1,000+rwhp & 6-speed
MM you been to the track alot lately and it is your dd.do you think a weekend car thats driven like every other saturday would be able to make those tires last 6 months or a year?
Originally Posted by ninetres
I saw a video or two of his car and thought I remembered something about spinning. Also remember that in his posts. He had a big laggy turbo so that helps too.
Brake boosting a 893 whp car at 45mph on the street.....I need to be in the driver's seat myself to believe it. Not saying you're lying....just need to see it to believe it kinda thing.
Brake boosting a 893 whp car at 45mph on the street.....I need to be in the driver's seat myself to believe it. Not saying you're lying....just need to see it to believe it kinda thing.
When I drove the car it had fresh BFG's.
As far as him spinning in his videos, that was on old *** 315 nittos(i would know, I was the one getting out on him for days
). It must be different for the C5's... I dont see how you guys are getting traction at 1000rwhp. I can see the ones with the boost by gear getting it, but the ones w/out.. I would have to witness this for myself..
Originally Posted by Tiago
weight of the car and IRS will both influence traction......
Originally Posted by KissMySSo1
Tractions not as bad as you would think.. When my car made 803rwhp on pump gas it hooked in 1st gear with a 6 speed and 17" nitto drag radial. The new setup will make 1000+++ rwhp with a powerglide. We'll see how that works out!
power glide.......don't do it ...wrecks the car......alot less streetable and fun
Originally Posted by otherwhitemeat
power glide.......don't do it ...wrecks the car......alot less streetable and fun
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I been contiplating after market traction control system. I havent really been looking too hard yet, but I have priced them. I was gonna wait till I actually drive the car. I will however run an E-boost 2 w/setting for boost in each gear. Mine will be 95% street driven. IF I wanted a quicker car, I would run an auto w/ a T brake....... maybe a PG............ in a lighter car........... tubbed........Than I would probally have a car that will run deep into the 9's. But that is not what IM after. Just my .02
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The Racelogic traction control system is supposed to be excellent. Never used it myself though.
The ecu I use on my car has traction control built in. Obviously its up to the user to set it up though.
But as I have it, it is quite effective, at least in terms of making it safer to drive. Does it make it faster ? I never really drive it hard enough on the road to make full use of it.
With that sort of power, it would just be stupid to mess about like that.
The ecu I use on my car has traction control built in. Obviously its up to the user to set it up though.
But as I have it, it is quite effective, at least in terms of making it safer to drive. Does it make it faster ? I never really drive it hard enough on the road to make full use of it.
With that sort of power, it would just be stupid to mess about like that.
I really wanted to keep my car a 6 speed, but after blowing, burning, breaking almost every type of clutch sold out there and even when i found a clutch that held the power my damn T56 broke ON THE DYNO i threw the towel and went to a Auto. I think anything over 600rwhp should make the driver think of an AUTO because that would be the starting point of limited traction and very very fast RPM movement(depending on your final drive) and alot of broken drivetrain parts. Manuals also shocks the drivetrain more than an AUTO which is why some 6 speed cars breaks 12 bolts.
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Originally Posted by LSs1Power
I really wanted to keep my car a 6 speed, but after blowing, burning, breaking almost every type of clutch sold out there and even when i found a clutch that held the power my damn T56 broke ON THE DYNO i threw the towel and went to a Auto. I think anything over 600rwhp should make the driver think of an AUTO because that would be the starting point of limited traction and very very fast RPM movement(depending on your final drive) and alot of broken drivetrain parts. Manuals also shocks the drivetrain more than an AUTO which is why some 6 speed cars breaks 12 bolts.
Originally Posted by red beast
they make clutches and T-56's to handle the power..both of mine are rated to 1300 ft lbs...I drive my car up to 300 miles straight at a time a automatic just won't do, the M6 keeps it very streetable...
ok lets not get crazy guys.. there is nothing 'race only' about a factory overdrive automatic trans. a 6 is definitely more fun to drive.. but i tell ya i do not hate stop and go traffic quite so much now as i did with my spec5
Bringing this thread back from the dead. I'm edwardswb. For some reason that board name stopped working a while back and after trying to fix it with admin a couple of times I gave up and created this one. Anyway. The car is coming along. Will have the suspension/cage finished (k-member, a-arms, madman stuff out back) and out running this summer with the stock longblock (cam only) still. I'm still having a hard time deciding what engine to build so I don't want to take it out of commission until the new set-up is ready to start going in. Also, I bought fireball's GT47-88 a while back but after more thought I've decided it's not going to get me where I want to be. To be continued...
Could it have to do with how the car is transferring the weight, and fbody's also have alot more, and better suspension options, which all has to help.
Just my guess's since ive never driven anywhere near a 1,000 hp car, but maybe in a couple yr's.
As far as the topic starter is concerned, there is so much great info in this thread, and this forum. You can learn so much by reading. After you read peoples idea's do what ever it is that will make you happy, and what you want.
Chris
Ps. Sorry i didn't see how old this thread was, but read some good info.
It's cool Chris, I brought it back from the dead to get the progress updated and get feedback on it. I do appreciate everyone's advice over the years. When I was a newb here (2004) I didn't know what a "lid" was. Now I'm trying to decide between an iron 6.0 based engine or an LSX with a PT-101 up front.<-I think that might be a bit much for a 408 but what do I know? Opinions?