The car is a street-legal bio-fueled Viper that produces close to 1,100hp and was developed to show that the words ‘alternative fuel’ and ‘high-performance’ can be used in the same sentence. During the development phase, Jacob and his team discovered that renewable fuel performs much better than today’s petrol fuels because the burning of ethanol in bio-fuel has the positive side effect of cooling the combustion chambers, resulting in more peak power. Follow the jump to watch a video of the record breaking attempt.
Via: AutoblogGreen