Hennessey Venom F5: America's rocket ship hypercar cracks 300-plus mph
Sealy, Texas & Silverstone, England – After an extensive two-year long engineering and development phase, the Hennessey team has done it again. The company has built an all new carbon fiber chassis that will serve as the foundation of the Venom F5.
Built entirely of carbon fiber, the all-new ground-up design has been engineered and built to propel the Venom F5 to a top speed of over 500 kilometers per hour (310.7+ mph). The new F5 chassis is both strong and light weight. Torsional rigidity has been measured at 52,000 newton meters per degree (38,353 lb-ft torque per degree) and the total weight is just 86 kilograms (190 lbs).
“Our all new carbon fiber chassis is an engineering marvel and to see it in person is like looking at a piece of artwork. It’s like a piece of automotive jewelry that’s built to run 500+ km/h,” said company founder and CEO, John Hennessey.
Being mated to the new chassis is Hennessey Specialty Vehicles’ all-new bespoke 1,800+ hp engine called Fury. Based on classic American V8 architecture, the Hennessey Venom F5 engine produces an astounding 1817 horsepower and 1193 lb-ft of torque. It uses a combination of high-tech, lightweight engine components (crankshaft, pistons, connecting rods & custom engine block) that combine for 6.6L of displacement. Combined with a pair of Precision ball bearing twin turbochargers with 3D printed titanium compressor housings, the Venom F5 engine delivers over 1800 bhp at 8000 rpm!
Hennessey Venom F5 V8 Engine Specifications:
Power: 1817 bhp @ 8,000 rpm
Torque: 1,193 lb-ft @ 5,500 rpm
Redline: 8,200 rpm
Displacement 6.6 liter (400 CID)
Bore: 4.125 in.
Stroke: 3.750 in.
Billet aluminum intake manifold with integrated air to water intercooler system
Forged aluminum pistons (10.0:1 compression ratio) with steel extreme duty wrist pins
Forged steel light weight H-bean connecting rods
Extreme duty forged steel connecting rod bolts
Light weight extreme duty billet steel crankshaft
Forged steel V8 engine block with billet main caps, increased cylinder wall & deck thickness & 6 bolts per cylinder
High-flow aluminum cylinder heads with canted titanium intake valves
Inconel exhaust valves with dual valve springs
Extreme duty billet steel hydraulic roller camshaft
Extreme duty hydraulic roller lifters
Extreme duty billet steel pushrods
Extreme duty stainless steel shaft mounted rocker arms
Dailey Engineering 4 Stage billet dry sump oiling system
Dailey Engineering Billet CNC aluminum oil pan
Precision ball bearing twin turbochargers (76 mm billet aluminum
compressor wheels) rated at 1,350 bhp per turbo, making 23 psi boost pressure at 1,817 bhp
3D printed titanium turbo compressor housings
High-flow twin turbo wastegates
High-flow twin turbo blow-off valves
High-flow billet aluminum 90 mm dual throttle bodies
High-flow fuel injectors, 2 per cylinder
High-flow stainless steel twin turbo headers with 1 7/8 in. primary tubes
High-flow stainless steel 3.0 in. twin turbo downpipes
High-flow catalytic converters
High-flow 3.5 titanium exhaust system