[jessrayo]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

That depends on how quickly you want to do it... In a standing mile it's typically thought to be right at 1,000 rwhp,

Though with the right weather conditions it's been done with less and other cars have failed to do it with more power...

The current 5th Gen record for the mile is 217... about 1300 rwhp and perfect weather conditions... Warm track, cool air and a strong wind blowing straight down track...

I've been 183.7 at the half mile, 217 at the 3/4 and blew a head gasket out.. 183.7 is about 8 mph faster than any 5th gen has gone in that distance... no spray, no traction control, just spinning and grinning, bout 1440 rwhp at the time...

Given no distance limit, I'm guessing 700 -750 rwhp might do it..

All of this information is pretty spot on. I have seen an unofficial 200 on the speedo at 757 whp with unlimited open road. When you only have 1 mile, it is amazing how fast that mile is gone..... the closer you get to 1000 whp the less room for error you have. A slight head wind, a bad shift, a loss of traction in first or second, wrong gear ratios, throttle body flutter.... all of these can make the difference between 190's and 200. I really would like to show up with 1400 whp and be able to make a less than perfect pass and still go 200...lol. I had 4 passes in the 190's, all with a head wind, I think just a change in wind direction may have made the difference. The conditions were not the best in March, the only record I know that got broken was one CTS-V went over 200 for the first time....and there were a lot of CTS-V's that had a lot more power than previous events.

One way or the another, I'm planning on being there in Oct. Maybe with a compound boost system.....