A scratch my head moment!

[rhipsher]

Originally Posted by Kevin

you're looking at a minimum of 5 miles to get to 180 on a stock car

Mines got PP top end with forced air ram air system and open air temp sensor mounted right inside the mouth of the ram air. But I'm still running stock cats and manifolds with a Borla exhaust. So it's not totally stock. It hits 165mph really quick but after that the climb to 180mph is a bit slower. I think thats the case with any car capable of that speed. The last 20 miles an hour to top speed comes slower. I would like to know how many miles it takes for it to get to 180 also but thats just to much to be paying attention to while your going that fast. When I hit the exit I'm still at 150mph on the brakes. There are some corners and bridges but very slight. I never have to let off the gas for any of them. But I will be in the middle of both lanes in the long corners. The car handles so good at that speed that I don't feel uncomfortable at all. But I don't feel comfortable passing other cars up at that speed and will slow down until I'm passed them. Hey if I'm gonna die I'd rather die instead of taking other people out with me.
But guy's thats the last time I'm doing that on a public road. I've gotten away with it many times. I don't worry about the car or me. I worry about the cops. They'ed through my azz in prison and impound my car if they caught me doing that. I just don't need that sheet in my life. Just not worth it. Drag strip is cheap and and always there.

[A26B]

There's always Big Bend ORR! Curtis can tell you all about that!

[rhipsher]

Originally Posted by A26B

There's always Big Bend ORR! Curtis can tell you all about that!

Curtis Ward has. It was at the last BBQ I attended. You had that white C5 rear 1953 front fusion thing corvette with you that time. But Cutis showed me his photo album in glenns garage. Also told me how much life insurance he took out on himself when he was racing. Of course that was until he let somebody else borrow it to go road racing and they totalled it.

[threestar40]

Originally Posted by Kevin

you're looking at a minimum of 5 miles to get to 180 on a stock car

Well, mine makes 410 at the wheels...just a little better than stock and I've hit 170MPH at the texas mile...twice. That is a standing mile...that means you start at 0 MPH! That's going on right now as I type this as a matter of fact. Bob and Sanjay and W i l l did better times but they are way beyond stock. two 415's and whatever Bob has 385 If I remember right.

I've run the BBORR twice and the last RRORR and have quite a bit of seat time in the 160's...I would say around 100 miles or so. Just didn't want to get DQ'ed like Curtis did, but I'll admit it was tempting to see how fast my car could really go. I have little doubt it could hit 180 in 6th even with my gears. I'm bumping the rev limiter in 5th at 170. They are really strict out there about safety...If you get caught going even 1 MPH over your tech speed and you will be DQ'ed...no arguments. You also can't go 1 mph beyond 30 MPH lower than your your target speed! We had one really experienced person not able to make the return run because she violated this rule last year. It was sad to see the Marfa Presidio Event get cancelled because of some ******* judge.

Just can't see how it would take four more miles to make 10 more MPH.

I wish more of you would do some ORR...it's absolutley what our cars were built for. It's pretty expensive though and dangerous and the safety stuff can be a drag, but that has been the best experience of my life with my ZR1 hands down. It's really a pretty good car.

The thing is that my car has 4:09's or 4:10's, I dont know which.

Does anyone know if any of us are at the Texas Mile this weekend?

Rick