A Sydney based design team has just recently unofficially smashed the Guinness World Record of World's Fastest Couch after its motorised couch (souped-up sofa) hit a speed of 101mph or 163km/hr on the runway at Camden Airport outside Sydney.This record-breaking vehicle was driven by Glenn Suter on Tuesday,27 September 2011.This record breaking stunt was sponsored by Ice Break Iced Coffee.That's why the designers of this vehicle had to include a "coffee table" in the design of this vehicle as well.The previous Guinness World Record title-holder is Marek Turowsk from Leicestershire in the UK,who set this record in 2008 with top speed of 92mph or 148km/hr.This new record-smashing motorized couch was built by Brookvale based Evolution Motorsports,which was powered by a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle engine.This engine was chosen for this record-breaking vehicle because of its power and compactness.The vehicle consists of a leather two-seater couch and a handy coffee table with cup of coffee and bowl of fruit.
The project leader Paul McKinnon's main concern was not only the speed of this this vehicle but also meeting the aerodynamic challenge posed by the weird squared-off shape of the coffee table fitted in front part of this vehicle,which is not aerodynamically suitable for a vehicle meant to run at such a fast speed.
“It’s the oddest vehicle we’ve ever built,” said Paul McKinnon's. “With race cars you can use the aerodynamic body kit that’s dictated by the regulations for each series. But with the couch it was a matter of just doing what we could. We kept it as low profile as we could, and tried to break the airflow with the coffee table.”
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The rules and regulations of Guinness Book of World Records require two officially timed runs.One run in each direction is required to be completed within an hour of each other.According to McKinnon,the stunt was successful despite the difficulty posed by crosswind.The footage from this record-smashing stunt has been submitted to Guinness World Records for consideration.
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