How much torque is needed....
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Melting Slicks
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How much torque is needed....
to get the back end of the Vette to drop and the front to come up from a stand?
I have seen a few vids of track drags, and some of the Vettes rear just drops at green.
I imagine supercharge and all the trimmings. What kind of rear wheel torque is being put out?
LEX
I have seen a few vids of track drags, and some of the Vettes rear just drops at green.
I imagine supercharge and all the trimmings. What kind of rear wheel torque is being put out?
LEX
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Originally Posted by BlownV6
Just needs a lot of traction. I've tried and can't pull the tires in my C5
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there's more to it than torque,
Shocks for drag cars are 90/10 They're designed to allow lift and then they slowly let the front end down to aid traction by weight transfer
they also might change the springs, as well as the rearend suspension's geometetry
A drag car won't do well on a roadrace track, a road race car won't do well on a drag track.
Shocks for drag cars are 90/10 They're designed to allow lift and then they slowly let the front end down to aid traction by weight transfer
they also might change the springs, as well as the rearend suspension's geometetry
A drag car won't do well on a roadrace track, a road race car won't do well on a drag track.
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I thought the fastest supercharged c5 is a 9 second 1/4 mile?
Originally Posted by lexaudio
Interesting. I saw some C6Z's not do that, but a C5 Supercharged drop the backend like a dragster and did 1/4 mile in less than 8 secs.
LEX
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Originally Posted by vette-oholic
I thought the fastest supercharged c5 is a 9 second 1/4 mile?
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Raising the front tires off the ground results in a loss of ET, people spend thousands of dollars on suspension work to keep all 4 tires on the ground. You want your's to get off the ground? 450 RWHP and a very hard launch with the fromnt sway bar removed would do it on a C5, but only inches off the ground. C6's don't squat as well as C5's so it might take less.
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Originally Posted by CYA-Vett
Raising the front tires off the ground results in a loss of ET, people spend thousands of dollars on suspension work to keep all 4 tires on the ground. You want your's to get off the ground? 450 RWHP and a very hard launch with the fromnt sway bar removed would do it on a C5, but only inches off the ground. C6's don't squat as well as C5's so it might take less.
I need to find this video so you guys can see. There is nothing like that I need. I was just wondering what was going on.
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Okay found it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVLN9Odnys
Lingenfelder killing a Viper.
I miss read the numbers. The first one up was 7 something. Then I stopped the video, it is 9.7 1/4 mile. Which is killer.
I guess the back end doesn't go down as much as I remember when I posted, but if you look at 5 seconds, It looks as if the front tires are barely touching the ground.
LEX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVLN9Odnys
Lingenfelder killing a Viper.
I miss read the numbers. The first one up was 7 something. Then I stopped the video, it is 9.7 1/4 mile. Which is killer.
I guess the back end doesn't go down as much as I remember when I posted, but if you look at 5 seconds, It looks as if the front tires are barely touching the ground.
LEX
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Originally Posted by vette-oholic
I thought the fastest supercharged c5 is a 9 second 1/4 mile?
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