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Originally Posted by chicane
Your chassis, your vehicle weight and your power level....
Will require spring rate and (DEFINATELY) hide height changes with your power level and lack of being "aero friendly". The hood trick is an oldie, but a goodie... to a point. Using lake skinnies in-lieu-of the steam rollers will also help aero. The biggest thing in a non "aero friendly" body is to get it as LOW as possible. This in itself, explains the spring rate change requirement.
Sure one could push any brick past 200mph, but as it was stated in a previous post... it will require dedicated engineering common sense and more money than you have to spend, "to do it easily" as some here suspect. Its not just a "all you need is money or knowhow"... its a lot of both. Yup... you could just write a check (and we all know how I feel about checkbook writers)... but that doest manifest the experience, maturity or common sense it takes to tie your shoes.
A point that some are making is rather pointed towards aero, weight and downforce and needs to be paid peticular attention to. Spinning the wheels, even at 150mph will unsettle the chassis enough to introduce mortality. The experience gained by doing incremental events to attain your goal will make your efforts worth even more.
This whole subject is like giving a 5 year old child, with no knowledge or experience with hand guns, a loaded .45ACP. We all know the potential of killing oneself... and if any one of us could stop that from happening... we will.
I say go for it man... just do it smartly.
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Couldn't have been said better.........
Nitro? Have you noticed an echo in this thread? Another thing, most of the people echoing this sentiment are people that are Gurus in this field!