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05-28-2009, 03:54 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/05/biogas_record.jpgAfter a few earlier attempts (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/10/28/audi-gets-record-beating-biogas-a4-to-203-mph/) were unsuccessful in setting an official record, Jürgen Hohenester, a German racecar driver and automotive tuner, has finally set a new world record for reaching the fastest speed ever recorded running a vehicle on biogas. Yes, Guiness has indeed been notified. Powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 engine that's been converted to run on the compressed gas, the silver Audi sedan was clocked at an impressive 226.55 mph (364.6 kilometers per hour). Previously, the record was held by a Bugatti that was reportedly 20 kph slower.
Amazingly, the car reportedly wasn't even running at full capacity. It seems that this particular powerplant can reliably put out over 800 horsepower, but was dialed back a few notches to around 700 horsepower to keep the all-wheel-drive Audi's transmission from showering the Papenburg, Lower Saxony, race track with a pile of gear-shaped shrapnel. One key reason the powerplant was able to make such prodigious power is because biogas carries an octane rating of over 120. Us? we like to think it was down to the BBS-aping aerodynamic wheel covers. Click past the break for the awkwardly translated press release.
[Source: Hohenester Sport]Continue reading 227 MPH Audi A4 beats Bugatti to set world record for fastest car powered by biogas (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/28/226-mph-audi-a4-beats-bugatti-to-set-world-record-for-fastest-ca/)
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/05/biogas_record.jpgAfter a few earlier attempts (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/10/28/audi-gets-record-beating-biogas-a4-to-203-mph/) were unsuccessful in setting an official record, Jürgen Hohenester, a German racecar driver and automotive tuner, has finally set a new world record for reaching the fastest speed ever recorded running a vehicle on biogas. Yes, Guiness has indeed been notified. Powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 engine that's been converted to run on the compressed gas, the silver Audi sedan was clocked at an impressive 226.55 mph (364.6 kilometers per hour). Previously, the record was held by a Bugatti that was reportedly 20 kph slower.
Amazingly, the car reportedly wasn't even running at full capacity. It seems that this particular powerplant can reliably put out over 800 horsepower, but was dialed back a few notches to around 700 horsepower to keep the all-wheel-drive Audi's transmission from showering the Papenburg, Lower Saxony, race track with a pile of gear-shaped shrapnel. One key reason the powerplant was able to make such prodigious power is because biogas carries an octane rating of over 120. Us? we like to think it was down to the BBS-aping aerodynamic wheel covers. Click past the break for the awkwardly translated press release.
[Source: Hohenester Sport]Continue reading 227 MPH Audi A4 beats Bugatti to set world record for fastest car powered by biogas (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/28/226-mph-audi-a4-beats-bugatti-to-set-world-record-for-fastest-ca/)
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