Too much for the street?
Originally Posted by rotary1307cc
No limit if u know how to apply it
Under 50* in that vid and nittos and still hold a bunch
Under 50* in that vid and nittos and still hold a bunch
No limit if u know how to apply it
Under 50* in that vid and nittos and still hold a bunch
https://youtu.be/WT8Jp9CfX-U
Under 50* in that vid and nittos and still hold a bunch
https://youtu.be/WT8Jp9CfX-U
Great looking video. For some reason you seem like the kind of person who builds all of the suspension, rear ended, and power glide before you mess with an engine. Yours hooks up pretty well but I don't see a power glide being a street car. Could be a turbo 400 though and it would make sense. The amount of people with a built ls and that have decent suspension is very far and few. This forum is a group of John forces doing big smokes burn outs everywhere. Looking at that car it appears to be driveable on the streets but looking at that dash and **** it doesn't seem like a street car. Just because a car can be driven on the streets doesn't make it a street car. A car with good manners makes a street car. One where it isn't hard to get around town and that kinda stuff. One where taking people in t to dinner or the movies is possible. They had a few 3000+ hp cars dondrag week. I still don't consider them street cars
Then they would focus on tires not suspension and eventually get it to hook then they would break LOLWhen I think of a street car I'm thinking daily driveable although it may not be daily driven just to keep wear and tear off of it or leave it in a work parking lot to be exposed to door dings and bad weather. Either way you should be able to take the spouse on a date to see a movie or go out to eat with it or even just cruise around and enjoy it without major hassle if you get stuck in stop and go traffic.
When I think street able I'm thinking drag cars that can still be driven on the street more like what you see on drag week.
It's not limited to just LS people...the vast majority of people are all about the horse power. What you really need to ask is...but does it hook up and if it does will it break? I was taught when you build a car you start from the rear and work forward. I was really young at the time I was told that and it seemed odd, but when I first started going to the track I learned quick. My first build had as much money the in the trans on back plus suspension as it did the motor if not more. I was racing street legal cars and all I heard was...I was spinning I was spinning I can't hook up or I'd beat you. Hmm...I'm not spinning at all Then they would focus on tires not suspension and eventually get it to hook then they would break LOL
Then they would focus on tires not suspension and eventually get it to hook then they would break LOL Yes everything works together
Not sure why you would consider a 400 streetable and not a glide
The long low gear is part of what makes it work so well.
Hell this winter I I want to move from a 1.80 to a 1.5x low gear to get low longer yet and the shift tighter
That china 1.80 gearset is 5 years old and getting perty loud as you can hear
Low is perty soft there but the car will still trap over 160 on a soft delivery like that from a dig
Not sure why you would consider a 400 streetable and not a glide
The long low gear is part of what makes it work so well.
Hell this winter I I want to move from a 1.80 to a 1.5x low gear to get low longer yet and the shift tighter
That china 1.80 gearset is 5 years old and getting perty loud as you can hear
Low is perty soft there but the car will still trap over 160 on a soft delivery like that from a dig
That's what I like about my setup, my wife and I can just walk to the driveway, get in, buckle up, get on the freeway and drive to the local car meets or go to a movie, restaurant ("Uh.. why no, Mr. Valet, you can't park my car. I don't want a Ferris Bueller moment") or go to the track on Test and Tune and run 6.4 in the 1/8th mile on the same tires and fuel. Passes NY state inspection every year. I haven't been beaten on the street or the freeway (yet, .. there's some heavy hitters out here but I've not encountered any on the streets). I've beaten GT500's (3 different ones. Two on the street, 1 at the track twice), Vettes, procharged GTO, WRX/STI, Turbo Neons, EVO's, Mustangs, one turbo Skyline (body style before the GTR), Challengers, Super Bees. I may not have the most horsepower but what I've got in my setup gets to the ground.
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From what I've seen , turbo car with a glide is pretty streetable. They make so much power, 2.73s are no problem. Add a 28in tire , even better. I have an 83 cutlass .ly6/whipple 2.9, 4l85 strange s60 3.73. I drive it all over hell . I get 4-5 thumbs up every time I take it out. It's lowered, ride tech level 2, wilwood brakes etc.. I built it for the street. My only complaint is the exhaust is kinda loud. Long tubes, 3in duals. If I had to do it over, I probably would go turbo. Nice and quiet, docile even... till you get on it lol
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From what I've seen , turbo car with a glide is pretty streetable. They make so much power, 2.73s are no problem. Add a 28in tire , even better. I have an 83 cutlass .ly6/whipple 2.9, 4l85 strange s60 3.73. I drive it all over hell . I get 4-5 thumbs up every time I take it out. It's lowered, ride tech level 2, wilwood brakes etc.. I built it for the street. My only complaint is the exhaust is kinda loud. Long tubes, 3in duals. If I had to do it over, I probably would go turbo. Nice and quiet, docile even... till you get on it lol
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Yes everything works together
Not sure why you would consider a 400 streetable and not a glide
The long low gear is part of what makes it work so well.
Hell this winter I I want to move from a 1.80 to a 1.5x low gear to get low longer yet and the shift tighter
That china 1.80 gearset is 5 years old and getting perty loud as you can hear
Low is perty soft there but the car will still trap over 160 on a soft delivery like that from a dig
Not sure why you would consider a 400 streetable and not a glide
The long low gear is part of what makes it work so well.
Hell this winter I I want to move from a 1.80 to a 1.5x low gear to get low longer yet and the shift tighter
That china 1.80 gearset is 5 years old and getting perty loud as you can hear
Low is perty soft there but the car will still trap over 160 on a soft delivery like that from a dig
my favorite car on here by a mile. So awesome.
love the way the turbo cars spool up and hold boost on the glide. 6 speed is brutal to loose boost at each shift.
Put this here to give an idea what you can get away with.
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
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Put this here to give an idea what you can get away with.
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
https://youtu.be/L09eg60-ubk
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
https://youtu.be/L09eg60-ubk
Put this here to give an idea what you can get away with.
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
https://youtu.be/L09eg60-ubk
brand new pave job so little oily/slippery. So softer in low than normal and rolling off. 40* morning in ND
But that is up to 27psi at the top of high (most ever had in the car)
You get a sense of what it's doing in high gear though. 175mph/7800 rpm topend. Pointer lags some, the digital doesnt
https://youtu.be/L09eg60-ubk
Poor dog's probably traumatized.
