Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Was wondering what sort of times and mph most quick cars were running to the half track down the quarter. By quick i mean 10 sec cars using ET Streets or BFG's with pump fuel. Not fussed about slick tyred cars or cars running NOS.

The best 660 i have run is a 7.280 at 95.77mph.... but was wondering what half track i need to see to be confident the car will run mid to low 10's.

I basically want to run some half track passes and be sure the car will run a mid to low 10 before i get booted for not having the appropriate safety gear

Brad

Was wondering what sort of times and mph most quick cars were running to the half track down the quarter. By quick i mean 10 sec cars using ET Streets or BFG's with pump fuel. Not fussed about slick tyred cars or cars running NOS.

The best 660 i have run is a 7.280 at 95.77mph.... but was wondering what half track i need to see to be confident the car will run mid to low 10's.

I basically want to run some half track passes and be sure the car will run a mid to low 10 before i get booted for not having the appropriate safety gear

Brad

IDO11s,

In a late model IRS car I'd say you'd be pulling 110 MPH at half track to run a low ten second pass. 660' time would be 6.6-6.7s?

IDO11s,

In a late model IRS car I'd say you'd be pulling 110 MPH at half track to run a low ten second pass. 660' time would be 6.6-6.7s?

6.5 @ 110 is on the money for a low ten

for a high ten see Adrians previous post.

I have a better idea....let Andrea have a go....i think she deserves a try before the car gets banned.

Edited by DiRTgarage

thanks for all the replies guys. I was hoping i wasnt to far off the money but it appears i am still a fair way from what i need to be. Hopefully the new found power will help but i guess only time will tell. Bring on Friday!!!

Paul, i tried talking Andrea into racing it herself but she isnt worried about having a steer.... for some reason all she is worried about is the car going fast and it sadens me to think she hasnt even been able to enjoy it herself. But, its her choice and i guess i just have to accept it. I just hope i can do all the work we have put into the car justice this Friday and run a decent time with it. It will make both of us very happy if i can :):P

thanks for all the replies guys. I was hoping i wasnt to far off the money but it appears i am still a fair way from what i need to be. Hopefully the new found power will help but i guess only time will tell. Bring on Friday!!!

Paul, i tried talking Andrea into racing it herself but she isnt worried about having a steer.... for some reason all she is worried about is the car going fast and it sadens me to think she hasnt even been able to enjoy it herself. But, its her choice and i guess i just have to accept it. I just hope i can do all the work we have put into the car justice this Friday and run a decent time with it. It will make both of us very happy if i can :(:P

Ive seen first hand the upgrades you have done since last time at the track, id say the 10's in the bag!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Yeah, it's getting like that, my daughter is coming over on Thursday to help me remove the bonnet so I can install the Carbuilders underbonnet stuff,  I might get her to give me a hand and remove the hardtop, maybe, because on really hot days the detachable hardtop helps the aircon keep the interior cool, the heat just punches straight through to rag top I also don't have enough hair for the "wind in the hair" experience, so there is that....LOL
    • Could be falling edge/rising edge is set wrong. Are you getting sync errors?
    • On BMWs what I do because I'm more confident that I can't instantly crush the pinch welds and do thousands of USD in chassis damage is use a set of rubber jacking pads designed to protect the chassis/plastic adapter and raise a corner of the car, place the aforementioned 2x12 inch wooden planks under a tire, drop the car, then this normally gives me enough clearance to get to the front central jack point. If you don't need it to be a ramp it only needs to be 1-1.5 feet long. On my R33 I do not trust the pinch welds to tolerate any of this so I drive up on the ramps. Before then when I had to get a new floor jack that no longer cleared the front lip I removed it to get enough clearance to put the jack under it. Once you're on the ramps once you simply never let the car down to the ground. It lives on the ramps or on jack stands.
    • Nah. You need 2x taps for anything that you cannot pass the tap all the way through. And even then, there's a point in response to the above which I will come back to. The 2x taps are 1x tapered for starting, and 1x plug tap for working to the bottom of blind holes. That block's port is effectively a blind hole from the perspective of the tap. The tapered tap/tapered thread response. You don't ever leave a female hole tapered. They are supposed to be parallel, hence the wide section of a tapered tap being parallel, the existince of plug taps, etc. The male is tapered so that it will eventually get too fat for the female thread, and yes, there is some risk if the tapped length of the female hole doesn't offer enough threads, that it will not lock up very nicely. But you can always buzz off the extra length on the male thread, and the tape is very good at adding bulk to the joint.
    • Nice....looking forward to that update
×
×
  • Create New...