This is the video of the second attempt of Karl Jacob to break the speed record for a street legal car. He first tried to brake the record in may, but he failed. The old speed record for a petrol powered street legal car was 350 km/h.
The new record claimed by Karl Jacob is 355km/h. He accomplished this speed in a street legal bio-fueled Viper, built especially to prove that "performance" and "alternative fuels" can be used in the same sentence.
Karl Jacob discovered that from one point of view, bio-fuel is better than petrol. The reason is this: the burning of ethanol from bio-fuel has the effect of lowering the temperature in the combustion chamber and this results in more power.
Watch the E85 Viper Speed Record Video after the jump.
E85 Viper Speed Record Video:
