How much will a 150 shot give me at the track?
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Car: 91 Formula, 79 Trans Am, 72 LeMans
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How much will a 150 shot give me at the track?
I expect to run low 12's at the track and my builder wants to put a 150 shot on my motor. What will that drop the time to, traction providing?
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If you have 425 hp on motor there will be no problem getting low 12's with 150 hp shot. Probably 11's. I have a little over 400 hp on motor and on 100 hp shot I ran 12.36 at 110 w/1.8 60' times. I spun badly out of the hole even with wrinkle walls. What tires and gears you gonna run?
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From: W. Kentucky
Car: 83 Z-28
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Hey, what track you gonna run at? I see that you are a member of central Illinois club. Are you far from Gateway International? I've been wanting to get to that track. It's about 2 1/2 hours away from me.
Sorry to burst your bubble...
...but in order to run 110 mph in the 1/4 with a 3600 lb car you only need 370 rwhp, which equates to 463hp at crank figuring a 20% drivetrain loss. The wet systems for our cars by NX frequently add their advertised hp at the wheels. You will have a 12 sec. capable mph (108 - 112) with a 150hp wet kit on a STOCK motor... hope i was helpful.
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Car: 91 Formula, 79 Trans Am, 72 LeMans
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Transmission: T5, 3 speed, TH350
Ok, so you guys are saying:
On motor: low 12's
On Nitrous: low 11's
I plan on going to the track at Cordova. Illinois/Iowa border.
On motor: low 12's
On Nitrous: low 11's
I plan on going to the track at Cordova. Illinois/Iowa border.
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Idealy I see my customers going about a second faster with a 150 shot there are exceptions, when traction is overpowered by the increase a car can actually run a slower elapsed time, or a car at high altitude or with a particularly poor or nitrous specific combination will actually gain more than a second.
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