Here is the Vette out and ready to run. He had some traction problems in hi gear and was having to let out of it. It did run 4.61 at 152 mph. That was 1/8" mile. All motor no power adders on it.
Then here is a good friend of mines little VW bug. This car is completley street legal and get driven on the street quite a bit. Turbo charged with NO2. It runs 6.o s all day long at 125mph.
It's a bit like opening Pandora's box, isn't it. You go fast, so you want to go faster. You build more power and then suddenly the car wants a different clutch combination or a different convertor. Then you start seeing where gear ratios could be changed a bit. By then, the Joneses have built a new motor that makes 12 more HP, so you're back in the shop, trying to milk some more out of the cylinder heads. And once you find it, then it's right back to trying to get the car right to keep the motor happy, all over again. It never ends.
