# Not your basic Little Deuce Coupe, but if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114 "2019-03-09T11:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/1 "2019-03-09T11:29:59Z")
Some cars just look fast even when they’re parked. Well, this is one of those, definitely! The manufacturer, _Koenigsegg_, claims (while not proven, yet) its new _Jesko_ model will go 300 mph! > **[This $3 million car could go 300 miles an hour](https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/this-dollar3-million-car-could-go-300-miles-an-hour/ar-BBUsERU?ocid=spartandhp#page=2)** > > Swedish automaker Koenigsegg claims its recently unveiled Jesko supercar should be able to achieve speeds of 300 miles per hour. As it would make a fun grocery getter and white is my favorite car color, I was thinking about getting one until I saw the sticker. I’m about $2,800,000 short in my car budget account. I’ll have to wait until reasonably priced used ones appear on Craig’s List. Is there a limit on how fast a “street legal” car can go… and would 300 mph be that limit? P.S. More detailed car information @ [https://www.koenigsegg.com/car/jesko/](https://www.koenigsegg.com/car/jesko/) _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/2 "2019-03-09T13:25:59Z")
You don’t need a 3 million dollar car to do this.The Dodge Challenger Hellcat with 1200 hp and a price tag of around $90,000 is capable of doing that. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/3 "2019-03-09T13:40:03Z")
And the Hellcat is a Chrysler product. Just your ur styl, @common_sense_answer. Anyway, where do you get tires for that Koenigsegg that will not disintegrate when you get near 300 mph? Sure, NHRA cars get to 300, but in only takes a few seconds. How long would it take the Jesko to top out? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/4 "2019-03-09T14:10:49Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > Is there a limit on how fast a “street legal” car can go… and would 300 mph be that limit? There is no legal limit. There are practical limits… tires - after 15 minutes at high speed they explode. Fuel consumption, empties the fuel tank in 12 minutes… so it saves the tires! Temperatures, engine coolant, differentials, transmission, pretty much everything. You can’t build enough cooling in to maintain speed. But the real kicker - there is NO place to achieve that speed except on a test track! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/5 "2019-03-09T14:24:37Z")
Pretty sure the Hellcat won’t do 300 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/6 "2019-03-09T14:25:01Z")
> [@COROLLAGUY1](#): > > Dodge Challenger Hellcat with 1200 hp and a price tag of around $90,000 is capable of doing that. The Hellcat has 797 HP and will hit 195 mph The Dodge Demon has 840 hp on 100 octane race gas and will hit 204 mph Tuner Hennessey sells a tweaked Hellcat Redeye that makes 1200 hp that I calculate would go only 230 mph. Assuming you could actually get one and have it work properly… Hennessey has had some “issues” with these things And none of these porky power-packs can STOP worth a darn either! ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/7 "2019-03-09T15:51:59Z")
You can always add a RATO. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/not-your-basic-little-deuce-coupe-but-if-i-had-a-set-of-wings-man-i-know-she-could-fly/136114/8 "2019-03-09T17:10:31Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > You can always add a RATO. Oooo, Oooo, I think I figured that one out! I am familiar with JATO from airport days. It must be rocket assisted take-off, eh? _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴