VIDEO: What 0-500 km/h in 3.77 seconds looks like

While 0-100 km/h in less than four seconds may sound (and feel) like it’s a lot to handle, what about 0-500 km/h in the same amount of time? Well, this video aims to illustrate that feat in one of the fastest drag vehicles in the world – a 10,000 hp Top Fuel dragster doing the quarter mile run.

Said video, filmed by former NHRA champ, Shawn Langdon, who fitted a camera in his helmet sees the Top Fuel dragster hit 317 mph in 3.77 seconds – just to note, that’s about 508 km/h. At mid-point, the camera seems to have a hard time just capturing the surroundings, seen all blurry.

Just for comparisons sake, hybrid hypercars such as the Porsche 918 Spyder and the McLaren P1 typically go from 0-100 km/h in 2.8 seconds. Similarly, the Ferrari LaFerrari also completes the century sprint in under three seconds as well. The Koenigsegg One:1, though not a hybrid, does the century sprint in less than three seconds too, and 0-400 km/h in around 20 seconds.

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Graham Chin

Having spent a number of years as a journalist for a local paper, a marketing executive for a popular German automotive brand and a copywriter, Graham, a true-blue Sarawakian, knew he had to take the leap back into the motoring scene - and so he did. To him, nothing’s better than cruising for hours along a scenic route, in a car that’s designed and built for that purpose.

 

Comments

  • ben yap on Feb 11, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    can reach singapore in 40 mins.

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    • George Abdul on Feb 11, 2016 at 8:59 pm

      No, because highway not in ‘straight” road(connering on 500 km is crazy)… and the highway still have many vehicles.

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    • 500km/h is not the top speed…

      Thereotical Top Speed for Top Fuel Dragster is 843 mph (1357km/h)

      Thereotical…..

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    • hahaha on Feb 12, 2016 at 1:37 pm

      question is will the engine last 5 mins under that stress? let alone 40 mins.

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  • nabill (Member) on Feb 11, 2016 at 5:47 pm

    I dont think there is a ‘feeling’ tbh….
    I doubt a Human brain can absorbe all that in such few seconds…i bet the driver cant remember anything…

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  • sam lo on Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    How come this thread no complaint on PROTON? feel strange and weird.

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  • hairul on Feb 12, 2016 at 8:12 am

    wait and wait and wait for the start…then…..eh?! finish?! where is the 500km/h?

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  • CarmenTung on Feb 12, 2016 at 10:10 am

    What happened? Is this a joke?

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  • theanswer on Feb 15, 2016 at 10:00 am

    he must be very2 fit so his body can absorb that kind of g-force. for a normal person..might be passed out.

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