I'm planning to back on the 31st with the 200 shot. I'm trying to go 10.50 @ 130. After testing last night i think it will do it.

I however don't care to go that fast with out a bar, so my friend says he'll drive. Is there any legal responsibility on me if he would wreck the car ?

Mike

This is only my opinion but I don't think anyone should go that fast without a cage and good harneses. There is a reason you don't feel comfortable doing it so you shouldn't let your friend do it either. Remember thats alot of go juice your spraying, who knows how squirly it might get. BTW thats some very impressive numbers! :D

Same reply gave to you over on the Camaro page. Bad idea ... anyone going that fast is just plain stupid not to have a roll cage. Getting a friend to drive so he can get hurt is even worse :mad:

Thanks.

i posted on the camaro page, i'll just 1/8th mile it and we'll have to do the math. No mid 10 sec passes without a bar.

thanks

Mike

It won't be any better idea to do it on the 1/8 mile because N2O hits hardest down low and then trails off. My son lost control of a street driven pickup with a 355 in it when he was showing off and wrecked the vehicle, went sideways and hit a culvert. Get some safety items and control items before trying this. Hitting a Corvette with a considerable amount of nitrous is a real bad idea as their rear end components aren't too strong to start with.

The differentiating factor here is the car itself. A '85 Vette is designed for speeds in excess of 130MPH. By design the car has a safety cage built in - big difference than driving that fast in a stock GM A-body. I regularly drove my '71 big block Vette to 120+ back then - including running the speedo up to the 160 mph mark on a couple of occasions. The big question I have to ask is - what is the CONDITION of the chassis and drivetrain? The top speed is not the issue, the area of concern is the impact of the NO2 hit.

Originally posted by GRN69CHV:
The differentiating factor here is the car itself. A '85 Vette is designed for speeds in excess of 130MPH. By design the car has a safety cage built in - big difference than driving that fast in a stock GM A-body. I regularly drove my '71 big block Vette to 120+ back then - including running the speedo up to the 160 mph mark on a couple of occasions. The big question I have to ask is - what is the CONDITION of the chassis and drivetrain? The top speed is not the issue, the area of concern is the impact of the NO2 hit. The area of concern to me is going from 0-130+ in 10 seconds and all the things that can happen in between smile.gif

The car is in good shape.

I have decided to just call it a year. I have 2 big concerns. 1- the rear end, the D-36 is on borrowed time, so it 's very questionable to weather it'll make it or not. 2- plain and simple no roll bar. I feel something needs to be going forward along the top of the window for better safety.

I will wait till i get D-44 and a bar in the car before going faster.

I have a 7yr old son and at this time the risk is just not worth it.

BTW , i drove the car to work today, what a joy this car is to own. It's just like driving a completly stock car smile.gif

No matter the shape of the vehicle it was never designed for put that much power through it's spindly drivetrain. Breaking a halfshaft is going leave you with very little control of the car and more than likely the ensuing crash will destroy your car and maybe hurt the driver severly.. Ask 540HotRod about the corvette rear end parts as he has broken about all the stock parts at one time or another. Bad idea!

Not that it matters but 99% of all half shafts break at the starting line. Their pretty durable. There's 2 guys running htem with 434 SBC and running 10.40's with 1.4 60. The halfshafts are the same for the D-36 abd D-44.

At this point the bar is my main concern for safety. As for the rear..well if i broke it now i would have to find one, buy it, and then just replace it...i guess it's just nicer and funner right now to drive it till it snows..then when the plow the road it comes right back out:)

Maybe next year i'll have it ready to try for a 9 sec pass.

What safety equipt is recommended for a 10.50 pass and what about a 9.99 pass ?

thanks Guys

Mike

Mike you made the right choice to wait for the proper sftey equipt.

NHRA has a whole list of things that have to be done to IRS suspended convertibles. The first is a roll cage and they recommend putting in a solid rear end. This doesn't even count the nitrous. Better check with your strip operator for requirements or a chassis shop. You've made the right choice in not running it as is.

Sub 10 second passes I believe means chassis certification, sfi balancer/flex plate, clothing, roll CAGE not bar, possible tranny blanket, sfi axles, might even need to relocate the battery and have a switch in the back to shut power off.

sheeww, that's alot of stuff. All that stuff would cost more than my whole car, i'll just keep it slower, low 11's and keep it inexpensive too.

thanks for the info.

Mike