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Old 04-17-2008, 02:19 AM
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Default Hennessey branching out

Hennessey Performance Engineering is notorious for tuning the Dodge Viper, but little know they have slowly been branching out to other vehicles. Just recently they added the Corvette Models including the ZR1, the Dodge Challenger, Lexus IS-F, and Audi R8 to their tunable models.

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Old 04-17-2008, 02:29 AM
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Yeah, I was over at their site several months ago day dreaming and noticed they were making packages for lot's of stuff. Hennessey builds great cars, but I am more of a Lingenfelter man myself though.

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Old 04-17-2008, 02:39 AM
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I've been a fan of Hennessey ever since Torquenstein wrecked his Hennessey Venom 650R in Morocco during the 2004 Gumball. He and Alex Roy are seriously my road rally idols.
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Old 04-17-2008, 11:14 AM
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oddly enough, I'm not that familiar with Hennessey...
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Old 04-17-2008, 11:34 AM
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They make super-Vipers. Awesome company.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:03 AM
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cool, but they do more than "super vipers"
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Old 05-17-2008, 11:02 PM
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cool, but they do more than "super vipers"

yeah they do Super-Vipers, Super-Lambos, Super-Challengers, Super-Audis... Hennessey does A LOT of stuff... and they do it all extremely well
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Old 05-17-2008, 11:05 PM
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They also sell a modification for the Veyron 16.4 which suprised the hell outta me
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Old 05-17-2008, 11:14 PM
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WHOA!!! ive never heard that they have a Bugatti after-market upgrade!!! thats insanity... that car doesnt need (or shouldnt have) ANY more power than it already does...
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Old 05-17-2008, 11:18 PM
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yea an exhaust system upgrade, here's the link:
Hennessey Performance Engineering - Dyno Sheets and Time Slips Page
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I'm guessing that they got a request for a custom exhaust from a Veyron owner and since they already have all the details worked out from that, they figured that they might as well throw it in the catalog.

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Old 05-18-2008, 07:05 PM
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I'm guessing that they got a request for a custom exhaust from a Veyron owner and since they already have all the details worked out from that, they figured that they might as well throw it in the catalog.
With the slight hope that one of the other billionaires who can afford to spend a Mil and a half on a rocket ship with wheels will use their car enough to warrant aftermarket upgrades.
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Old 05-20-2008, 10:26 PM
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maybe I can afford one if my friend get his record deal
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