Texas Mile
#1
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Texas Mile
Anyone else going?
I'll be there
The car did just over 129mph in the 1/4, hoping to do 175mph or better in the mile.
We shall see...
I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any data acq from standing-mile runs, I'm trying to model the car's performance but am unsure of tire slip and tire growth, so I'm mostly guessing there. Very critical factors relating to gearing!
I'll be there
The car did just over 129mph in the 1/4, hoping to do 175mph or better in the mile.
We shall see...
I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any data acq from standing-mile runs, I'm trying to model the car's performance but am unsure of tire slip and tire growth, so I'm mostly guessing there. Very critical factors relating to gearing!
#3
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I'm calibrating the model to a known 196mph run for a similar V8 FD with ~20% more power. Based on that, I should be in the ~184mph range. Which agrees perfectly with the model I'd already come up with, excellent!
For gearing, the *worst* would be to have more than expected tire slip, less than expected tire growth, and higher than expected speed, which could require a shift to 6th, which is to be avoided at all costs!
With my worst-case (I think) slip of just over 5% at speed, and zero tire growth, my chosen 25.7" tire size should be good for 188mph in 5th gear at 7000rpm, which should be PLENTY.
At the other extreme, with significant tire growth and reduced slip, 25.7" tires could have me as low as ~6300rpm at 180mph, but that's right at peak power anyway.
Spreadsheet model indicates little/no speed penalty for erring on the tall-geared side.
#4
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I would love to run the Texas Mile one day, but I should probably take it down the 1/4 first, seeing how I just finished the swap only a month or two ago.
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LS2 with shaved L92 heads, LS3 intake and injectors, 222/230 .597" cam. Pretty mild build, really. It's a street car, with p/s, a/c, full interior. I drove it down from Rhode Island
#12
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Yup, stock ZR1s were reportedly running 178 - 183 at the Texas Mile this event.
Might be optimistic!
129.2mph 1/4-mile speed at 2400' density altitude suggests 515 (raw) to 555 (corrected for d.a.) flywheel hp.
Similar trap speed and mile speed vs. ZR1 suggests ~540+ hp flywheel.
In any case, it's a LOT more than I'd have expected for the build
Might be optimistic!
129.2mph 1/4-mile speed at 2400' density altitude suggests 515 (raw) to 555 (corrected for d.a.) flywheel hp.
Similar trap speed and mile speed vs. ZR1 suggests ~540+ hp flywheel.
In any case, it's a LOT more than I'd have expected for the build
Last edited by ZDan; 11-07-12 at 07:42 PM.
#13
nice man, i know we got off to a bad start in the other thread but trust me i respect others builds, and thats a nice power curve, those LS engines are un-arguably amazing for their size and weight, AND physical size.
looks like you got a nice combo of parts working well with each other, now lets turbocharge it and make it silly
looks like you got a nice combo of parts working well with each other, now lets turbocharge it and make it silly
#14
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nice man, i know we got off to a bad start in the other thread but trust me i respect others builds, and thats a nice power curve, those LS engines are un-arguably amazing for their size and weight, AND physical size.
looks like you got a nice combo of parts working well with each other, now lets turbocharge it and make it silly
looks like you got a nice combo of parts working well with each other, now lets turbocharge it and make it silly
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