How fast is a 550TT??
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How fast is a 550TT??
I was wondering what anybody with those car runs in the quarter mile.. I saw a 550 tt for sale and he said he ran 10.3? How did he accomplish that? Also what were the +++ stand for after the 550 tt title.. Sorry for the dumb questions but i'm really interested in what this car run out of the box on streets tires from lingenfelter, anybody with the car please comment :) P.S. - I own a 2002 Z06
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Cobra Skinner)
The only way that car can cover a quarter mile in 10.30 seconds is if it's towed behind a 6000hp funny car!!!! In the recent C&D 10,000 HP Shootout, Lingenfelters 650 hp tt could only muster a 12.30 run....and thats with 335 oversize street tires!! The 550 tt is 550BHP...only 467 RWHP....10.30 seconds is a GROSS exageration of that cars performance. :cheers:
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Cobra Skinner)
I think he has more than the standard 550 package. He also has a boost controller and definitely upped the boost for the 10.3 run.
But I thought you wanted a 422 :eek: :D
But I thought you wanted a 422 :eek: :D
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (HIGHRPM)
The only way that car can cover a quarter mile in 10.30 seconds is if it's towed behind a 6000hp funny car!!!! In the recent C&D 10,000 HP Shootout, Lingenfelters 650 hp tt could only muster a 12.30 run....and thats with 335 oversize street tires!! The 550 tt is 550BHP...only 467 RWHP....10.30 seconds is a GROSS exageration of that cars performance. :cheers:
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (LT1pwrd'94)
So basically this 550 tt package is not very productive and for the money i can get a 422 and run faster in the quarter mile then lingenfelter tt.... very amusing...
if anyboyd has any info to contradict any of this I would love to hear it
[Modified by Cobra Skinner, 8:55 AM 8/19/2002]
if anyboyd has any info to contradict any of this I would love to hear it
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Cobra Skinner)
boyd here,
You can also get a Mustang for under 10k to beat it.
LPE 550 TT leave with right at 500 rwhp and WILL
pass emissions and DOES idle like a stock car
and DOESN'T have that raw fuel smell that most
of the big cammed or solid cammed 422s I have seen
make that kind of power do, and it DOES have a 2yr warranty.
I have not seen a stock 550 run a 10.3 but have seen them run
close to 11 flat in the mid 120s and if you would like to
bring your 422 to run my 12.3 car, I can accomodate.
J.P.
You can also get a Mustang for under 10k to beat it.
LPE 550 TT leave with right at 500 rwhp and WILL
pass emissions and DOES idle like a stock car
and DOESN'T have that raw fuel smell that most
of the big cammed or solid cammed 422s I have seen
make that kind of power do, and it DOES have a 2yr warranty.
I have not seen a stock 550 run a 10.3 but have seen them run
close to 11 flat in the mid 120s and if you would like to
bring your 422 to run my 12.3 car, I can accomodate.
J.P.
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (HIGHRPM)
The only way that car can cover a quarter mile in 10.30 seconds is if it's towed behind a 6000hp funny car!!!! In the recent C&D 10,000 HP Shootout, Lingenfelters 650 hp tt could only muster a 12.30 run....and thats with 335 oversize street tires!! The 550 tt is 550BHP...only 467 RWHP....10.30 seconds is a GROSS exageration of that cars performance. :cheers:
BTW. His car is for sale in the C5 Sale section. :D
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Sir Sel)
Thanks... Sir Sel, ...Good lookin out.. :yesnod:
MY car with ET streets ran a 10.3@135 and with Nitto's it ran 10.5@ 135mph.
I have a boost controler............ :D And yes its 4sell.
MY car with ET streets ran a 10.3@135 and with Nitto's it ran 10.5@ 135mph.
I have a boost controler............ :D And yes its 4sell.
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (LT1pwrd'94)
The only way that car can cover a quarter mile in 10.30 seconds is if it's towed behind a 6000hp funny car!!!! In the recent C&D 10,000 HP Shootout, Lingenfelters 650 hp tt could only muster a 12.30 run....and thats with 335 oversize street tires!! The 550 tt is 550BHP...only 467 RWHP....10.30 seconds is a GROSS exageration of that cars performance. :cheers:
I can assure you the 650TT in that shootout can and would do MUCH faster than a 12.3:yesnod:. That car would belong to NOEXCUSES on this forum. Dont tell him his car ONLY runs 12.3 :nono:. Shoot him an email for some more accurate numbers on a 550TT or even his car. His car IS WICKED!!! :smash: I am, however, not sure about the 550TT you guys are referring to. Sorry. :cheers: :seeya
I can assure you the 650TT in that shootout can and would do MUCH faster than a 12.3:yesnod:. That car would belong to NOEXCUSES on this forum. Dont tell him his car ONLY runs 12.3 :nono:. Shoot him an email for some more accurate numbers on a 550TT or even his car. His car IS WICKED!!! :smash: I am, however, not sure about the 550TT you guys are referring to. Sorry. :cheers: :seeya
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (DJ Self)
Thanks... Sir Sel, ...Good lookin out.. :yesnod:
MY car with ET streets ran a 10.3@135 and with Nitto's it ran 10.5@ 135mph.
I have a boost controler............ :D And yes its 4sell.
MY car with ET streets ran a 10.3@135 and with Nitto's it ran 10.5@ 135mph.
I have a boost controler............ :D And yes its 4sell.
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (MarkFLC5)
Notice that EVERY car in the Car and Driver supertest did much worse in the 1/2 mile and 0-60 runs than you would expect. the 650 TT did 12.3 in the quarter, even though C&D tested a magnason SC vette back in April at 11.7 in the quarter (LPE says that the 550 TT is slightly faster in the 1/4 than the SC and the 650 faster still. Similarly, the stock three they tested (911 turbo, viper, zo6) did worse than other tests. In the article, they allude to a slow track/day that might have had cars "a couple of tenths" slower than in other tests. I think it is more than that.
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Sir Sel)
DJ Self is the LPT Twin turbo car that you guys are referring to that has run a 10.3 at 135mph. That is an accurate factual statement and his car is currently for sale in the C5 for sale section. In his add for sale he mentions that he has an upgraded package making considerably more ponies than the standard 550. D.J. Self's car is the real twin turbo 10.3 quarter mile deal! :cheers: Someday, it is my C5 dream/goal, to be running a similar set with similar times. :D
Nitrovette :cheers:
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Nitrovette :cheers:
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (MarkFLC5)
MarkFLC5
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(Why are you sellling?)
Need money to start a new record lable. I hope to do the same thing to a C5 by this spring. I love this car and will have a LPE TT again.(Just need the money now......
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(Why are you sellling?)
Need money to start a new record lable. I hope to do the same thing to a C5 by this spring. I love this car and will have a LPE TT again.(Just need the money now......
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (DJ Self)
What was done to this car to run 10.3 and 10.5 in the quarter with street tires??? I can't find it anywhere, additioncally was done and is lingenfelter covering it under their warranty?
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Cobra Skinner)
From what I know a boost controller, upgraded fuel system and traction via drag slick or drag radials. I assume no warranty with the boost controller. Regardless, notice the MPH a little more tweaking and that car could very well dip to see a 9.9x ET.
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Re: How fast is a 550TT?? (Cobra Skinner)
[QUOTE]So basically this 550 tt package is not very productive and for the money i can get a 422 and run faster in the quarter mile then lingenfelter tt.... very amusing...
if anyboyd has any info to contradict any of this I would love to hear it
My wife and I were at the C5 birthday bash in Bowling Green KY. and we witnessed the same yellow TT that was in C&D run a 10.3? @ 137.?? mph with a stick. That same car has run faster.
The 550TT has a boost controller and you can turn the power up.(+++) It also is a A/T and the boost will stay up the entire run. It will drop no matter how quick you can shift with a stick. Several of my friends were at the track and they said he ran 10.4? at 134.?? at a Vette shoot-out without a 6,000 H/P car pushing it.
At a local Viper/ Vette shoot out I took a MPH pass and ran a 12.03 @ 134.95. Drove through 1st & 2nd and then nailed it in 3rd gear. Gave up some MPH and a ton of E/T by not leaving hard, but would of blown the tires off it. This was done in a LPE TT also.
Bill
[Modified by Bill C, 9:36 PM 8/20/2002]
if anyboyd has any info to contradict any of this I would love to hear it
My wife and I were at the C5 birthday bash in Bowling Green KY. and we witnessed the same yellow TT that was in C&D run a 10.3? @ 137.?? mph with a stick. That same car has run faster.
The 550TT has a boost controller and you can turn the power up.(+++) It also is a A/T and the boost will stay up the entire run. It will drop no matter how quick you can shift with a stick. Several of my friends were at the track and they said he ran 10.4? at 134.?? at a Vette shoot-out without a 6,000 H/P car pushing it.
At a local Viper/ Vette shoot out I took a MPH pass and ran a 12.03 @ 134.95. Drove through 1st & 2nd and then nailed it in 3rd gear. Gave up some MPH and a ton of E/T by not leaving hard, but would of blown the tires off it. This was done in a LPE TT also.
Bill
[Modified by Bill C, 9:36 PM 8/20/2002]
