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Originally Posted by Fast Freddy
paolo - i was getting a very crappy launch off this unprepped road surface and as a result smoked the tires all the way thru 1st gear. i suspect that cost me at least 1 second on my 1 mile time. so with stickier tires and better pavement i am guessing i would have made this trip in 30-31 seconds flat. i found an old motor trend article where they tested one of john hennesseys venom 800 twin turbo cars that was puttin down 725 rwhp. with the stock 3.07 rear gear this car ran the mile in 28.23 seconds at 193.54 mph. so i think that it is entirely possible that if i do the mods i listed in my original post that i can hit 189 mph in the mile if make a run at sea level. i am guessin at goliad, texas or nevadas 1 mile site that i would slow down to like 185 mph. the advantage that nitrous has over superchargers and turbochargers is that regardless of the air density that your motor sees from the altitude at which you run at > your motor will always see a very dense air charge off the nitrous. kind of like bringing sea level air to a track elevation of 4,500 feet above sea level.
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Freddy, the way those events are run is just the MPH at the end. So spinning will yield a higher MPH.
If you want to do the ET for your personal satisfaction, that's cool too.
*Just remember that John Hennessey always pays the magazines a little extra to exaggerate how quick/fast his cars really are!*
==> John, just breaking your balls big guy!
