Texas Mile - Oct 2012

[ZR1dogan]

Well folks. As far as I saw, I was the lone C4 running at the Texas Mile this past weekend, so I tried to represent C4's and ZR-1's as best as I could. Weather was perfect for the Cars - Cool and a Tail Wind.

In March 2011, I went 176 and was happy (Warm and slight Head Wind). My target this year was to get in the 180's. Having done some tweaks to the car and the favorable conditions, if I missed 180 I was going to be pretty dissapointed. I had a roller coaster of emotions as things were questionable at different times during the weekend.

On my second run on Sunday, I placed a Bible in the car and race gas in the tank. Can you say "God's Speed"? - I knew you could.

Best Run (Last of the Day) 186.6
For comparison: The stock ZR1's were running in the 181/182/183 range.
Pretty Good for natural air, 20+ yr old technology and under 400 cubes.

The emotional roller coaster ended on a high!

Robin
94 Dark Red - Almost Stock
94 Admiral Blue - Not Stock

[Kevin]

i've been following this on twitter but i didn't see anything about a zr-1. 180 is moving

[efnfast]

Nice run! What's hp of the car?

[tf95ZR1]

Congrats, Robin! That is great!
:cheers:
I'm surprised there were no other ZR-1's there,
especially with all the Texas Z's. I've done
the mile a few times here on the west coast:
It's a BLAST and a RUSH!

[ZZZZZR1]

Robin


Congrats!!!! Unreal

Did anyone get a video of it?

:salute:

David

[Polo-1]

That's the LPE 385 Admiral Blue, right Robin? Kevin's old car.
Man I should have bought that car....

[4CAM LT5]

NICE...!!!

[PhillipsLT5]

What is RWHP & mods??? What gears? 170 is about readline in 5th with 4.10's, 170 in mile is STRONG but 186 WOW!!!
Ted & I have run several miles and 1.5 miles so we know the challenges

[ghlkal]

On my second run on Sunday, I placed a Bible in the car and race gas in the tank. Can you say "God's Speed"? - I knew you could.

Best Run (Last of the Day) 186.6
For comparison: The stock ZR1's were running in the 181/182/183 range.


This is awesome. I would really love to do this someday.

So, you're spanking C6 ZR1's ... too cool =D>


Do you have stock gears?

[Polo-1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdzlqDxLKSA

I think it's the LPE 385 that John L used in the first Vette Viper races.
The story goes JL kick the S@%* out of John Hennessey Viper.

Damn I should have bought that Vette....

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/kpie/kevintexas2-1.jpg

[tomtom72]

Congratulations! :thumbsup:

That is an awesome performance by you and your ZR-1! :cheers:

[ZR1dogan]

Guys, sorry for the belated replies here - Wore Out tired and Busy at Work.

i've been following this on twitter but i didn't see anything about a zr-1.
Yea, Saturday was VERY SLOW. I got there at 11:00 am on Sat and was only able to make one pass and that was a license qualifying pass where you have to go between 140 and 165. All my good runs were on Sunday afternoon.
Nice run! What's hp of the car?
It dynoed 522 rwhp before I put the 3" BB with an X pipe and the Dynomax mufflers. Corey told me that should be worth at least another 10 hp.
Did anyone get a video of it?
I doubt it. All my good runs were Sunday afternoon and I think most of the video guys were gone by then. Gearhead Flicks was still there (I hitched a golf cart ride with one of them), but I think they are hired out by someone, and it wasn't me. If I had known I was going to go 186 I would have hired 'em, but until Sunday afternoon, it wasn't going well.
That's the LPE 385 Admiral Blue, right Robin? Kevin's old car?
Yea Kevin. I bought it from Kevin. The original owner that had the Lingenfelter work done was Don Betterbed from New Jersey.
What is RWHP & mods??? What gears? 170 is about readline in 5th with 4.10's, 170 in mile is STRONG but 186 WOW!!!
LPE 385 Mods done in 1996.
4.09 rear gear. On my second pass, I had a shift light at about the 3/4 mile marker. I didn't install the shift light but it has a 6.8 marker on it, so I think the light is set for 6800. I'm thinking "Man, there is no way I can go a whole 1/4 mi with a shift light on" so I shifted to 6th - 177.6 - Dissapointed. Ted Zaleski was there with his ZR1 (he has several ZR-1's so knows our transmission ratios). We compared thoughts and it began to look like with the tires I had (26" dia) and the 4.09 gear, I might just have the wrong combination to make 180+. Everything that I could think of doing to go faster, just got me to 6th gear quicker (effectively terminal velocity). I'm thinking - CRAP!!! All this work to get here, conditions perfect and I need a different gear. I had not done a calculation to see what rpm I would need. CRAP! CRAP!:censored:
Well, only one thing left to do. I decided to stay in 5th and either hit the rev limiter or make a good run. The next 3 runs were 186.3 (I was ELATED!!), 185.5 (had a bad shift), 186.6 (about as good as I could do without speed shifting). My math says that with a 26" tire 186.6 is 7400 rpm, so my rev limiter is above that. Thank Goodness!!
I think it's the LPE 385 that John L used in the first Vette Viper races.
The story goes JL kick the S@%* out of John Hennessey Viper.
Yea, in 1996 JL beat Hennessey in his Viper Venom 550 GT-S heads up 11.44 vs 11.94 (Hennessey lit up the tires) and with their best times of the day 11.21 vs. 11.4. It was Hennessey’s first outing with that engine package, but on that day, this ZR-1 with JL was faster than Hennessey in his new Viper Venom.


Thanks for the cudos guys. I will admit to being proud of that speed. :dancing

Robin
94 Dark Red - Almost Stock
94 Admiral Blue - Not Stock

[RICKYRJ1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdzlqDxLKSA

I think it's the LPE 385 that John L used in the first Vette Viper races.
The story goes JL kick the S@%* out of John Hennessey Viper.

Damn I should have bought that Vette....

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/kpie/kevintexas2-1.jpg

I remember when it went up for sale years ago, I thought the same thing. I had just bought my black 95 then this AB pops up. I would have sold my 95 for this one. well at least she is being put to good use! :-D