Hennessey Venom F5 To Spill The Beans In Monterey

It’s been over nine months since Hennessey first revealed the Venom F5 in concept form at SEMA. That’d be enough time to make a new human life, and it’s apparently been time enough for the Texas tuner to finalize the specifications on the potentially record-breaking hypercar.

Motor Authority reports that John Hennessey and company will reveal further – maybe even final – specifications on the Venom F5 in Monterey this month. And we’re looking forward to seeing what they’ve worked out.

The successor to the (loosely) Lotus-based Venom GT, the new F5 draws its name not from the 1960s fighter jet, but from the top classification of tornado ratings – reserved for those spinning from 260 to 318 miles per hour (418-512 km/h). That bodes well for the all-American hypercar that aims to crack the 300-mph (483 km/h) barrier.

To get there, Hennessey’s developed a 7.4-liter twin-turbo V8 that’s expected to grow to 8.0 liters and maybe even adopt quadruple turbochargers (like a Bugatti). It’s slated to deliver upwards of 1,600 horsepower (1,193 kW) and 1,300 lb-ft (1,763 Nm) of torque. Brembo is providing the brakes, Pennzoil and Shell the lubricants, and Michelin its Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires – only the rear of which will be driven – to potentially nab a new Nürburgring lap record in addition to the top-speed crown it aims to steal from Koenigsegg, which clocked a 278-mph run in Nevada around the same time (and in the same state) that Hennessey revealed the Venom F5 concept.

We’ll have to wait to see the final specifications, but we’re hoping they’ll all be revealed in full during Monterey Car Week that kicks off just four days from now.