The excitement is building

[Island Girl]

Thanks guys . . . . it's like being 10 years old on Christmas Eve again.

I was pretty impressed with the dyno run . . . 26 Hp over what it's advertised at, and how often do you see over 700 lb-ft of torque from 3K on up.

 

[DonnyRay]

WOW !! Very imoressive.

 

[old round fart]

Hope my blown motor pulls like that! Good going Darlene.

 

[Island Girl]

Hope my blown motor pulls like that! Good going Darlene.

Thanks ORF, it'll be time to start a build thread pretty soon now . .

Now with either enough cubic inches or enough boost, no doubt it will pull like that . . . of course if you're planning to run pump gas, the cubic inches option is odds on, the better choice . .

 

[Spanky]

That'll make any gearhead drool! Bet you can't wait to make some noise with that bad-boy!!!

 

[Island Girl]

That'll make any gearhead drool! Bet you can't wait to make some noise with that bad-boy!!!

Yea, sitting in the car just making the Vrooom Vrooom sound probably isn't going to excite me much . . . feeling the ground shake under my feet, now that might just do it.

 

[rubicon]

I think you are going to need a launch pad for your T. Like what I see. Enjoy.

 

[tfeverfred]

Impressive. I just wonder how much of all that power you'll ever really use? But knowing it's there is cool. Nice build coming along.

 

[Gerry]

Can't wait to see the first launch vids. Be safe and remember, theses car drive you, you don't drive them.

 

[Island Girl]

Maybe I should make a throttle stop and set it at about 25%, lol. . .

No doubt it'll be a demon.

 

[Gary49]

Holy Crap! That's some fine piece of machinery.

 

[RPM]

What rear end you going to run in this beast?

 

[Indycars]

Holly Cow, that's pretty !!!

 

[Island Girl]

What rear end you going to run in this beast?

New aftermarket 9" Ford with TruTrac, 4:86

Trans is a TCI Super StreetFighter, 700R4

As you can surmise . . . I don't have any Interstate hi-way here, so no consideration was given for economical cruising.

 

[Gerry]

Just a question. Why such a low rear end ratio? With that amount of power and torque you could run a tall rear end and not notice the difference in performance.
I have around 1/2 of that and I configured shifter not to go into 2 or 1. Not needed with the torque and BHP available (425HP and 470 with 29" rear tyres) and kick down.

800 BHP and I would be looking at a Glide and 4.11s, maybe 3.90s for a quick ride.

Just asking, that's all...

 

[Neshkoro]

Boy, you're going all out with that thing! You better insure it with Lloyds of London when it's done!
Maybe I should say "Girl".

 

[Island Girl]

Just a question. Why such a low rear end ratio? With that amount of power and torque you could run a tall rear end and not notice the difference in performance.
I have around 1/2 of that and I configured shifter not to go into 2 or 1. Not needed with the torque and BHP available (425HP and 470 with 29" rear tyres) and kick down.

800 BHP and I would be looking at a Glide and 4.11s, maybe 3.90s for a quick ride.

Just asking, that's all...

We don't have any real hi-ways here, so it's all about having fun with neck snapping acceleration from any speed, . . . The OD with the 4.86 comes out to a regular trans with a 3.40, so it'll still go faster than there's a place to drive it on top end.

If the 4.86 turns out to be too much of a pain, a set of taller gears could be in the offing.

I'm running the Mickey Thompson 33X22.00 S/R radials, so traction should be pretty good.

 

[Gerry]

OK

 

[Gerry]

Quick calc (6200 rpm, 3.04 ratio & 33" tyres)and that comes out to a top speed of 230+MPH. Mind you it is Xmas and the Merlot is flowing so I will have to check my figures

 

[Island Girl]

Quick calc (6200 rpm, 3.04 ratio & 33" tyres)and that comes out to a top speed of 230+MPH. Mind you it is Xmas and the Merlot is flowing so I will have to check my figures

Just a bit of quick math;

The tire circumference is 8' measured within less than an inch . . Probably a little more at high speed from centrifugal force expansion

But assuming 8' for some rough math,

5280/8 = 660 tire revolutions per mile

If we look for rpm at 60mph, (a mile a minute) then 660 tire rpm is 60mph

660 X 4.86 = 3208 drive shaft rpm at 60 mph

3208 X .7 (OD ratio) = 2245 engine rpm at 60mph

Using 6500 rpm as a reasonable red line then:

6500 / 2245 = 2.9

2.9 X 60 = 174 mph

Which is still way faster than you can drive a car anywhere here on island. . . .

I've tried with the corvette, (which handles exceptionally well by comparison) and low 130's for a few miles is about as fast as I've been OK with.