Who's ZR1 was at the Texas Mile?

[CorvZ061]

Here is a pic i saw from this years Texas mile. Any idea who's Z this is? Any idea what speed it ran? What's been done to it?

[tccrab]

A '91+ "Turq" car with '90 wheels on it.
That's OK, I actually like the "Salad Shooters" better than the "Saw Blades".
What caught my eye more than anything else, is that the wheels are on the wrong sides.
I don't get it.
The wheels are marked.
They clearly say "Right Hand" and "Left Hand" on the inner wheel.
And people still manage to put them on wrong sides and not notice it.

*sigh*

TomC
"Crabs"

[CorvZ061]

Originally Posted by tccrab

A '91+ "Turq" car with '90 wheels on it.
That's OK, I actually like the "Salad Shooters" better than the "Saw Blades".
What caught my eye more than anything else, is that the wheels are on the wrong sides.
I don't get it.
The wheels are marked.
They clearly say "Right Hand" and "Left Hand" on the inner wheel.
And people still manage to put them on wrong sides and not notice it.

*sigh*

TomC
"Crabs"

i have heard that putting them backwards creates less drag, which in turn rises the top speed of the car.

In a word, it's more aerodynamic.

Supposedly that is. I have no idea.

[flyin ryan]

Originally Posted by CorvZ061

i have heard that putting them backwards creates less drag, which in turn rises the top speed of the car.

In a word, it's more aerodynamic.

Supposedly that is. I have no idea.

? uh, well i don't think it's you, per sa, but somebody has "NO" idea

[gbrtng]

It's Rick from Austin. The engine has an early Vette Doctors top end and I think it ran 165.

[flyin ryan]

Originally Posted by gbrtng

It's Rick from Austin. The engine has an early Vette Doctors top end and I think it ran 165.

i'd venture to guess that a pretty decent MPH, not knowing the details involved, IMO. good to see a Zee out & shakin' it up.

[threestar40]

Yes it was me.
I didn't know my wheels were on backwards!!!!!
I just put them on because the Vredesteins are the softest tires I have at the moment.

I'm an idiot.

My car has made 6 total passes at the texas mile. Best MPH is 170.281.

Like Glen Said, it's got some top end work from the vette doctors including Jeal cams, then Watson's, 4:09's, Dewitts Radiator, RW thrermostat, I did coilovers from Rippie, Samco hoses, triple take, coolant to plenum delete mod that I did...I guess about everything you can do to a stock displacement car. It puts down 410hp. On safety stuff it has a rollbar and turquoise harnesses from M&R that are very .


The only real serious trouble the car has ever given me since I bought it 9/01 was a code 43 issue. I almost sold the car over that one, but Z-industries got me taken care of on that by doing some magic on my mem-cal.

One other thing is I can't track down is a horrible squeak in the back that I have been chasing for a couple of years and can't find.

Otherwise no complaints, its a bad *** car, but I'm preachin' to the choir here

Thanks for asking...

Rick

[tccrab]

Originally Posted by threestar40

Yes it was me.
I didn't know my wheels were on backwards!!!!!
I just put them on because the Vredesteins are the softest tires I have at the moment.

I'm an idiot.

It's OK, and probably not your fault.
If your Vredesteins are directional and you put them on the right sides then the fault is with your tire installer and not you.
It wouldn't be the first time that the guys at the tire store put the wrong tires on the wrong wheel.
The big advantage of putting the wheels on the right sides is that the holes were designed to force air into the openings and thus provide additional brake cooling. A very nice thing for people traveling at warp 170.281.

That being said, if your Vredesteins ARE directional and you DID put them on the wrong sides AND the safety people didn't catch it...
Things could have turned out very badly indeed at warp 180....

TomC
"Crabs"

[threestar40]

The Vredesteins are not directional, That is probably why I didn't care, kind of wierd when your looking at them...and after all, I am a '91 owner

I'm putting my saw blades back on, I like them better just wish they had my softer tires.

Rick =)

[tccrab]

Originally Posted by threestar40

The Vredesteins are not directional, That is probably why I didn't care, kind of wierd when your looking at them...and after all, I am a '91 owner

I'm putting my saw blades back on, I like them better just wish they had my softer tires.

Rick =)

Rick:

Since the tires are non-directional, the decision is: No Harm, No Foul.
Play ball!!

Heck, I'm not even sure that the holes actually do force air through them to cool the brakes.
I'm just another picky, fussy, know-it-all, sum-bioch, dumbazz '90 owner.

I'm kind of jealous actually, I've never been within 40mph of "Where Life Begins".
*sigh*

TomC
"Crabs"