Tommy Banh's 228 Texas Mile video
10-13-2007, 05:00 PM
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There have been much faster already in the past bro Twin Turbo '87 Trans Am.... 
10-13-2007, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver408
He said fastest street car in one mile bro....
10-13-2007, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 99Blk Z28
I dont think hes doubting the street car part but after watching the video i find it hard to believe he did that in less than a mile.....
10-13-2007, 08:31 PM
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At Bonneville they are not going ***** out during the first mile of the run. Those cars are not geared for that. I highly doubt the Banks car went 228 at the end of the first mile. On top of that, there is not enough traction available on the salt to accelerate to 230 MPH in one mile.
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10-14-2007, 01:25 AM
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I honestly don't know what MPH was realized when the one mile mark hit, as the video didn't embellish on that, specifically. But considering the Trans Am topped 103-mph in first gear, 2nd through 3rd topping 200-mph, w/fourth topping 263-mph, I don't possibly see how it couldn't have reached those speeds before the one mile marker was realized....
10-14-2007, 04:20 AM
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There have been much faster already in the past bro Twin Turbo '87 Trans Am....
10-14-2007, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mahhddgtp
If we don't know, we can't assume it did.
Originally Posted by Speeds8erM-1
Dude, thats NOT a standing mile competition, thats the fugging SALT FLATS for crying outloud. It takes them LONG distances to get to speed and that car hardly looked like anything other than a class built race car with a stock body.
"The Banks Trans Am is indeed a street machine in every sense of the word. It has good idle quality, good drivability, good looks, and it really hauls. It also has full carpeting and upholstery, factory bucket seats, full stereo sound system, and power windows"....
- GTA Source page
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10-14-2007, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ChevyWeatherman
At Bonneville they are not going ***** out during the first mile of the run....
Originally Posted by ChevyWeatherman
Those cars are not geared for that.
Originally Posted by ChevyWeatherman
I highly doubt the Banks car went 228 at the end of the first mile. On top of that, there is not enough traction available on the salt to accelerate to 230 MPH in one mile....
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10-14-2007, 09:42 AM
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I just meant that the Banks car is not geared for a 1 mile ***** out run. I'm sure they could change the rear-end and tranny gears to maximize acceleration for 1 mile and have the RPMs top out at the end of one mile, making the car much quicker to the 1 mile marker. Clearly a car geared to run 300 MPH is not going to match up well to a car that is maxing out at the 1 mile marker.
10-14-2007, 10:01 AM
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^ This is one of the low points for projects that were built way back then, as they weren't really detailed appropriately for the readers. I remember reading that the Trans Am was essentially stock, in reference to it's rearend, but with a modified 5-speed transmission. When Stringfellow got back To Banks after a few test runs, although the car had reached those speeds already, Roger Lamb was brought in to touch up the suspension and brakes, mainly because of Stringfellow's feedback, for better overall control....
Please don't get me wrong, I give credit where credit is due, and that is one fast Toyota Supra. But there have definitely been cars that have come long before it's advent, that would have smashed that record to bits. If only the people who had access to GM's toybox back then explored the standing mile though, that's the problem. So yeah, it's never really been proven, but there is no doubt in my mind that there are a few of those project car's that would have bettered a 228. I remember the "Conan Corvette"; Rumor had it that Calloway wanted to slap on twin turbo's onto Ryan Falconer's engine, my goodness what the car would have been capable of. "If only".....
Please don't get me wrong, I give credit where credit is due, and that is one fast Toyota Supra. But there have definitely been cars that have come long before it's advent, that would have smashed that record to bits. If only the people who had access to GM's toybox back then explored the standing mile though, that's the problem. So yeah, it's never really been proven, but there is no doubt in my mind that there are a few of those project car's that would have bettered a 228. I remember the "Conan Corvette"; Rumor had it that Calloway wanted to slap on twin turbo's onto Ryan Falconer's engine, my goodness what the car would have been capable of. "If only".....
10-14-2007, 09:04 PM
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Exactly, the one mile marker was not their intent in this video, I only posted it to show the car's speed ability, as footage of the car is quite rare....
Geared for what? A perfect balance of transmission and rear end gearing, along with 1000+HP, will net any car those speeds in the one mile. Do you know what Bank's was running in this video, in reference to gearing....?
Again, I posted the video to embellish on the car, as there isn't much live footage out there of it. It is obvious that the driver didn't "nail" it from the beginning on the salt flats, he had to ease into it, otherwise, well, we all know what would have happened if he did (which is why all of the car's that run on the salt flats require a "push" to get the car rolling). Standing miles were never their intent that day, but to imply that this car couldn't match, or better, the "Supra's" in the one mile is absolutely ridiculous....
Geared for what? A perfect balance of transmission and rear end gearing, along with 1000+HP, will net any car those speeds in the one mile. Do you know what Bank's was running in this video, in reference to gearing....?
Again, I posted the video to embellish on the car, as there isn't much live footage out there of it. It is obvious that the driver didn't "nail" it from the beginning on the salt flats, he had to ease into it, otherwise, well, we all know what would have happened if he did (which is why all of the car's that run on the salt flats require a "push" to get the car rolling). Standing miles were never their intent that day, but to imply that this car couldn't match, or better, the "Supra's" in the one mile is absolutely ridiculous....
It hasn't.
... Thus, why the Supra has the current record instead.
Another item to note... Standard equipment:
This Supra is running a 2JZ block, The Vipers were running their V10, etc.
You're gonna compare that beastly, NON-mass produced (not OEM) block and all its bells and whistles to these cars? Kinda dumb, IMO.
I wonder how well the GTA would do against these standing mile street cars if it had to keep the '87 350 V8 block that came with the car...
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10-15-2007, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bboyferal
I wonder how well the GTA would do against these standing mile street cars if it had to keep the '87 350 V8 block that came with the car...
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