Took the Viper out today, the one with wings. Conditions
as follows; temp-65F, tail wind-aprox 3mph, altitude 4800 feet, F-16 (Viper)Block 30 with 2000lbs of external fuel and tank and 2 2000lb bombs. For a total of 6000 lbs in external
stores, jet weighed aprox 34k lbs, clean with no stores is
aprox 28k lbs. Burner takeoff from a stand still, takeoff
distance of 2700 feet, less than half of a mile.
10 sec to 1000 feet
14 sec to 186 mph (164 kts gnd)
15 sec to 2000 feet
18 sec to lift off and 217 mph (191 KTS GND), this would
at just under the half mile mark.
And this jet weighed 21% above a normal clean jet which
will lift off in about 1300 feet in burner at 182 mph (160kts gnd).
Next time I have a chance with a clean jet I will get the numbers
and see if I can transfer the 8mm film to digital.
Congratulations Peter. The video really does it justice! I want everyone to imagine(imagine, not attempt) banging against the rev limitter in 5th gear in their Viper.
Congratulations to Peter Blach for owning such a fine automobile, as well as to RSI for building it! Very well put together 200+mph capable street rocket.
[quote=houstonT]The second day, the first thing I noticed was the STIFF wind. There were 35 mph winds all day and I knew that if we ran into the wind, the car would not go as fast. Sure enough, when the time came to race the jet, they lined us up on the runway racing INTO the wind. At that point, I knew that I would have to turn up the boost to get 200+ mph by the end of the run. I cranked the boost controller to 14.5 psi and decided to see how that amount of power would feel on street tires. The first to go was an F16 with no afterburner, it covered the distance in 19.5 seconds. Second to go was the "stock Viper" which did 175 mph and 19.x seconds into the wind (to be fair, he missed 5th gear and had to put it back in gear a few times). The motorcycle started 1,000 ft. ahead of the cars (he was uncomfortable going the same distance with that type of wind) and did 150 mph in about 17.x seconds. Finally, the F16 on full afterburner came up, she (Carrie "Duke" Ellis) clicked off a 16.5 second run. Finally, it was my turn. I launched the car nice and easy and immediately spun through first, second and third. When I hit fourth, it was bye bye...the spin was controlable and the car pulled HARD. I hit fifth and hung on. I rung 5th gear out until I hit my rev limiter. I decided at that point there was not enough room/time to try 6th (i'm not sure exactly where I hit limiter but it was close to the end) so I just stayed on the limiter through the finish line. Final results - 16.33 seconds and 208 mph!!!!!!!! The car won, again...
i have a question. it takes 15 seconds for a car already traveling at 220 mph to complete 1 mile. at 220 mph you travel 330 ft. per second. how did you accomplish 208 in 16.33 seconds from a dead stop? on top of that spinning through the first 3 1/2 gears.
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Last edited by viper tt/10 : May 31st, 2006 at 06:05 PM.
First things first, by spinning through the first three gears, and part of fourth, you are getting to a higher MPH in a shorter distance. Also, there is a mathematical mistake in your calculations, it's actually 240 mph, NOT 220 mph.
Having said that, the only thing I know for a fact is that the car did 208 mph and it did that MPH in just under 3/4 mile (verified by radar and by the math indicating the MPH at rev limiter in fifth). We specifically made sure to measure out the 3/4 mile mark. The MPH was measured for both cars and the motorcycle at the same spot.
As for timing, those were the times I was told, I was not involved in the timing of the run. It was the Air Force and the NM VCA that was responsible for the timing. They may have timed the run to XXXX ft. rather than to the 3/4 mile mark. In either case, I hear your point and understand what you're saying. At the end of the day, the only thing mathematical about this event was the distance we measured the MPH at, my goal was 200 mph + in 3/4 mile.
Thanks for all the positive comments guys!
Peter
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Originally Posted by viper tt/10
i have a question. it takes 15 seconds for a car already traveling at 220 mph to complete 1 mile. at 220 mph you travel 330 ft. per second. how did you accomplish 208 in 16.33 seconds from a dead stop? on top of that spinning through the first 3 1/2 gears.
Last edited by houstonT : May 31st, 2006 at 06:43 PM.
Josh, I'm not sure, the only link I have is the one posted above.
Peter
Are you a member of houstonperformancedriving.com I thought that was the same car. My car would have troubles with your car on low boost. Im heavychevy with the TT C5 vette.
185, yes, i'm on HPD. What kind of power do you make? I'd love to race you, TT Viper vs. TT Vette. We could make a good video tape out of it! You game?
Peter
First things first, by spinning through the first three gears, and part of fourth, you are getting to a higher MPH in a shorter distance. Also, there is a mathematical mistake in your calculations, it's actually 240 mph, NOT 220 mph.
Having said that, the only thing I know for a fact is that the car did 208 mph and it did that MPH in just under 3/4 mile (verified by radar and by the math indicating the MPH at rev limiter in fifth). We specifically made sure to measure out the 3/4 mile mark. The MPH was measured for both cars and the motorcycle at the same spot.
As for timing, those were the times I was told, I was not involved in the timing of the run. It was the Air Force and the NM VCA that was responsible for the timing. They may have timed the run to XXXX ft. rather than to the 3/4 mile mark. In either case, I hear your point and understand what you're saying. At the end of the day, the only thing mathematical about this event was the distance we measured the MPH at, my goal was 200 mph + in 3/4 mile.
Thanks for all the positive comments guys!
Peter
I think you are telling fibs young Peter. We all know you have never owned any fast cars. All those Supras were using faux turbos, the dyno on your GTS was rigged, and the jet was really just a crop duster made to look like a fighter jet. And last but not least, what does the USAF know about calculating speed and distance. Leave your tire spinning stories on HPD. Us magazine racers on the Alley know the truth. What a poser you are
Hahhahaha, damnit, you got me!!!!! I love this damn car, it's amazing how easy it is to drive at the 1000 rwhp+ power level, street tires are no problem, you just have to be able to pedal it.
Peter
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Originally Posted by tucker
I think you are telling fibs young Peter. We all know you have never owned any fast cars. All those Supras were using faux turbos, the dyno on your GTS was rigged, and the jet was really just a crop duster made to look like a fighter jet. And last but not least, what does the USAF know about calculating speed and distance. Leave your tire spinning stories on HPD. Us magazine racers on the Alley know the truth. What a poser you are
First things first, by spinning through the first three gears, and part of fourth, you are getting to a higher MPH in a shorter distance. Also, there is a mathematical mistake in your calculations, it's actually 240 mph, NOT 220 mph.
Having said that, the only thing I know for a fact is that the car did 208 mph and it did that MPH in just under 3/4 mile (verified by radar and by the math indicating the MPH at rev limiter in fifth). We specifically made sure to measure out the 3/4 mile mark. The MPH was measured for both cars and the motorcycle at the same spot.
As for timing, those were the times I was told, I was not involved in the timing of the run. It was the Air Force and the NM VCA that was responsible for the timing. They may have timed the run to XXXX ft. rather than to the 3/4 mile mark. In either case, I hear your point and understand what you're saying. At the end of the day, the only thing mathematical about this event was the distance we measured the MPH at, my goal was 200 mph + in 3/4 mile.
Thanks for all the positive comments guys!
Peter
Peter, great job!
I have a couple of disappointments with this run...............
1. I thought you would be taller.
2. I thought your head would be somehow Blachier......LOL!
Aside from that it was bad-ass!
I think some calculations are in order:
208 MPH = 208miles/Hour X 5280feet/mile X 1hour/60 min X 1 min/60 seconds = 305.67 feet/second
Doing this calculation for 180 MPH yields 264 feet/second.
5280/264 = 20
Everybody knows it takes 20 seconds to go 1 mile at 180 MPH.
So at 305.67 feet/second, the remaining 1320 would only take 4.318 seconds
I think people here are missing the point.
The only point is the car hit the rev limiter at 208 MPH BEFORE the 3/4 mile mark.
The timing is irrelevant as long as the 3/4 mile distance is correct.
It looked to me that it a little more than 20 seconds from the time the car got moving to the point where they hit the end.
So even if it took 24-25 seconds. it's still bad as hell.
Peter, you kicked ass, I don't care what NORM says about you!
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