fastest limo in the west....

[taranaki]

One high-powered limo ride




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PINELLAS PARK -- Luxury car aficionados will not find anything to like in this limousine.

It's 30 feet long, but there's no room to stretch out and relax. It offers no television, no wet bar. Not even doors.

This limo has a driver, but in 2,000 trips, Jim "Jet" Neilson has yet to transport a passenger.

But he can get from place to place in a hurry.

Powered by an 18,000 horsepower Westinghouse J-34 fighter jet engine, Neilson and his limo are expected to take some record-setting rides today at Sunshine Dragstrip. In about two seconds, the first jet-powered car to visit the quarter-mile strip is expected to break the track record of 180 mph.

"I'll guarantee we'll run over 200 here, probably 250," said Neilson, whose car has hit 391 mph. "I don't want to just break it, I want to annihilate it. It'll be wild, man."

Neilson's vehicle is one-of-a-kind, a $250,000 Mercedes 500SEC equipped more for an airport runway than a parking lot. While working for a more traditional limousine service in California, the one-time stuntman and former professional NHRA Funny Car racer got the idea for his car, bought the engine from the military and, since 1992, has traveled around the world with the car guzzling 60,000 gallons of fuel.

The 391 mph over 1,800 feet at a Las Vegas freeway in 1999 is an urban land speed record, Neilson said, though it doesn't have Guinness-level certification. Neilson is hoping to top 400 next year. In the meantime, Neilson, 47, travels as part driver and part carnival barker, showing off "something just unique and different."

"I'm basically still a stuntman, the way I look at it," Neilson said. "I wouldn't be happy unless I'm going 400 mph with my hair on fire. I'll do it until the day I die."

Last weekend the Palm Beach resident brought the limo to Bradenton Speedway, and caught the eye of Sunshine Dragstrip owner Todd Dickinson.

"We just had to have him," Dickinson said. "This area doesn't get to see a jet car that often."

Neilson will withstand five G's of force upon acceleration and 10 G's of negative force when his 16-foot parachutes deploy. (The human body can sustain such positive G forces without severe consequences, but with just two or three negative G's the blood vessels in the eye begin to rupture as blood is pushed into the head.)

The strip stops just short of Ulmerton Road; the daredevil in Neilson falls somewhat short of promising the car will.

"I'm hoping to stop," he said with a smile. "I've got two seconds to get my emergency parachute out, or I'll be in another zip code. I'll be at the airport."

Just the place for a jet.

[Purpura Delujo]

I find it wierd how whitegood makers make jet engines aswell as toasters . Thats a good idea for a drag car though, wonder if you could fit two jets in the back of that thing?

[alphalanos]

holy spontaneous combustion!! someone stop him! im just kidding man that is totally sick!

[LancasterWannaBe]

hey hennessyvenom,
Whats the car in the pic you have there.
It's sweet!

[High Octane]

i belive the car in that pic is a s2000 with a bodykit and wing but i wcould be wrong.


and that car is sweeett. i want one... or i wanna be thats guys 1st passanger in his

[timm]

the car is a honda s2000 with a veilside millenium body kit

[Frozenblue**WS6]

hennessyvenom... you're in clearwater eh??? want to give me a ride... that thing quick?? looks fast.... can you tell me how to get to the closest track.. i'm in tampa.....

that limo is ugly....fast though....

[JAY-UNIT]

HEY PYRO PETE HOW ARE YOU I SAW YOU @ THE TRACK THE LAST NIGHT FEB,19,2006 ME AND MY BROTHER WERE THE FIRST ONES IN THE CAR AFTER THE LAST RACE DO YOU REMEMBER US?

Originally Posted by taranaki

One high-powered limo ride




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PINELLAS PARK -- Luxury car aficionados will not find anything to like in this limousine.

It's 30 feet long, but there's no room to stretch out and relax. It offers no television, no wet bar. Not even doors.

This limo has a driver, but in 2,000 trips, Jim "Jet" Neilson has yet to transport a passenger.

But he can get from place to place in a hurry.

Powered by an 18,000 horsepower Westinghouse J-34 fighter jet engine, Neilson and his limo are expected to take some record-setting rides today at Sunshine Dragstrip. In about two seconds, the first jet-powered car to visit the quarter-mile strip is expected to break the track record of 180 mph.

"I'll guarantee we'll run over 200 here, probably 250," said Neilson, whose car has hit 391 mph. "I don't want to just break it, I want to annihilate it. It'll be wild, man."

Neilson's vehicle is one-of-a-kind, a $250,000 Mercedes 500SEC equipped more for an airport runway than a parking lot. While working for a more traditional limousine service in California, the one-time stuntman and former professional NHRA Funny Car racer got the idea for his car, bought the engine from the military and, since 1992, has traveled around the world with the car guzzling 60,000 gallons of fuel.

The 391 mph over 1,800 feet at a Las Vegas freeway in 1999 is an urban land speed record, Neilson said, though it doesn't have Guinness-level certification. Neilson is hoping to top 400 next year. In the meantime, Neilson, 47, travels as part driver and part carnival barker, showing off "something just unique and different."

"I'm basically still a stuntman, the way I look at it," Neilson said. "I wouldn't be happy unless I'm going 400 mph with my hair on fire. I'll do it until the day I die."

Last weekend the Palm Beach resident brought the limo to Bradenton Speedway, and caught the eye of Sunshine Dragstrip owner Todd Dickinson.

"We just had to have him," Dickinson said. "This area doesn't get to see a jet car that often."

Neilson will withstand five G's of force upon acceleration and 10 G's of negative force when his 1 6-foot parachutes deploy. (The human body can sustain such positive G forces without severe consequences, but with just two or three negative G's the blood vessels in the eye begin to rupture as blood is pushed into the head.)

The strip stops just short of Ulmerton Road; the daredevil in Neilson falls somewhat short of promising the car will.

"I'm hoping to stop," he said with a smile. "I've got two seconds to get my emergency parachute out, or I'll be in another zip code. I'll be at the airport."

Just the place for a jet.

[G-man422]

Werd Up.

[1986Z28]

thats awesome