My 91 Corvette goes 11.37 @ 122, video inside
08-31-2013, 11:52 PM
#21
Team Owner
Pro Mechanic
Yes, I did neglect to give props; that white car and it's driver are one efficient combo! Couple wicked runs in this thread! 
09-01-2013, 05:07 PM
#23
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Good point about the elevation. That dose skew my "calibrations" some times!
I was thinking of a C6 ZR1 as a benchmark though, which has 640 chp, ~3400 lbs and aren't those trapping right around 130? I could be off there.
I do feel that C4's are more efficient on a drag track than C6's though.
I was thinking of a C6 ZR1 as a benchmark though, which has 640 chp, ~3400 lbs and aren't those trapping right around 130? I could be off there.
I do feel that C4's are more efficient on a drag track than C6's though.
09-01-2013, 05:13 PM
#24
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
The silver car in the videos doesn't have much in the way of suspension or anything. Just KYB replacement shocks from a parts store and 4.09 gears. It was on the stock half shafts, outer stub axles, control arms, toe rods, etc...
However, it did still have the dual mass in it. I think the dual mass (with centerforce disk and pressure plate) is part of what kept it from breaking the rear end when it left. The damn car went a best of 1.51 sixty foot, and routinely went 1.55.
My car, on the other hand, would shatter rear end parts if I looked at it wrong. Half shafts, ring / pinion, outer stub axles, etc... I broke multiples of all that stuff, and I wasn't going anywhere near 1.5 short times. However, I had ditched the dual mass and my theory is that I was smacking the parts harder than jonecap because of that.
He ran an progressive nitrous controller in it for awhile, but it ended up getting turned off to bring in the whole hit at the line.
09-06-2013, 09:01 AM
#28
Drifting
Very nice!
09-08-2013, 08:09 PM
#31
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
I sold it before running it at the track on the bottle, so I never got to mess around spraying it out of the hole on a prepped track. On the street the 315 nittos struggled to maintain traction in first gear under the extra power of nitrous; so how it feels coming out of the hole with everything set on 'kill' - I couldn't tell you. I would assume it'd be pretty righteous (it made 600 RWTQ on the gas) but who knows.
I spent a lot of time dialing in the rear suspension and alignment working on getting the car to hook. It's still one of the fastest slow speed roll cars I've ever experienced. Most stick shift cars that make any kind of power, they really struggle to get it to hook on a street tire. That car, on the motor (415 RWHP, 395 RWTQ), and on 315 nittos, wouldn't break the radials loose in first unless I started to fiddle with the clutch pedal. It was pretty neat to run it up to about 3500 in first, let all the way off the gas (causing the car to compression brake a bit, and set the passengers weight forward) and then just stand on that bastard. The throttle response was incredible, the car would hook it, and the passenger would be slammed into the seat like most people have never experienced. I had more people get wide eyed and start grabbing for panic handles in that car than anything else I've owned.
I actually split my father-in-laws head open with it. I did the thing I described above with him in the passenger seat. He is kinda tall (6'4") and bald, and when I landed on the loud pedal it bounced his head off the halo behind the seats. He had just finished telling me how fast his new Hyundai Santa Fe was...
It was a fun car for sure.
I spent a lot of time dialing in the rear suspension and alignment working on getting the car to hook. It's still one of the fastest slow speed roll cars I've ever experienced. Most stick shift cars that make any kind of power, they really struggle to get it to hook on a street tire. That car, on the motor (415 RWHP, 395 RWTQ), and on 315 nittos, wouldn't break the radials loose in first unless I started to fiddle with the clutch pedal. It was pretty neat to run it up to about 3500 in first, let all the way off the gas (causing the car to compression brake a bit, and set the passengers weight forward) and then just stand on that bastard. The throttle response was incredible, the car would hook it, and the passenger would be slammed into the seat like most people have never experienced. I had more people get wide eyed and start grabbing for panic handles in that car than anything else I've owned.
I actually split my father-in-laws head open with it. I did the thing I described above with him in the passenger seat. He is kinda tall (6'4") and bald, and when I landed on the loud pedal it bounced his head off the halo behind the seats. He had just finished telling me how fast his new Hyundai Santa Fe was...
It was a fun car for sure.
Last edited by neat; 09-08-2013 at 08:12 PM.
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09-08-2013, 09:18 PM
#32
Le Mans Master
Neat, thanks for the video. I'm in the slow process of doing the 383 thing now (you've been there, done that). Your numbers power-wise sound like where I may end up. Mine will just be a powder puff street car, so I know it won't be scorching the quarter like yours, though I wouldn't mind doing the 11 inch ZR-1s out back.
That 2-3 shift was great, I'd be happy as hell to land one of those. I kept rewinding it to check that out alone. What type of spray setup were you running? I'd rather not say how many times I watched that LT4 video. I need to quit watching these nitrous Vette videos, I don't even have the car together and I like the idea of it. These gen 1 and 2 blocks are still alive and kicking.
That 2-3 shift was great, I'd be happy as hell to land one of those. I kept rewinding it to check that out alone. What type of spray setup were you running? I'd rather not say how many times I watched that LT4 video. I need to quit watching these nitrous Vette videos, I don't even have the car together and I like the idea of it. These gen 1 and 2 blocks are still alive and kicking.
09-08-2013, 09:47 PM
#33
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
I was on 9.5 inch wide sawblades, no ZR1 wheels for me. The nitto drag radials run pretty narrow, so the 315's fit a 9.5 really well.
The car was on motor in the video, no spray set up. The set up I eventually put on it was just some stuff I had laying around. I used NX solenoids, some no name bottle, and some lines from the local hydraulic hose store.
The car was on motor in the video, no spray set up. The set up I eventually put on it was just some stuff I had laying around. I used NX solenoids, some no name bottle, and some lines from the local hydraulic hose store.