With the talk of going 200mph...

[nitrorocket]

I think what most are not realizing about all this 200 mph stuff floating around, is that's not what it is all about. In my case anyway. Much of the 200 mph stuff has come around due to the increase in standing mile participation.

I simply want to floor my car for one measly mile. Just like a TON of people do at the Texas Mile, Maxton Mile, and other events. Most people do not build a car specially for this, they just want to floor there car for one mile and see how fast it is going at the end. Some people go 140, some, 170, and some 200+. It all depends on the power output and the car type. Poeple do not go to this and do 5 test trial runs. They pull up to the line and GO. Just like I plan to.
In my case, looking for a "overdrive" trans, I am just looking to have a enough gear ratio to be able to run this without hitting redline at the quarter mile marker, like I have been doing with my 3 speed.
My plan is to get a trans with some additional gears, go to an event, get in line with the pile of other cars, and see what my speed is at the end. For me I am guessing about 200 mph.]
I personally am not out to just cruise around at 200 mph. I may never go that fast in my life. But I am going to do a standing mile event, I will see how much speed that brings. It would sure be foolish for me to go to this event with gearing to go only 1/4 mile.
MY plan, is to have the correct gearing for the estimated speed, and a 6 point bar and 5 point belt. That more then meets the safety requirments for this event.

[nitrorocket]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

Has your car been 200 mph?

That is why I am looking for some type of overdrive trans. With that, it will easily go 200 mph overall top speed.

[Stuart Adams]

Originally Posted by nitrorocket

That is why I am looking for some type of overdrive trans. With that, it will easily go 200 mph overall top speed.

Get R done and post the vid.

[nitrorocket]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

Get R done and post the vid.

I will try. I will surely have a vid!!

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

Get R done and post the vid.

Right! I'm getting Deja Vu with this post.

Just do it.

[427]

If you only want to run balls out you need to look into the Texas mile. At Maxton they make you go 125-150-175-200. They let you keep going faster each run if you are driving ok and the car has proper parts to make it safe.
One thing that was kinda cool they did that was probably because I was new, the starter checked my belts and gear before he gave me the "the course is yours" at the start. In the drag car they look in the window sometimes, but most times they just wave me through.

Kurt

[camcojb]

I hope you put a cage and safety equipment in the car before trying. I wish you luck but you've got a good thing going with the young wife and new baby and I'd hate to see you screw that up. The "no safety equipment" and your ignorance of aerodynamic effects at that speed scare the crap out of me.You seem to think because you have so much power your car will just squirt up to the speed easily in a mile and then right back down, so aero doesn't matter. Well it does and the amount of air you'll be packing under the hood will have that car going off road (my guess) unless you back out of the throttle. This is of course assuming you get anywhere near 200 mph.Good luck, but don't be stupid, you've got a lot to lose.Jody

[Stuart Adams]

Originally Posted by camcojb

I hope you put a cage and safety equipment in the car before trying. I wish you luck but you've got a good thing going with the young wife and new baby and I'd hate to see you screw that up. The "no safety equipment" and your ignorance of aerodynamic effects at that speed scare the crap out of me.You seem to think because you have so much power your car will just squirt up to the speed easily in a mile and then right back down, so aero doesn't matter. Well it does and the amount of air you'll be packing under the hood will have that car going off road (my guess) unless you back out of the throttle. This is of course assuming you get anywhere near 200 mph.Good luck, but don't be stupid, you've got a lot to lose.Jody

What he said.

[XcYZ]

Are you going to add weight? What does the car weigh now?

When Jody built the Alumin8r with the ProCharged Arias 540, it would lose traction at 120mph. It would show up in the datalog as erratic rpm. With the wind load and your coefficient of drag up around 5 on that brick of a car, that should be a huge concern.

Charley has a street rod (or at least used to) that was a land speed car which had a lot of weight added. IIRC, there was an extra 800lbs or more added.

[camcojb]

there was an article in a recent magazine about a muscle car (believe it was a first gen Camaro) that did the 200 mph deal. They added 1500 lbs of lead to the front subframe to get the weight up to 4800 lbs or so, to keep the front end planted. This was not for sustained 200 mph, just a run up to and back down.Jody