If I remember it was early enough in the Am that it wasn't hot yet. Besides running the Windows down would create a lot of Drag. No I wasn't one of those guys who was tapeing the hood Shut and all to body seams to reduce Drag but roll the Windows up Yes.
If I remember it was early enough in the Am that it wasn't hot yet. Besides running the Windows down would create a lot of Drag. No I wasn't one of those guys who was tapeing the hood Shut and all to body seams to reduce Drag but roll the Windows up Yes.
Almost all sedan type race cars just have a drivers window net. You are not at these open road races driving on the edge of max speed where every earo hp counts unless you are in the unlimited or over 180 mph classes. You are just out there driving and trying not to exceed your class max MPH limit. You are talking to your buddy in the passenger seat with a stop watch counting off the time to make sure you are on schedule. You pull up to a stop before the finish line and wait for the clock to tick down and then drive across the line.
It is right on parr with class drag bracket racing and throttle stops.
Silver state race video - in Japanese, but you'll get the idea that you should always run real race tires if you go over 200 MPH. don't let a blow out ruin your day.
Silver state race video - in Japanese, but you'll get the idea that you should always run real race tires if you go over 200 MPH. don't let a blow out ruin your day.
200 and a blowout, THAT IS FUGLY, don't matter WHAT car we got.....
none of my tires are Z rated or whatever is now affordable....
gotta pay attention to that over anything else....
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I have a little list, let ALL of them be MIST.....
The in car carmera shows the driver changing gears a couple times after the initial bang from tire starting to separate. rear tire blow outs are not a big deal. you are supposed to foot off the gas and slow down to a reasonable controllable speed before applying the brakes.
I would tend to think that he caused the car to go sideways?
That was the rear tire? Are you kidding me? He was downshifting with one good tire back there? Damn! At least he walked away.
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Watch the replay of the crash from the 3:42 seconds. The left rear goes and he immediately is gearing down and probably on the brakes. I had a high speed blow out about 25 years ago that was a little exciting. By the time I came to a stop the tread whipping around beat the heck out of the wheel well and fender and of course the rim was ruined.
Yea, A lot of people say that. They don't understand it's not linear, ie, if you hit 125 at 1/2 throttle, that doesn't mean its good for 250. Its probably good for 135.
I understand that. The guy next to me was reading 130 at the line. I was just saying, if not for the "line", it would go faster.
Alright , the guy with the calculations: how fast will a '73 vette coupe with a Mexican crate engine 350 (GM) with a eldelbrock 600 and a 3:08 rear go?
Another piece of interesting data from the C6 Z06 Forum. This chart shows the necessary amount of RWHP in order for a Z06 to attain these speeds. Clearly, a stock C3 would not have reached the 200 mph mark. Interesting stuff, though...
Corvette engineering data:
65 C2 155HP at 120 mph w/ Front rising 2 1/4 inches & rear 1/2".
C3 Mako Shark II fenders early design 210 hp @ 120 w/ Front rising 2 3/4 inches & rear down 1/4".
Vent front fenders, 175 hp @ 120 mph.
Cut front fenders down, cut rear spoiler way down to a lip, add small nose spoiler under, 105 HP @ 120 mph. front rise 5/8".
PS The Indy front spoiler designed for our Vettes w/ wind tunnel scoops up air for cooling, cleans up airflow underneath & sweeps the airflow around the front tires.
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C3 Top Speeds
Top speed depends on HP, drag & gearing so trans. & rear gears should also be included.
71s Timed at same time by C&D :
L-48 Auto. 3.08 132 mph
LT-1 4spd. 3.70 137 mph
LS-5 Auto. 3.08 141 mph
LS-6 4spd. 3.36 152 mph
Almost all sedan type race cars just have a drivers window net. You are not at these open road races driving on the edge of max speed where every earo hp counts unless you are in the unlimited or over 180 mph classes. You are just out there driving and trying not to exceed your class max MPH limit. You are talking to your buddy in the passenger seat with a stop watch counting off the time to make sure you are on schedule. You pull up to a stop before the finish line and wait for the clock to tick down and then drive across the line.
It is right on parr with class drag bracket racing and throttle stops.
Stopping is the absolute NO NO in Silver State. At no point in the track are you to go less than 90 mph. If you can't your suposed to Pull off and DNF.
I can tell you that a 1973 Roadster with the stock 400 tranny and a RamJet will go over 140 easily.. I can also tell you that "gkull" is correct about tires, I suffered a left rear failure that punished the quarter panel a bit.. The C3 gets a bit light over 140, so lower it down and stiffen the corners if you plan 150 or more.. Sincerely, Hopper
Stopping is the absolute NO NO in Silver State. At no point in the track are you to go less than 90 mph. If you can't your suposed to Pull off and DNF.
Way back when the part of the course called the narrows was so bad that it was sub 50 mph. Repaving and curve radius now makes it much faster. But I wasn't the only car coming in way ahead of time and we would slow down for the last few miles or so like a Sunday drive looking at the stop watch, to not cross the line too soon. Maybe 20-30 mph which feels like you are crawling across the line. How do you think that all these guys are nearly perfect on the time?
I don't even remember what my speedometer has on it? It has been covered up so long. I do remember before I rebuilt the motor last year I had got it to it a little and it seemed to want to float at a higher rate of speed. Realistically though I am happy with it running the speed limit, even though I know it will do much , much more than the speedometer reads. Before I would really crank it up it would have to have the suspension throughly corrected to handle the 3 digit numbers. My wife said I was nuts when I let go of the handle bars on my motorcycle at 130, it had a lot more to go too. I feel safer on the bike than I do in the car at high speeds anyway.
C&D ram a stock '76 180 (net) HP to 121 but it was PAST the power peak turning 5150 rpm while rated power was at 4000 rpm. Their test of a '71 LS-6 325 (net) HP (425 gross) to 152, but it was limited by gearing and the 6500rpm redline.
So stock 435/425 gross HP C3s geared for top speed (geared to hit peak power rpm at the drag limit) would certainly run in the 180s.
It was common for fully stock high (350 gross) and special high (LT-1s) gross) small blocks with 3.55 and 3.70 gears to bump redline in high gear in the 130-140 mph range.
C1's could make a wild 150 mph run with the top stock small blocks. I own a '61 and a '69 and can tell the '69 is a LOT slicker!!
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I feel safer on the bike than I do in the car at high speeds anyway.
