Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

[BigBlockMopar]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

IMO, if you've built an engine for a certain purpose and you still need spray to get there, you've built the wrong engine.

Flame on... ! :o ;)

[BlackoutSteve]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

I've always thought so too. ;)

[Mr.WFO]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

thats the way i've felt about nitrous.

until I build a universal system to plug into rental cars.

[joe_rocket45]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

I've always thought so too. ;)

How'd the Camaro turn out?

[TC]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

IMO, if you've built an engine for a certain purpose and you still need spray to get there, you've built the wrong engine.

Flame on... ! :o ;)

But when it comes to horsepower per dollars you can't beat nitrous.

Like I always say build a motor to make the most HP naturally aspirated and then hit it with a nitrous shot. And I'm not talking about some little 150 shot, I'm talking about a 4 or 5 hundred hp shot, if not more. ;)

[min301]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

When I was street racing here, my brother and I would hide our systems,
any way we could.

TC's right, hp/$ it's hard to beat.

[ProRauder]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

Here's another question: how quick does a '72 Suburban need to be in order to be a jaw-dropper? I'd think sub-12.50.

I think that's the wrong question for the desired answer you seek. To make the jaws drop, drag that POS to the line and let them see the CHUTE hung off the back (regardless of whether it needs it or not)!

LOL

[TheSilverBuick]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

Here's another question: how quick does a '72 Suburban need to be in order to be a jaw-dropper? I'd think sub-12.50.

I think that's the wrong question for the desired answer you seek. To make the jaws drop, drag that POS to the line and let them see the CHUTE hung off the back (regardless of whether it needs it or not)!

LOL

Definately!!!

[Aircooled]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

You might get there with a 350 and this turbo :D

[Freiburger]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

IMO, if you've built an engine for a certain purpose and you still need spray to get there, you've built the wrong engine.

Flame on... ! :o ;)

Well, what if my "purpose" is to have a tame mill to drive around that I want to be able to hit with a big nitrous shot?

[JeffMcKC]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

Man Dave, your sounding like me now ;D

[BlackoutSteve]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

I've always thought so too. ;)

How'd the Camaro turn out?

It hasn't "turned out" yet! Still a while to go.
Taken yesterday. Headlamp harness is now being taped up..

[BigBlockMopar]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

David, that little "what if"-tidbit was not in the original firstpost-brochure... ;)
But you were also asking about MY ideas... ;D

I'm just curious about YOUR ideas.

If you want to get the 11.51-job done with a shot of viagra, I say go for it...! :o :D :D

Granted it will be much easier to built a spray-engine for the purpose, but personally, I would still want to built a 500+ engine, with a 8 to 8.5:1 cr and a centr. blower under the hood. (Then again, I might be thinking about it from an owner with a "lesser cars perspective" ;). If I had 30+ cars laying around I might choose for nitrous aswell perhaps.

[Mr.WFO]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

think of what a turbo 496 would do to street tires. & you gotta put a manual in it.
5+ rear gear ratio for the 1/8th mile?haha

[CTX-SLPR]

Re: Power to run 11.50s at 4,800 pounds?

I'm going to oddball it with a 500(ish) Caddy-monster, big single turbo or slightly smaller twins, 100 shot of nitrous for the strip for spool. Back it up with a BOPC SP400 with a big high stall