just my opinion--and you know what they say about that-- but anything that
runs 13's or faster in the 1/4, EXACTLY as you daily drive it--i mean full exhaust,
30psi in the tires, pump gas, no slicks or DOT radials, etc--thats pretty dang fast.
just my opinion--and you know what they say about that-- but anything that
runs 13's or faster in the 1/4, EXACTLY as you daily drive it--i mean full exhaust,
30psi in the tires, pump gas, no slicks or DOT radials, etc--thats pretty dang fast.
I don't even know what 13's or whatever equates to. But we'll find out in the springtime, Perry and I will grudge race, somewhere in Georgia I think. That's gonna be huge fun.
All I DO know is that when you mash the gas down and hold it for a whole mile, wishing it would go faster .... I took a dumpy road course car to the Mile, so let's see what it will do in a quarter. Isn't that what fun is? With the shorter rear gear I can't get the rear wheels to plant in the first two gears, all they want to do is spin. And I don't even want to "win," we're just going to have fun. And we will.
I don't even know what 13's or whatever equates to. But we'll find out in the springtime, Perry and I will grudge race, somewhere in Georgia I think. That's gonna be huge fun.
All I DO know is that when you mash the gas down and hold it for a whole mile, wishing it would go faster .... I took a dumpy road course car to the Mile, so let's see what it will do in a quarter. Isn't that what fun is? With the shorter rear gear I can't get the rear wheels to plant in the first two gears, all they want to do is spin. And I don't even want to "win," we're just going to have fun. And we will.
Spinning isn't winning! My car is faster at the track when I take of as fast as I can with little to no wheel spin. Start practicing at every stop light!
Spinning isn't winning! My car is faster at the track when I take of as fast as I can with little to no wheel spin. Start practicing at every stop light!
HAhaHahaH!!!!!! The Cleveland cops will just LOVE that!
(superbuickguy) "but officer, if i dont leave wheels-up the clutch chatters"........
Back in the day, that's what you did. Tach it up and just dump the clutch in first gear. And it would go. But these days there's so much horsepower it overwhelms the tires. I'd still like to get in Red and drag race against that hotrod VW Bug I had way back then. The Bug than won every street race but one. We thought that was fast, we thought we all had something. And Red's a garden snail compared to showroom stuff these days. It's just unreal how fast those new cars can go. All of them.
All I DO know is that when you mash the gas down and hold it for a whole mile, wishing it would go faster ....
Fast to me is when you try to use everything she's got... and realize that no, you don't need more, and back off a little. When you're pulling onto a interstate (in mexico or autobahn, natch) and full throttle gives you WAY more speed than you were looking for--that's fast. Nothing sucks like feeling the throttle hit the stop and wishing there was more there.
This is why I have the big blue bike! I can't imagine how much power I'd need in a car to accomplish the same thing. It's the same with brakes for me too, when you really brake hard and then realize that no, you have plenty of brakes and don't need to grab the discs quite that hard.
It's also dependent on how much grip you have and what the chassis is doing. I think most people in cars don't experience the "Nope, I don't need that much power" feeling unless they're on a loose surface (gravel, snow, etc) or have a really iffy chassis. I had a `93 Jeep XJ that had lost some wheel weights that went straight to that point right at 57mph, shaking so hard that I couldn't actually steer anymore.
Fast as a number is a bit of a non-starter. In the right chassis, really high speeds are boring as hell. 300mph is as entertaining as sitting in a recliner if you're in a modern airplane, but 30mph on a skateboard is terrifying.
All I learned as a younger man was that so fast that things get squirrely just by lifting off the gas is too fast for my ass. Nope not going to limit myself to a gentle roll out of the accelerator when it's time to slow down.
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All I learned as a younger man was that so fast that things get squirrely just by lifting off the gas is too fast for my ass. Nope not going to limit myself to a gentle roll out of the accelerator when it's time to slow down.
It's a mindset really. The first time I ran ever Red at Ohio, it rained. I only got two runs in in two days. That happens, it's random how the weather cooperates.
So I'm sitting there at the start line, nervous as hell. I'm next up, I've never done this before. And then look to the right - look at all those people! This is a huge event. Look down the track instead, they're not looking at me. Pulse rate 170.
About 50 runs later at land speed, just let me go, I already know how fast this car won't go. It's all relative.
Oh that part. For me the buzz I felt EVERY time the needle swung past 70 on the dragstrip did it for me. Trap speed wasn't that important, but picking up that time slip. Then if you do it in a cool way or have a LOT of friends there the clapping and thumbs up on the return road. I tell ya PDub, drag racing is something special and you haven't felt it until you drive it. Be forewarned, drag racing almost never gets old. A different car in the other lane. The same strip of pavement in hundreds of locations. People run the same times with the same combo for years without getting bored.
Last edited by RockJustRock; February 14, 2019, 01:10 AM.
Oh that part. For me the buzz I felt EVERY time the needle swung past 70 on the dragstrip did it for me. Trap speed wasn't that important, but picking up that time slip. Then if you do it in a cool way or have a LOT of friends there the clapping and thumbs up on the return road. I tell ya PDub, drag racing is something special and you haven't felt it until you drive it. Be forewarned, drag racing almost never gets old. A different car in the other lane. The same strip of pavement in hundreds of locations. People run the same times with the same combo for years without getting bored.
For me it's a great way to experience it, racing Perry. If we both get out of shape and wreck each other.....if we're not injured we'll be hugging each other after we get out of the cars. This is called "fun." Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
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