All right so if I have a "SBC" making 900hp NA at the fly wheel in a car weighing 3060#'s with the driver. What kind of ET's should I expect in the 1/8? Roughly.
Here is what my set up is......Motor and car wise.
1965 Nova wagon
PG tranny with a 8 1/2 converter(stall probably in the 5800+range)with a T-brake Pro tree
Rear tire's are 32x14's Good Year's
Ford 9" with 4.88 gear's and a spool. Gear's might change if needed
Ladder bar's.
I would love to calibrate it with one of my old time slip's but....................My old time slip's were with my old motor combo. And I was running a 427sbc that made 630hp at the fly wheel. And my best was a 6.39 at 108mph. But I will take a look at the web site any way. Thank's for the info
I ran a 3250# car with 922 FWHP, 33x15x15 tire 5.14 gear and a lenco it went high 5.80s to low 5.90s in the summer at 116 to 118 mph this was in 1997and 1998.
@ 3100lbs and 920 fwhp my car ran 5.85 with a 5800 rpm 8-inch converter and 4.10 gears on a 29.5x10.5 tire. this was in excellent conditions. air density was -200ft.
All right so if I have a "SBC" making 900hp NA at the fly wheel in a car weighing 3060#'s with the driver. What kind of ET's should I expect in the 1/8? Roughly.
Here is what my set up is......Motor and car wise.
1965 Nova wagon
PG tranny with a 8 1/2 converter(stall probably in the 5800+range)with a T-brake Pro tree
Rear tire's are 32x14's Good Year's
Ford 9" with 4.88 gear's and a spool. Gear's might change if needed
Ladder bar's.
Thr Calculator I use for 1/8thto1/4 mile conversion says it takes 720flywheel hp to run 9.36/6.00's so you either have more hp than you think or your chassis dyno operator didnt know what he was doing.
690-700 FLYWHEEL HP to run 6.00's..........take off 20% for RWHP = 560 RWHP.......
What's it matter anyways.......dyno's are for numbers, but the real test is the "race track" which will tell the story of your "actual" power output.....
Feet, you gots one of dem bigblock Ford motors, pure torque bably lol.
I have been told by a certain footbrake racer I dont have but about 700 fwhp, but yet my cutup 3050# shitbox has been a 5.80 at 118, powerglide equiped in 4000 corrected air..........
All right so if I have a "SBC" making 900hp NA at the fly wheel in a car weighing 3060#'s with the driver. What kind of ET's should I expect in the 1/8? Roughly.
Here is what my set up is......Motor and car wise.
1965 Nova wagon
PG tranny with a 8 1/2 converter(stall probably in the 5800+range)with a T-brake Pro tree
Rear tire's are 32x14's Good Year's
Ford 9" with 4.88 gear's and a spool. Gear's might change if needed
Ladder bar's.
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