What the topic says. I can't find it in my large stacks of magazines.

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82 Camaro:
350
Erson cam, ported heads,Comp Cams 1.6:1 rocker arms
Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, Holley 600
Crane Hi-6 ignition, Accel supercoil
TH350 tranny with 2500 stall.
Eibach Pro Kit
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Try this...

http://www.prestage.com/carmath/

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this site has some really bogus formulas. especially the HP required to maintain a ceratin speed. it never takes into account the drag coeffiecient for example. I believe i read someplace that a 91-92 trans am has a drag coefficient of about .35, which is good. Now, if you tell me that a thirdgen weighing 3500 lbs and a stripped fullsize truck that you got to weigh 3500 lbs needs the same HP to maintain the same speed, you need to go back through high school physics. The site has some good simple formulas, but anything more complicated doesnt take into account enough variables and i wouldn't put too much faith in.

 

hey guys it says i only need 550 hp to break the sound barrier in my car.

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243 RWHP and 342 RWTQ with hot engine and 90 octain fuel

 

That's kind of true. You may only need 550 HP but the car won't physically get that fast. When the SST did it they used 2 jet engines producing oodles of HP to get up to speed quickly.

I never played with those formulas on the web site but I wonder how long it would take you to break the sound barrier with 550hp. 200 miles?

Again I never played with the formulas but how much HP is required to go down the road at 60 mph. Everyone brags about having 250 or 300hp. That will get them up to speed quickly but once at speed, very little hp is required to keep the car moving. 550hp may be all thats required to drive at the sound barrier but much more is required to get you there.

 

Its actually more like .32-.33. The 4th gens are like .35.


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You can break the sound barrier in a civic (haha) assuming you had extremely extremely low gearing and a 20 speed transmission
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