Xr6 Turbo 10.0002 @ 140 Mph

[BAman]

its definatly a streetcar not a racecar and it had big hoosier tyres under the bum and front runners on it aswell.

Was told it had a transbrake'd powerglide in it and apparently its packing about 450rwkw.

not really in full street trim with powerglide, slicks and front runners

putting a powerglide in really means it's a dedicated drag car, regardless of interior

[JETFPV]

Sorry well street car then instead of street trim.

And how does an auto change to a powerglide make it a dedicated drag car, does that mean if you built a T with enormous power like this guy has obviously done, but say for instance yours was manuel instead of autp, say it kept blowing up the manuel, but you liked manuel and didnt want to swtich to auto, so you decided to take out your factory 5spd, only to replace it with an aftermarket 5-6spd like say a tremec with a massive drag style twin plate clutch only because that's the only thing that will hold the power, does that make it a dedicated dragcar?

What auto do you propose he use if the stock auto just wont handle the power, even if a modified 4spd auto wont handle the power.?

Only thing you can switch to is the older ford 3spd's or the older style GM Boxes like T350/400 and powerglides.

Also another reason is there isnt a transbrake available that I am aware of for a ford 4spd auto yet.

As for slick's. well that's obvios he needs them for traction, front runners well, try driving a high powered car with full slicks on the back and normal road radials on the front and then come back and tell us how you found it at 100mph+.

Cheers

Edited 08/03/08 07:10 AM by Adam

[BAman]

so your trying to say that a modern street car can run around with a 2 speed auto

[xr6t_ute]

Regardless of streetcar/dragcar.....credit to the owner/tuner to run these times as its been a long,long long time coming and I think youll find in the not so distant future there will be a few cracking nines.

[tab]

so your trying to say .....

Really, who f*cking cares?

[YPURV4]

How do I know this info, well maybe its because my mate seen it run the time's with his own eyes, maybe he just happened to go up to the car take a look around it, maybe he might have then approached the owner or driver of the car and asked what power it was making, have you stopped to think of that for a moment or are you bored.

Example, So if your on the street having a race with a bloke who you blow away by a mile and that stranger then comes up and says nice car mate, what power does it make, does that mean then you have to tell him your name, address phone number who built and tunes your car etc etc. quite obviously NO, my mate seen the car run the times checked out the car in person and seen it had full trim etc, he then asked the owner what power it making, owner tell's him and without being a gig and harrasing the bloke any further he left it at that.

Im sure it will be on fullboost or somewhere soon as there usually at calder park taking videos and pic's.

I was just asking we get a fair bit of bullsht on this site. and its usally"oh my mates, mate has this car that can run 9's blah blah blah"

[JETFPV]

so your trying to say that a modern street car can run around with a 2 speed auto

Mate some bloody old HD-HR-HK-HT holdens came out with powerglides factory with 186 carby engines which make about -50kw standard haha, are they drag cars to coz they have 1.

Of course you can, most of the quick VL turbo's have been using these auto's for years.

[INFLYT]

Hey man, does your mate know which workshop was associated with this mystery car?

How many 10 second/140 M.P.H passes did it do?

As for the old street/drag car debate, don't get the two mixed up...

[bjc]

Well done to him. If your going to build a car with that much go and use it for that purpose you might as well do it right.

140mph, FARK

[xr6t_ute]

lol yes 140mph is huge and if he wants to run it again at Calder his gonna need a parachute as it is regulation to have a chute on a 140 plus mph pass.