Whats a good Gear and RPM for a "roll race"? ---

[alwayscode390]

I am going to be getting the ZR-1 out for a few local cruises this summer ... and I am sure I will get someone trying to "ROLL RACE" me more than once.

Whats a good RPM and Gear to be in for a nice strong pull from beginning to end?

I have never roll raced before, but want to make sure I "represent" when the opportunity comes up HAHA!!

I have dyno'd my car ... is it mainly anywhere in these cars?!

I have stock gearing.

Thanks :) ---

[Kevin]

find a speed that puts you at 4000 in the gear you want, remember it.

[alwayscode390]

NICE ... thanks Kevin!

I am guessing that puts me firmly into the "full power" mode :) ---

[Kevin]

secondaries, if you have them, open at 3000 rpm or WFO on the 90. I should mention this is when a stock car comes up on cam, i have no idea with a ported car

[alwayscode390]

That's good to know , I was thinking it was 3500rpm.

Whats WFO?

Thanks ---

[Kevin]

could be, if i'm turning above 3000 rpms i'm probably wide ******* open anyway...i

[alwayscode390]

ahhh I getcha LOL ;) ---

[Fully Vetted]

Don't forget to firmly place your head against your headrest 'cause that's where it's going to end up...

[Kevin]

Don't forget to firmly place your head against your headrest 'cause that's where it's going to end up...

friend of mines MG sprung a coolant leak at cars and coffee so we jumped in the zr-1 to take him over to sears, got his stuff, hoped back in, we were doing about 25 in first and I gave it a 1/4 throttle whack. his response was "HOLY **** THAT THING TAKES OFF"...he aint seen nothing yet

[sammy]

i have had my fair share of roll races. 3000 is just perfect for a roll race , you wont spin the tires and thats her sweet spot . if you ever get into a highway punch off you can put her in third with stk gears.you wont have to shift till about 115mph . roll races are where our cars shine . my 2 ported cars plenum and inj housings run thru the lights at the drag strip between 118 -120 which is good enough to get seriously into the 11s if our cars hooked decent at all . have fun

[alwayscode390]

Dang ... put in 3rd between 3k-4k and punch it up to redline , 115 sounds fast enough LOL ... thanks guys :) ---

[Paul Workman]

With stock gears, top speed in 1st is approx. 60 mph,
2nd = approx. 90,
3rd = a tad over 120...

The beauty of having all those sweet rpm to play with is we can start the festivities at around 3500 rpm and launch past others that are already thinking about another gear! Nuttin like a 5-2 downshift and standing on the LT5 - all the way to the limiter! So far that has never failed to wipe the smirk off the faces of a LOT of doubters - especially on a rolling start contest!

P.

[alwayscode390]

HAHAH, that made me smile :) ---