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2012 Guiness World Record 283.232 mph!
West Palm Beach, FL - October 16th 2012 –Performance Power Racing Re-Sets the Guinness World Records holding for Fastest Standing Mile-Street Car at 283.232 mph Johnny Bohmer Owner of Performance Power Racing and Driver of the World Famous BADD GT, along with Matt Lundy, Lead Design Tech, piloted the 1700+ horse power Ford GT down NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility Runway this week setting a new Guinness World Record at 283.232 mph in the Standing Mile. The Standing Mile is an event in which a vehicle, from a dead stop, accelerates completely through the one mile mark. “Automotive Racing is the perfect channel...
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PPR Vette IMRA Record / 1st to 250mph
This is a 2004 FRC 40th anniversary corvette, this car was brought to us by a customer that purchased it with a Twin turbo package on it rated at 1000 hp. He wanted to build it to be a mile racing street car. After an initial dyno run the car made an amazing 525hp with I.A.T. temps in the 170 F range. Needless to say we had our work cut out. We upgraded the turbo system and made the car a little more efficient. Did some aero changes to it and full suspension upgrade, clutch, hubs, all the normal stuff. We took...
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PPR Aerodynamic Testing at NASA
Performance Power Racing realized that implementing the research in high speed aerodynamics we focused on simply could not be obtained with the available testing centers used in the past. After extensive research and months of communications we found our selves in a strategic business partnership with NASA utilizing the Shuttle Landing Aid Facility and runway at Kennedy Space Center. Working With NASA has been a great experience for PPR and we look Forward to even more research and testing in the Future as many more markets and elements to the testing we do are explored. Below is a collection of...
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PPR Built Challenger SRT8 TT
This is a customers car, originally the owner wanted PPR to install the carbon PPR interior package and a few exterior pieces. He looked at a few other challengers in the shop and decided to lower the car, then he wanted a shaker hood , next thing you know this car was getting substantial modifications, the performance side started with a small N2O system with a l.e.d purge system that exits the shaker intake After being around the shop and seeing all the twin turbo projects he asked what exactly a turbo did, we explained it to him, he inquired about...