https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le6aCV_CRvQ#t
The speed at which he passes the pylons is indescribable. Wow.
I can't even imagine what it would be like in the fast cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le6aCV_CRvQ#t
The speed at which he passes the pylons is indescribable. Wow.
I can't even imagine what it would be like in the fast cars.
That's a Motorsport I was never really into but that video was AWESOME. I may have to rethink this!
Thanks for posting.
In reply to Toyman01:
Might want to fix your link to remove the time stamp.
George Poteet's a nice guy. Very well known in the hot rod world, and he's commissioned some well-known cars from guys like Chip Foose and Troy Trepanier.
How long until there's a land-sped-while-texting record?
In reply to JG Pasterjak:Maybe if he installed that Mercedes steering system which only requires you to touch the steering wheel once every twenty-six seconds, he could do that today.
To my mind, it'd be safer to use that feature on the flats than on the average street!
In reply to Will:
Done. I always wondered how y'all managed to start them in the middle. Damn new fangled crap. 
Any day you learn something new is a good one, right?
Interesting part. The fasted I've ever been in a car is about 125. That's pretty fast in a 89 Thunderbird SC. 462 is unreal. Watching that is almost enough to make me see if the SC will actually do 140 like they say it should. Pretty sure there is a standing mile in NC somewhere.
In reply to Toyman01:
If you've eliminated the limiter with a tune, an SC will hit 140, but doing it in a standing mile is doubtful. Also, if you have low gears like 3.73 or 4.10, the stock driveshaft going supernova at that speed is a possibility.
You're probably thinking about the Maxton Mile, btw.
How do you avoid getting tunnel vision at that speed?
In reply to mad_machine:
I don't know, but I bet the 1/4 mile pylons look about 3" apart at that speed.
In reply to mad_machine:
It's probably like anything else: you work up to it. I doubt the first LSR car he drove could do that kind of speed. It's likely he started out driving something much slower.
Tunnel-vision for me is watching helmet cam runs of current top DH racers. How they can maintain their visual focus at the speeds they're going through such tight wooded trails just blows my mind. 462 mph on an open flat plain looks... pedestrian... 
In reply to Toyman01:
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In reply to Will:
I don't know if the Maxton mile still exists. The East Cost Timing Association http://www.ecta-lsr.com/ now runs the Ohio Mile 4 times a year. Membership is $50 for a full year or $25 if you don't join until July. Events cost $200-250 depending on date. Not too much more than a track day for something totally new.
They used a 9,000 foot runway. You are timed at 1/2 mile and the 1 mile finish line over a 132 foot trap. The rest is a shut down area so plenty safe. No real safety equipment needed for up to 135mph, then basic roll bar, in date harness etc for up to 150mph.
I was shooting E36 M3 with Tom Spangler about the possibility of taking our cars down some time in the future to see if a 30 year old E30 or Saab 900 turbo could even reach 135mph.
There was a road kill about it last year when they did the leaf blower supercharging episode.
Running the Texas Mile in my Mustang is on my bucket list. Sure, I doubt I'll do well at all, but for some reason that just seems incredibly cool to me.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
Yeah, it looks like the Maxton mile shut down in 2011.
The Ohio Mile is almost 700 miles away. 
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
What do they do if your speed exceeds your safety gear? Just send you home without a timeslip, the way some drag strips do?
I have no idea what any of my cars could do in a standing mile.
Will wrote: In reply to Adrian_Thompson: What do they do if your speed exceeds your safety gear? Just send you home without a timeslip, the way some drag strips do? I have no idea what any of my cars could do in a standing mile.
Every situation is different. There is a 5 mph tolerance, not 6. I have seen competitors escorted off site.
Food for thought - Driving a constant/limited speed at a tach reading can be a bit of a challenge in an older car. Almost every one car has a tendency to lift in the rear. Cars like our Studebaker have over 500 pounds of rear lift at 160 and over 700 pounds of lift at 180. Cars are much more stable when you can run wide open. When I ran my 150 limited pass at 147 it was fine. The 175 limited pass made at 173 was uncomfortable. Without the forward thrust the car moves around. Same car, same track, same conditions, throttle wide open, much more comfortable at 179.644.
In reply to wheels777:
Doubt it will be this year, maybe 2016 if it happens.
Please tell us more about your car, building it and running it. What did you run 175mph?
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
We have few pictures of it here: http://stude777.synthasite.com/
It's 1954 Studebaker that had a flat top Chevy 350 with a Muncie four speed. My dad (Wheels777) can tell you more.
In reply to wheels777:
Still planning on going to bonneville some time?
Our program has kind of stalled. We need a longer car to break 240 but the owners don't want to cut the car up.
My idea was to make the yellow car one that can break n/a records so that the drivers can help pay for the high speeds.
alfadriver wrote: In reply to wheels777: Still planning on going to bonneville some time?
Yes
alfadriver wrote: Our program has kind of stalled. We need a longer car to break 240 but the owners don't want to cut the car up.
I am bummed to hear that. I really enjoy following along. Still blown away with how fast the Alfa has run.
alfadriver wrote: My idea was to make the yellow car one that can break n/a records so that the drivers can help pay for the high speeds.
Makes sense.
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