941Punk
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That's bloody fast, period. I wonder how the car felt at that speed? Was there adequate downforce to keep it planted, but not too much to have it seem locked?That's bloody fast in the one mile. not many years ago, 200 in a mile was a big deal.Few years ago an Enzo tried to race a CF-18 at Cold Lake Alberta and lost.This Ford would be a perfect match to do the same.
It’s almost hard to believe, my super Comp dragster would do that,(turning off the computer) and it had slicks in the Back and pizza cutters up front and come off the line a whole lot faster than that ford did. 555 on alcohol.174 in the quarter is very impressive as well.
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It’s almost hard to believe, my super Comp dragster would do that,(turning off the computer) and it had slicks in the Back and pizza cutters up front and come off the line a whole lot faster than that ford did. 555 on alcohol.
Gotta love the crosswind just past the bleachers in the afternoon,,,lolGood old LACR !
That was bad ass, what a rocket! I'd like to see what's done to the motor, sounds like it's still supercharged and hasn't been given the turbo treatment.
Holy foooook! 300 m.p.h. in a street legal car?
Sometimes I felt like I needed paddle tires as to the amount of sand blowing across the track turned it into the sand drags, but it was still a great track, they were open every Wednesday and Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday.Gotta love the crosswind just past the bleachers in the afternoon,,,lol
That was bad ass, what a rocket! I'd like to see what's done to the motor, sounds like it's still supercharged and hasn't been given the turbo treatment.
Is it the new twin turbo V6 GT, or the 1st gen reboot of the GT?It’s turboed as shown above. I don’t think it could make enough power with enough fine boost control for traction with a twin screw blower that would fit under the rear clamshell.
A procharger could work, but finding the space for that would be pretty challenging.
This is really impressive for a RWD car.
Yup! I remember that! I was there for the last Friday night session before they closed. My car was apart, but I took my Yamaha Vmax and made some passes. I miss that place. Irwindale would be cool if it was a full 1/4 mileSometimes I felt like I needed paddle tires as to the amount of sand blowing across the track turned it into the sand drags, but it was still a great track, they were open every Wednesday and Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday.
I’m wondering what tires these guys are running?
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Is it the new twin turbo V6 GT, or the 1st gen reboot of the GT?
Hoosier road race tires. I do not know if they are special construction for this use or not.
Ice got to think special construction.
Those speeds are way beyond normal racing velocities.
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Those old, open-ended speed ratings like Z need to make way for new ratings that can withstand today’s performance.
“Over 149 mph” leaves a lot to the imagination LOL
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Those old, open-ended speed ratings like Z need to make way for new ratings that can withstand today’s performance.
“Over 149 mph” leaves a lot to the imagination LOL
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But this is really for consumer DOT tires.
I’m not too hop on non-DOT tires.
I do know the Bugatti Chiron can hit 300mph, but is limited to 280 due to tires.
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Street legal is a loose term..
It looks to not have front lights and such. Tires are not DOT legal. I’m sure it’s been lightened a lot.
You could drive it one the street, but it wouldn’t be very fun.
I would not worry about driving it on the street, if you got pulled over I bet it would be so the officer could have a look at the car.
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It’s almost hard to believe, my super Comp dragster would do that,(turning off the computer) and it had slicks in the Back and pizza cutters up front and come off the line a whole lot faster than that ford did. 555 on alcohol.
Street car. Those broken lines looking kinda solid!
Remember though that he does that from a roll. I'd guess he's going about 40mph as he enters the starting area. Can't be compared with starting from 0 for 1/4 mile speeds/times.
It’s a standing mile. The start counts. It is a very soft start though.
I’m surprised people have not started bringing regeared no prep street cars
I truly think it is that 180 to 200 mph mark is the standard now, and it just takes so much more to get faster than that.
I still find it amazing that in 1968 at Daytona with zero aero, with around 400hp, the B Production class 1965 Shelby GT350R model SFM 5R538 driven by Charlie Kemp was clocked and documented at 184mph on Good Year Blue Streaks that are speed rated at 130mph!!! What I am getting at is you would think that cars today would reliably running well in to the 225mph to 300mph range with no problem, yet they are not.
My 1989 blown Mustang GT averaged 173 for 20min in a trial run for the Silver State Classic. Zero aero.
High speed drag is, for the sake of our discussion here, essentially squared to the velocity. Meaning it takes greater and great levels of power to overcome the faster you go. It's not proportional/linear.
High speed drag is, for the sake of our discussion here, essentially squared to the velocity. Meaning it takes greater and great levels of power to overcome the faster you go. It's not proportional/linear.