See it: Street-legal Ford GT hits record 310.8 mph on Space Shuttle landing strip - Fox News

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It's the fastest old car successful the world.

Actually, it's the fastest… period

A customized 2006 Ford GT supercar has claimed a caller velocity grounds for street-legal cars astatine 310.8 mph.

The mid-engine coupe was modified by show car builder Johnny Bohmer arsenic a task sponsored by TV's Gas Monkey Garage.

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Bohmer's Ford GT has implicit    2,700 hp.

Bohmer's Ford GT has implicit 2,700 hp. (Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds)

The car, nicknamed the BADD GT, had antecedently acceptable a standing-mile acceleration grounds astatine 282.232 mph successful 2012, but has been continually updated.

Its twin-turbocharged V8 produces implicit 2,700 horsepower, compared to the banal GT's 550 hp motor which allowed it to scope an electronically constricted apical velocity of 205 mph.

Bohmer uses the car arsenic a regular driver, contempt its bonzer capabilities, and was down the instrumentality for the record.

Bohmer's Ford GT deed  310.8 mph connected  the Space Shuttle landing strip.

Bohmer's Ford GT deed 310.8 mph connected the Space Shuttle landing strip. (Jonny Bohmer Proving Grounds)

The Bugatti Chiron antecedently acceptable the highest thoroughfare ineligible car velocity astatine 304.77 mph, but that car utilized an unmodified accumulation spec engine.

"We’ve been blown distant by the capabilities of this car," said Gas Monkey Garage proprietor Richard Rawlings. "Johnny and I are committed to showing the satellite the benignant of velocity that this car tin execute and consciousness we tin make records that volition past for years."

Gas Monkey Garage proprietor  Richard Rawlings (left) sponsors Johnny Bohmer (center) and the BADD GT project.

Gas Monkey Garage proprietor Richard Rawlings (left) sponsors Johnny Bohmer (center) and the BADD GT project. (Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds)

The retired, astir three-mile-long landing portion the feat was achieved connected is located astatine the Kennedy Space Center and chiefly utilized contiguous for car investigating overseen by the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds institution and different peculiar events.

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While nary grounds keeping authorization similar Guinness was progressive successful the effort, Bohmer posted video grounds of the velocity and collected information from 4 antithetic devices he's blessed to supply to anyone who mightiness situation its authenticity.

The BADD GT is thoroughfare  ineligible  and utilized  arsenic  a regular  driver.

The BADD GT is thoroughfare ineligible and utilized arsenic a regular driver. (Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds)

But helium mightiness beryllium challenging the grounds himself again soon.

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"We judge the BADD GT tin bash overmuch much than interruption the record," Bohmer said. "In its existent configuration, we person different 500-700 horsepower that we tin enactment with to truly boost the apical speed."

Gary Gastelu is Fox News Digital's automotive editor.

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