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| wbergtho |
 Sep 8 2008, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 28-April 03 From: Roberts, WI Member No.: 623  |
Although my car is strictly set up for the roadcourse, I like to take it out once or twice a year to the drag strip and let her rip...just to see how fast it is in a 1/4 mile. The 930 gearing is ideal on the roadcourse and on the street...and just a bit too tall for the drag strip. I can't get into 4th gear before hitting the trap. I guess it's not a bad thing to shift fewer times than my competition...as the 930 box cannot be speed shifted very well. I used Michelin Pilot Sport street tires and dropped pressure to 15 lbs. Notice the zoomy trap speed. Here are the results from SEP 6th @ Rockfalls Raceway in Elk Mound, WI:
Best run... R/T .041 60 1.723 330 4.919 1/8 7.410 MPH 97.93 1000 9.537 1/4 11.289 MPH 131.42 Attached image(s) 
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| wbergtho |
Sep 9 2008, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 28-April 03 From: Roberts, WI Member No.: 623 |
QUOTE You are right near BIR, right?? (well, right near as in within a few hours) That has a LONG stretch in it too and I have been considering trying to tow out to that track just to run it, but it is 1000 miles almost on the dot from my house, which is a trek... but I would love to get on that track. IIRC you ran the car out there a couple years ago... BIR has a very long straight. I've had my car going 165 MPH there and could have gone faster...but the pucker factor really starts to set in. There are guys that pin it through turn 1 (which is mildly banked) and keep on hauling ass towards turn 2. I don't trust my car & myself enough to try that. It feels real stable at 170+. BTW Zach, I reached the previously stated 175 MPH in St. Paul, MN on the hwy racing motorcycles...LOL... I will not do that again. |
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wbergtho The Little Bastard is getting faster! Sep 8 2008, 12:00 PM
Sleepin Sweet! That is pretty fuchin fast for a 914... Sep 8 2008, 12:07 PM
orange914
Sweet! That is pretty fuchin fast for a 914... Sep 8 2008, 01:12 PM Vacca Rabite Fast, man!
Awesome!
Zach Sep 8 2008, 12:15 PM So.Cal.914 I don't know about Fast but with those gears t... Sep 8 2008, 12:37 PM Dr. Roger That time is more than pretty good...
You are fa... Sep 8 2008, 12:39 PM Sleepin Hahaha, that would be a funny stoplight line up... Sep 8 2008, 12:43 PM rick 918-S I used to bracket race a BB chevy back in the day.... Sep 8 2008, 01:02 PM messix if you could launch that car hard you would be in ... Sep 8 2008, 01:31 PM ruddyboys If you paint it yellow... :idea: Sep 8 2008, 01:54 PM Phoenix 914-6GT :headbanger: Sep 8 2008, 01:55 PM wbergtho I'm running a highly built 346 CI LS6 2002 eng... Sep 8 2008, 02:21 PM messix how much would you guess the car weighs with you i... Sep 8 2008, 02:26 PM byndbad914 Bill, that's awesome. I soooo need to get bac... Sep 8 2008, 03:04 PM dw914er thats fricken fast!!!!!!... Sep 8 2008, 03:10 PM PBritain very cool and fast, my car ran 11's too,
in t... Sep 8 2008, 03:40 PM zig-n-zag Congrats to you for building an awesome looking an... Sep 8 2008, 04:31 PM wbergtho
The car weighs about 2550 and add another 170 f... Sep 8 2008, 06:27 PM jimkelly sweet
:toke: Sep 8 2008, 07:14 PM wbergtho
I've been a fan of your car for a long time.... Sep 8 2008, 10:37 PM byndbad914
I've been a fan of your car for a long time. ... Sep 9 2008, 12:39 PM SGB and....
if you shift, it will top out at...what?
... Sep 8 2008, 10:49 PM wbergtho
At 7000RPM (rev limited) in 4th gear (assuming a... Sep 8 2008, 11:40 PM Vacca Rabite Damn. Where do you find a piece of road straight ... Sep 9 2008, 09:07 AM messix some thing about short wheel base cars and high sp... Sep 9 2008, 01:56 PM byndbad914
some thing about short wheel base cars and high s... Sep 9 2008, 04:58 PM messix and before i knew better i would do things like bl... Sep 9 2008, 01:59 PM messix and then you might as well had started with a nobl... Sep 9 2008, 05:43 PM scotty b Now it's time to put our highly trained driver... Sep 9 2008, 06:27 PM wbergtho Did you guys know the 914 has a longer wheel base ... Sep 9 2008, 07:54 PM byndbad914
Did you guys know the 914 has a longer wheel base... Sep 9 2008, 08:44 PM r_towle 175...hmmm
Need more power...
Turbo??? Supercharge... Sep 9 2008, 07:54 PM wbergtho
I'm considering a 100 shot of nitrous! ... Sep 9 2008, 07:58 PM lotus_65 bill, i'm glad your car is holding together an... Sep 9 2008, 08:18 PM andys
bill, i'm glad your car is holding together a... Sep 10 2008, 11:29 AM wbergtho
That's an idea I have thought about and I... Sep 11 2008, 05:35 AM wbergtho
My car used to plow on throttle and now I've... Sep 11 2008, 05:51 AM |
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