Anyone going over 200 mph???

[Damn True]

That car is decidedly un-stock.

BTW, he also blew a tire (a race tire, not a street tire) at just under 200mph, spun and went backwards across the salt at roughly 175 mph before the chute fully deployed and got the car weather vaned into the right direction.

[rocketman]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

tell us more and where

Dragstrip,shacking down a friends new pro mod.

[fatlife]

So according to this post you made elsewheres the fastest the car will do as it sits like you said earlier is 138mph, yet you said at the begining of the thread you do 150mph on a regular basis? If it was bouncing off the rev limiter at the track at the top end, and you never encountered that before, than that woudl mean you probably only were hitting like 125mph before.

"I finally made a pass at the strip with my twin turbo 1000 hp Chevelle. Good news is nothing broke, bad news is that I ran out of gear. I made 2 passes with only 10 psi and wend 10.80 @ 130 even on both passes. Went through the traps at
I reset the boost up to 18 psi and ran out of gear, I had it set to 10 psi in 1st gear, 12 psi in second, and 18 psi in 3rd.
Due to a bad launch and having to pedal it the pass was pretty bad. I launched with a 1.90 60', my 1/8 mile was a 7.0@112, and my quarter was 10.55@ 138.
1.9 seconds before I tripped the clocks, I ran out of gear and was on the rev limiter at 7000 rpm till I let off right before I finished. The car sounded like it had gunshots coming out the tail pipes and was blowing flames out the tailpipes also! I luckily have it on video so I was able to time exactly when I first hit the rev limiter to when I actually finished the pass.
I was pretty dissapointed that I did not get to see how much power the car put to the ground by my trap speed.

I need to get some 3.08 gears for my 3 series carrier and some new tires. I have 3.42's now but did not count for converter efficiency. I also am trying new tires seeing that I has to try to keep the car straight the entire pass!

Anyone need some 3.42's!!"

[3kidsnotime]

To see 200 mph in your car would be great, There are going to be alot more factors involved than most think, I would like to see a ls series engine in a heavy car do it, As far as suspension is involved I cant give any advise other than just be safe, On a short burst such as a fast drag race car a quick 60ft and big mph is not that hard but it is like hitting a brick wall after a point every thing hits 100% percent load factor, Have you run your car at 100% load factor to see what it will actually do. Get in and run it as hard as it will and dont lift final gear and 100% throttle it will eventually lay over then it is getiing ready to crap the bed but get an idea what kind of power you have, the duty cycle of the engine will be high go dry sump a oe style oiling system will never hold at a sustained rpm, I dont know what kind of tracks you have in your area but if you have one where you can open it up run it like your going to kill it, it will run hard to a mph then slowly fall off to another point then your at your load factor, every step after that is a whole new project. Fastest I have run is 226 land Wendover 96 158 H2o Firebird 01

[Scotch]

Hmm. Lots of emotions and facts here. Odd mix...like good booze mixed with bad coffee...I might not love it, but I'll still drink it all in.

Anyway...

I'm building my '65 GTO for ORR. I also have 1,100 hp capability on squeeze. I'm also going 4L80E.

I have a Schwartz chassis though - and it'll get full monkey bars before I ever go fast in it.

The trick is to creep up on it. That's why Silver State and the other successful ORRs work. They give you a chance to creep up on it. I mean, I'd love to touch 200 in my GTO someday too, but you can bet you sweet intercooler I'll be starting at 130, then 140, then 150, etc. Not just touching on these speeds in straightline bursts, but actually maintaining them for a time (like 4-6 minutes) and seeing what the car (and I) feel like 'up there'.

If you're thinking purely straightline, that changes things. Like the High Noon Shootout or Z2Z - if you're wanting to just lay the hammer down and run WOT, that's one form of going after 200. But actually driving a course (be it a road race course or open road course) is a different animal.

Yes, 200 is 200. But the need to manueuver at that speed versus simply trying to maintain a straight line offers a completely different dynamic.

FYI - I'll be out there once my stuff is ready. I hope to see you out there too.

Going after the straightline deal and then backing it up with a 140-150-ish average in the road race portion of the event is plenty respectable. Personally, I don't feel the need to want to average 200-plus in the unlimited class at Silver State. But I'd love to touch 200 in the High Noon Shootout or Z2Z. If I can get a '65 GTO to average 150 in the road race and be competitive in the straightline events, I'll be satisfied with the car.

Yes, I'm investigating aero for mine as well. It will have an adjustable splitter up front and a wing on the rear. It will have side skirts and leading edge mods. It will have headlight covers and the grille will be covered for racing. But, it will also be easily converted back to street use.

I think we're looking at similar goals. Get a full rollcage and a fuel cell installed.

~SP~

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by nitrorocket

,although I have not tried to really hold that speed for any period of time yet (on ramps are not long enough).

I am sure it will be a slow transition to make it a road race car, but I luckily already have most the mechanical parts I need.

I still need to decide on shocks and rear anti-roll bar yet, I also want to switvh over to the 4L80E trans.

Thanks for all the input, but lets stop arguing about the power, I easily have enough, don't forget I can add som high octane and turn it up to 1200+ hp at the touch of a button, so the power is no concern whatsoever .

First of all I think you should just find longer on ramp, that sounds like a safe place to do you time trials I mean heack your only tring to merge on with a bunch of jackasses going half your speed. Brillant

You know what if you put COP shocks and COP brakes you cab be as safe as you need. One more thing the anti roll bar is only needed if your gonna roll the car and crashing is only for people you don't know how to drive.

Seriously I have seen almost 20 pages of solid advice from guys trying to be nice and answer your question with solid advice and all you want to do is strut around the garage and tell us how you have 1000 hp car that can probaly do this and do that, then shut up and do it. If I understand correctly you don't even have a roll bar in the car, So unless things are different in Michigan I think they have safety rules and I doubt they would let you do all these speeds TWICE with out one.

The pursuit of spped is what started hot rodding, But it sure is alot harder to get there without any advise from those who have tried and learned from their mistakes. GOoD LUCK WITH 200mph

[fatlife]

guys, this thread is a little old, nitrorocket has "somewhat" come to his senses since making this post. I just drug it back up because I saw such conflicting evidence just recently on another site, where he states he was hitting the revlimiter at 138mph on the drag strip, and numerous times in this post he says how he has hit 150mph on a regular basis. which really doesn't sound possible if he hits the revlimiter at 138. Anyway I was just being a punk and messing with him by posting it up

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by fatlife

guys, this thread is a little old, nitrorocket has "somewhat" come to his senses since making this post. I just drug it back up because I saw such conflicting evidence just recently on another site, where he states he was hitting the revlimiter at 138mph on the drag strip, and numerous times in this post he says how he has hit 150mph on a regular basis. which really doesn't sound possible if he hits the revlimiter at 138. Anyway I was just being a punk and messing with him by posting it up

Yeah, thanks a lot!!!!

[fatlife]

trying to overthrow Steve's throne for highest post count on a single thread

[ironworks]

i got to page 6 before realizing that this sucker was 18 pages long but I had already stepped in the fire fight which is why I edited the post.

Rodger