Let's Talk Lowered GEARS, 5th Gear or REAR END
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Originally posted by TeamWireRacing
....and you race in a vacuum! Aerodynamic forces will lower that number a bit. I still don't see where 178 mph would come from except illegally (way illegally) on a stretch of highway.
....and you race in a vacuum! Aerodynamic forces will lower that number a bit. I still don't see where 178 mph would come from except illegally (way illegally) on a stretch of highway.
My point is that I didn't consider 178 to be a speed that he planned to acheive, more that 153 was too limiting. Just my $0.02 .
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Originally posted by TeamWireRacing
Right, the aero forces go up exponentially. So if 400 hp will get you to 150 mph, it might take another 200 hp or more to get you the last 30 mph to reach 180 mph.
I think that once you get above 130 mph or so, it's really hard to rely on the accuracy of the speed calculators. But unless you actually do it, that's all most of us have to go on.
Paul, what happened to your avatar?
Right, the aero forces go up exponentially. So if 400 hp will get you to 150 mph, it might take another 200 hp or more to get you the last 30 mph to reach 180 mph.
I think that once you get above 130 mph or so, it's really hard to rely on the accuracy of the speed calculators. But unless you actually do it, that's all most of us have to go on.
Paul, what happened to your avatar?
in a 2nd gen 390Hp at the flywheel (it think) is enough to propel you to 300KPH
this formula says a 1st gen should be able to do 330ish KPH with the HP RICE RACING'S motor is making and he is running outta gearing at 8800rpm in 5th gear at 320ish KPH
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I was helping Daryl with his, but he needs 100 posts before he can use it.. I'm going to use a new pic for my avatar, just haven't gotten around to uploading it
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Here is all I'm saying...
153 mph would not be enough for me on the street. Frown if you will, but any close race with a high powered car will not be settled at 100; the winner might not emerge until well up into the speed range. I raced another RX-7 back when my car was still twin turbo, and we were dead even up to the top of 4th at which point the other guy lifted and coasted. That was about 145 mph, so you can see that if we had kept in it, we would have been past 153 pretty fast.
I will probably never need to do 178, but I can assure you the car will do it even with the shitty stock 5th. I've had it up to 160 about a dozen times and it wasn't showing any signs of petering out.
Anyhow, I agree that for track use, 178 may not be realistic, but hey I drive other places besides the track. I'm just trying to improve my 5th to make it a useful gear on the highway.
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153 mph would not be enough for me on the street. Frown if you will, but any close race with a high powered car will not be settled at 100; the winner might not emerge until well up into the speed range. I raced another RX-7 back when my car was still twin turbo, and we were dead even up to the top of 4th at which point the other guy lifted and coasted. That was about 145 mph, so you can see that if we had kept in it, we would have been past 153 pretty fast.
I will probably never need to do 178, but I can assure you the car will do it even with the shitty stock 5th. I've had it up to 160 about a dozen times and it wasn't showing any signs of petering out.
Anyhow, I agree that for track use, 178 may not be realistic, but hey I drive other places besides the track. I'm just trying to improve my 5th to make it a useful gear on the highway.
B
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A friend of one of my employees was killed this week in a street race during the middle of the day!
And then I have to go and read this:
and....
and...
Is there no common sense here? When will everyone learn? You guys must all have jobs with decent income, requiring a level of intelligence that should lift you beyond the lunacy of street racing, right?
Take it to the track! [/rant]
And then I have to go and read this:
Wargasm says:
Here is all I'm saying...
153 mph would not be enough for me on the street. Frown if you will, but any close race with a high powered car will not be settled at 100; the winner might not emerge until well up into the speed range.
Here is all I'm saying...
153 mph would not be enough for me on the street. Frown if you will, but any close race with a high powered car will not be settled at 100; the winner might not emerge until well up into the speed range.
That was about 145 mph, so you can see that if we had kept in it, we would have been past 153 pretty fast.
I've had it up to 160 about a dozen times and it wasn't showing any signs of petering out.
Is there no common sense here? When will everyone learn? You guys must all have jobs with decent income, requiring a level of intelligence that should lift you beyond the lunacy of street racing, right?
Take it to the track! [/rant]
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Take it to the track! [/rant]
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Hey I do my high speed stuff by myself with nobody around... usually very late at night.
If there was a track closer than an hour away, I'd never take my RX-7 out on the street.... But there isn't one.
B
If there was a track closer than an hour away, I'd never take my RX-7 out on the street.... But there isn't one.
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Hey I do my high speed stuff by myself with nobody around... usually very late at night.
Hey I do my high speed stuff by myself with nobody around... usually very late at night.
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Originally posted by Wargasm
Hey I do my high speed stuff by myself with nobody around... usually very late at night.
Hey I do my high speed stuff by myself with nobody around... usually very late at night.
153 mph would not be enough for me on the street. Frown if you will, but any close race with a high powered car will not be settled at 100; the winner might not emerge until well up into the speed range.
Sorry, but it doesn't sound like late night cruising alone to me.
If there was a track closer than an hour away, I'd never take my RX-7 out on the street.... But there isn't one.
No one is around when I do it, so what's the harm?
I never put anyone else in danger.
The track only runs Weds. and Sat.
The track is too far away.
Then I have to buy a helmet too!
The overriding fact is that the street racing crowd is too self centered and egotistical to have to play by anyone else's rules. Maybe they think of themselves as "outlaws".
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That's not really street racing if you're going that fast... that's more like "open highway open-air dyno pulls", no racing required, just floor it and see who has a better power/aero ratio.
Basically, more dyno queen nonsense.
Basically, more dyno queen nonsense.
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Only 1 hour to a race track sounds like a good deal. closest track to me is more than an hour and a half towing. regularly travel 2-3 hours to alternate race track and I have towed more than 8 hours before to get to a race. I hope that you never encounter a regular citizen on his way to work while you are out by yourself "racing".