Plenty have gone faster, but I'll sacrifice that to not blow stuff up. At least I made the top 75 or so on the 6 speed list lmao

 

On a side note, not sure how those random random yard and weedeater pics got uploaded. I swear I didn't do that

 

Well to address the original subject of this thread I don't care if you have two widebands, read spark plugs, are always watching gauges, etc it's not going to stop something from breaking given enough time. Everything can be perfect and it will still break at some point down the road with enough abuse or it will just plain wear out. A lot of people seem to have the idea that if they spend enough money or constantly watch the gauges that it will prevent any sort of breakages and that's just not true especially if you actually beat on it and use it. **** happens no matter what and if you are lucky it doesn't happen to you for a long time.

For what this thread has transitioned to, I thought my 2000 Camaro was awesome and I put that combo together back in 2008 and for the most part just did routine maintenance and small upgrades here or there but it just ran and ran and never had a problem with it until I sold it at the beginning of this year. It dipped down into the 8s and could be driven anywhere and I would drive it on the street 95% of the time, but the one regret I had was that I made it too much of a "race" car I guess. Talking about what is a street car vs a race car is completely open to your own opinion but my personal opinion is that I still want to be able to drive it anywhere I want and be comfortable doing it, I still want my A/C, power steering, stereo, and I want to be able to just fill up at any gas pump I can find. The Camaro did all of that but it didn't have A/C since I used the TTi race kit which put the turbo right where the compressor was. Once I sold the Camaro (miss that thing) my next goal was to have all of it and go even faster...



I picked up a bone stock 2009 Z06 after the Camaro and I wanted this to be a legit street car at least in my mind I guess. It still has full interior and all factory equipment like a/c, power steering, etc, can go anywhere, can fill up anywhere, and the goal is to click off high 7s/low 8s in the process and hit 200 mph in the half mile. Almost done and have the motor in, chassis is done, cage is done, trans/rear is sitting at home along with the F1X and that should be going in next month. Half of these "street cars" running around now a days are anything but.

 

Ok this should settle it. Anything with a parachute that restricts visibility of license plate is not a street car. All in favor? Car is bad *** Nic.

 

Well technically it unbolts and comes right off, but I'm leaving it on all the time to prove my wife wrong since she says I'm going to get pulled over and it hasn't happened yet. LOL

 

 

Cage must have swing outs to be a real street car to me.

 

I've seen cars trap north of 175 with no chute, and have no issues stopping. Full weight, legit street cars no less. Not sure why NHRA set the trap speed so low.

 

What is the backspacing on those rears and what wheel size? What tires and what size? Was your rear shortened at all? Looks badass!

 

Yeah that's how mine is, full interior with an 8.50 cert cage so I can actually have some fun at the track without getting the boot right away. If I could fit a set of turbos under the hood and not melt everything in sight or have them sticking out of the hood I would but Corvettes in general have packaging constraints, but an F1x fits perfectly and will make 1500 horsepower.

Then that precludes real street cars that need to tech below 8.50 like mine, but that's also why I stopped at an 8.50 cert because going further was too intrusive for me.

Thanks! I liked it, they are Billet Specialties street lights 15x10 w/5.5" BS with MT ET Street radials 295/65-15. I had the rear end narrowed 3" on each side if I remember correctly.

 

my guess is different shutdown lengths at various tracks??? my local I have seen people have to take the long way around (its connected to a road course) but up at bremerton i'm pretty sure i could not touch the brakes and just roll to a stop

 

I don't blame you for stopping at 8.50. Jungle gym's are for the playground, not street cars

 

Because it was created and still aimed at ancient pieces of **** with no brakes, crappy tyres, crappy suspension and that are heavy as ****.. Which are still many traits of drag cars today, except perhaps the weight aspect.
But many "modify" their cars to have crap handling and breaking performance in order to remove weight.

IMO, they would be better addressing those aspects for safety, rather than pushing people to resort to parachutes which whilst yes they have some safety aspects...have also been the cause of crashes.

As you say, there should be no difficulty stopping a car these days even from speeds like 175mph even on back to back runs.

 

Street or not I like it.

 

Keep in mind that many drag cars have no rear brakes and the lightest weight (read tiny) front brakes they can run, combined with huge headers helping to boil the fluid in their brake lines. This is in addition to what the other poster mentioned about how long ago the rules were implemented. Combine that with tracks that have short shutdown areas and the idea that the rules should leave a big safety margin, and you see the end result.

 

 

That moment when you win best in show at LS fest after you just won your class in the quarter and the guy handing you the trophy asks where's your trailer so he can put the trophy in and you tell him "I drove the car here, just put it next to the other trophy in the back seat"

That's when you know you have a street car.

One of these days.....

 

or drive the car to the drag strip and drive home a trophy and cash.

 

 

Some people live beside the track...so driving there and back means nothing.