 310.8 MPH.

In the process, he reached 310.8 mph according to the digital speed readout on the car's dash. That's well beyond the current official Guinness World Record for a street-legal car in a standing mile, which coincidentally is also held by Bohmer at 283.23 mph. Mind you, that's the official Guinness record.

In the process, he reached 310.8 mph according to the digital speed readout on the car's dash. That's well beyond the current official Guinness World Record for a street-legal car in a standing mile, which coincidentally is also held by Bohmer at 283.23 mph. Mind you, that's the official Guinness record.

But how much quicker the latest GT is compared to its two predecessors? With a quarter-mile time of 11 seconds flat, it is a whole second faster than the second-generation supercar and 2.9 seconds faster than the original GT40.

Reaching 293.6 mph, a 2006 Ford GT set a new standing mile world record, as you can see in the video below. To help it hit such a high speed over the course of just one mile, the Ford GT received a little help from M2K Motorsports.

ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,227.986 km/h (763.035 mph) set October 15, 1997. FIA LSRs are officiated and validated by its regional or national affiliate organizations.