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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
Unfortunately its not a sliding scale. The top speed of a F1 car with 800 + hp is something like 230mph. Whereas a purpose built car with the same power to weight would probably be able to do at least 100 mph more.
It is all down to drag at the end of the day .
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The BAR Honda managed 246.908mph (average of two runs) at Bonneville in 2006 - 4 years ago yesterday in fact. It is still the F1 land speed record holder.
They had a vertical fin in place of the rear wing and a lower downforce front wing than used in racing, but of course there would still be a lot of drag from the open wheel configuration.