90tbirdsc
Registered User
You said run 9s with a Whipple or TVS with some nitrous and still be streetable for $30K at near full weight. Making big power and running low ETs aren't always the same thing.
Casey had a fairly large turbo for his displacement and it didn't start making power until around 5000 rpms, but he had a healthy solid roller cam that allowed him to rev the motor to around 7500, and with the manual transmission his drive train losses were less than an automatic. Oxygenated Q16 race fuel was also used.
It made huge power, and appeared to be streetable, but that particular combo didn't work well enough on the track to runs 9s, because it wasn't built for low ETs. With an automatic I think it was very capable of running 9s, but with the manual I think it was more like bottom 11s or high 10s.
David
Didn't he only have 255 drag radials on the rear? Get what you are saying about making big power and running low ET. But your car could Probabally run 9's and still be IRS am I right? And there is a 03 cobra with a whipple,no nos and IRS in the 9's so if a cobra can do it on its IRS why can't we? They are basically the same rear end. The cars are drastically different and I get that but I'm just comparing ET and IRS.
It will be a while till I could even think about building a car like this (I need to graduate high school first lol) but hopefully I will get my tool and die degree and possibly a second one with more of the CNC control and programming part but if I can get hired at a couple places I've talked to they let employees use the half million dollar CNC machines on the weekend. What I'm getting at here is I could hopefully Make any custom parts that I needed for a project.
I would just love to take my high school car to tx2k18 if its still around in 5-6 years and run with some of the midwest's fastest cars. It's all just a dream right now and im sure no one cares what I'm thinking about but a sc should be able to run 9's (mabye low 10's but with a really high mph) and be fairly street able right? IRS might be pushing it but would aftermarket parts available now hold 900+whp? Im talking from motor to tranny to everything else in the driveline and to the rear tires.