***Texas Mile Update!!***
For those of you that haven't seen the vids... 
https://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lo...l#post16118258
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Gear heads, why do they still use a manual stick transmission in these cars? Wouldn't air or just an auto geared right be better? And they all seem to take off slow when every foot counts. Hell, the Camaro takes the time to compress the clutch all the way while getting off the gas completely to shift.
Launching!
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a ford gt is built to go fast aerodynamics and a 200000 price tag
i can grab a camaro off cl for 500 bux
both camps are great and did deserve to gloat a lil, but the LMR guys goin that fast in a camaro, thats just nuts....and takes nuts!! great job guys !!
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would a corvette suspension help?
where can i find a build sheet on kelly bises car?
i can grab a camaro off cl for 500 bux
both camps are great and did deserve to gloat a lil, but the LMR guys goin that fast in a camaro, thats just nuts....and takes nuts!! great job guys !!
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would a corvette suspension help?
where can i find a build sheet on kelly bises car?
i was there to witness both and chatted a bit with steven, mad respect to both camps, but especially to get that pig of a 4th gen to be a bullet and drive it home. also everytime i see the car it gets cleaner and nicer. keep up the good work guys, your a big inspiration. HEAVY HITTERS INC.
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Gear heads, why do they still use a manual stick transmission in these cars? Wouldn't air or just an auto geared right be better? And they all seem to take off slow when every foot counts. Hell, the Camaro takes the time to compress the clutch all the way while getting off the gas completely to shift.
Mile racing is NOT drag racing. Every foot does NOT count. Hard launches do NOT matter. Both of these cars are over 200 mph at the half mile mark. This is just a sheer fight against wind resistance, overcoming drag with raw horsepower. It has nothing to do with launching or quickness. What matters is how the car performs during the second half of the mile.
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For those of you that haven't seen the vids...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lo...l#post16118258
https://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lo...l#post16118258
Congrats on making a full size Camaro go 253 in the mile Steven and Josh and all the rest of the guys at LMR and LME. You guys easily have more power than anyone out there to say the least! Very impressive.
Congrats to Hennessy as well for breaking the record in their GT and bringing the title back to an American car too!
FormerVendor
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Forgot to congratulate Mr. Bise as well as the guy behind the car! You have a damn serious Camaro and aren't far from a car half your car's height! Very impressive. It figures it's one I missed. Maybe next time there will be yet another new record.
FormerVendor
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Congrats as well Mike, It's getting pretty damn crazy when 243 isn't fast but of course it still is in reality!
Teching In
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Mile racing is NOT drag racing. Every foot does NOT count. Hard launches do NOT matter. Both of these cars are over 200 mph at the half mile mark. This is just a sheer fight against wind resistance, overcoming drag with raw horsepower. It has nothing to do with launching or quickness. What matters is how the car performs during the second half of the mile.
take it to an extreme and see if your logic stands...............
roll to the half mile at 20 mph then hit it until the Mile marker. I GUARANTEE your Mile speed will be less than if you hit it like a 1/4 mile pass all the way down.
I will agree the first half isn't as important as the second half, but every foot DOES count. I have missed shifts in the first half mile and my terminal speed was MUCH lower than when I hit it like a 1/4 all the way down.
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I had to work through this one so I missed this but damn!
Congrats on making a full size Camaro go 253 in the mile Steven and Josh and all the rest of the guys at LMR and LME. You guys easily have more power than anyone out there to say the least! Very impressive.
Congrats to Hennessy as well for breaking the record in their GT and bringing the title back to an American car too!
Congrats on making a full size Camaro go 253 in the mile Steven and Josh and all the rest of the guys at LMR and LME. You guys easily have more power than anyone out there to say the least! Very impressive.
Congrats to Hennessy as well for breaking the record in their GT and bringing the title back to an American car too!
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He did 266 but they were saying the equipment was 10-15mph off.