| nitrorocket |
01-11-2007 11:34 AM |
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Originally Posted by evilzee28
QUOTE:_ I still say, If this guy can do 190 no problem, so can I!!!!!!!!!!
please show us the article that made you aware that this car can run 190mph. As far as I'm aware Steves Granada is set up for drag racing,not flat out speed & that picture is at Santa Pod raceway which is a drag strip. How do you know that the guy isn't bull****ting about having run 190mph, he certainly wouldn't be the first to make outrageous claims would he? If that car had run 190mph ALL of our British custom/racing magazines would have run an article on it. As far as I'm aware that car hasn't been featured anywhere mainstream. If it's true that he has run those speeds, why don't you contact him & ask how he managed it? Incidentally, that so called "simple" pro mod wing is there for a purpose & it's not so simple as you may think to get the aero correct on one. It isn't just a case of bolt on a big wing & go for it. If the pro mods need something like that to run the numbers are you gonna fit one for high speed stability?? If not, why do the pro mods bother to fit them at all?
Take everyones advice on board, life is a very precious thing that can be snuffed out in an instant!!
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Here is the info you requested.
Steves 1980 Granada Gia with a 382" Ysi and stock T56 has gone 188 mph on multiple occasions, took him 27 seconds to finish the run. The car runs 10.04 @ 148.42mph in the quarter as it sits. It is a pretty stout motor! The last 9 seconds he flipped the blower belt and it started missfiring so he was down on power, he is hoping to try for 200 mph or close to that when he runs again. He ran the runs on M/T Drag radials, that might make the car a little squirely with the ultra soft sidewalls. I have talked to him first hand about his runs. Said it was no big deal, although the car felt a little light at 190 mph, but you will get that with drag suspension and drag radials. He actually went 188, but that is pretty close. |
