My buddy with a 93 TA that runs 13.3@101mph asked to race my 89 Formula350 with free mods. He said he would give me 5 cars, how would I fare? Should I race him?

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1989 Formula 350

 

Well, if your engine is running very well for a stock 350 and there are just the free mods done, he still has you by a full second in the quarter, not sure how many car lengths that'd be. I'd race him for the fun of it, but don't put any money on it.

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89 IROC-SuperRammed 355 w/ AFR 190's and LPE 219/219 cam-http://www.geocities.com/buckeyeroc

[This message has been edited by BuckeyeROC (edited October 31, 2001).]

 

should be 10 cars for a full second...so, he'd beat ya by around 5 cars, giving you a 5 car lead...I think...

 

"should be 10 cars for a full second...so, he'd beat ya by around 5 cars, giving you a 5 car lead...I think..."

Yup, it's about .1 second per car length. Tell him to let you have 10 car lengths.

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88 Formula 350
Upper and Lower SuperRam, 1000 CFM Accel Throttle Body, ZZ4 cam, 24# Motorsport Injectors, Larger Gutted Mass Sensor, Homemade Cold Air induction, Custom Burned PROM, MSD 6a box, MSD Distributor, Accel SuperCoil, Taylor 8mm wires, TB Bypass, B&M shift Kit, 160* Thermostat, Flowmaster Muffler,

 

The 93T/A just got a 3.73 gear and is now running 13.1@103MPH. I better race him before he dips into 12s.

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1989 Formula 350

 

Your going to race a STOCK L98 against that car?? Why don't u mod too, then at least he wouldn't have to give u a lead??

[This message has been edited by IROCZTWENTYGR8 (edited November 08, 2001).]

 

It's not 10 car lengths per second, that would be 130ft+ in distance between the cars.
Here are 2 races, me against an LS1 that beats me by 2 seconds, and he is not 260+ ft in front of me.
See if you can detremine the distances.
http://www.donpagevideo.com/video/Manny_vs_Charles.mpg

http://www.donpagevideo.com/video/Ma...ndPrix_GTP.mpg

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WS6 Trans Am.

View My Ride @ thirdgen.org

 

Did you ever think that you were at the track and reaction times would affect the car lengths..Say if I was racing someone at the track and we both line up. The light goes green they take off and I just sit there. They run a 14.5, then I take off and run a 13.8. They've beaten my by the whole 1/4 mile yet I still got a better time than them. But the point is it's hard to judge car lengths in relationship to tenths of a second in the quarter mile. I raced a 93 vette when my car was stock and I ran a 14.5 and he ran a 13.5 and he beat me by about 10 cars which would hold to the fact that one tenth of a second=one car length. But then again I saw my friend run a 12.0 in his mustang and lose by only a car to another mustang running an 11.5 and their reaction times were almost dead even.



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