In a video just released on Robert Mitchell's YouTube page, he discusses a recent second attempt at the production car top speed record that resulted in engine damage to the supercar. The attempt took place in Florida on December 12-13. What's incredible is that despite the lack of a new record, we get a very clear picture of what's in store from SSC.

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SSC Is Clearly Serious About Taking The Crown

Regardless of your perspective on the previous attempt, it's clear that SSC was totally taken by surprise when the internet blew up and took them to task for releasing a claim like they did. According to Robert Mitchell’s YouTube video, SSC appears to have taken extra measures to account for discrepancies this time around.

During the second attempt, the Tuatara saw the rear "hood" pop open many times. Mitchell notes that the only reason it kept happening was all the wiring they had installed on the car to ensure that the record attempt was properly recorded. With that hood constantly popping up during high-speed runs the car couldn't hit its top speed. At the same time, heat is slowly building up to the point that it needs to stop for nearly two hours to allow the engine to cool down to safe levels.

Even after cooling it though, the car was struggling to make full power. On its last run of the day, the Tuatara reached 252 mph by the halfway point of the track before the driver realized that it wasn't making enough power to reach its top speed. Ultimately they found that the 8-cylinder motor was only making good power on 6 cylinders. Those two cylinders basically had no ignition thanks to two fouled out spark plugs.

That means this monster hypercar did 252 mph with half of the track to go and without full boost or full power. If that's anything to off of, we'll surely see SSC snatch the record away when everything goes right.

Sources: Robert Mitchell

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