Fast street cars

I mean REALLY fast street cars. Sure, they're not exactly budget oriented, and they are drag cars, but you have to admit anyone who drives something like this on the street often, and actually put miles on it is amazing and insane. A full bodied '66 Nova with a turbo big block - the old style.

What does it run, you ask... 9s? Pedestrian. 8's? pathetic, this car could do that towing my turbobrick. Not even 7's. This car, my friends, ran an uncorrected 6.95 at 209.

This car drove 1,000 miles in Hot Rods fastest street car competition. It never broke, he didn't bring a support team. A fluke, you say? Three other cars were in the sevens. A '57 Chevy (7.10 with 1,000ft wheelies), a '68 Camaro (which knocked down 24 mpg in a twin turbo small block 427 ONLY running 7.60s) and another Camaro. Flat out amazing.

This (along with a slew of folks under $2010 here) makes my goal of a 13 second Brick seem like I should be doing it with two cylinders, machining things with a rusty nail, pumping fuel with a fish tank pump and driving on genuine inner tubes while filing my nails or some other blatantly feminine task.

So, who is ready to pitch in (money) and set up the turbobrick with a drivetrain like that and go beat them next year? Anyone? Anyone???

Holy hell.

I almost forgot. Up until about 2001 this thing could have (on et, not legal) qualified in Pro Stock.

Ain't modern computer technology wonderful? It seems most of the trouble these guys have is either trans or valvetrain related. Both systems are nasty as hell- some of the real big cars are running upwards of an inch of lift at the valve. I can't imagine how you can make a valve open a SECOND time, let alone driving it on the street.

I think I saw a show about that car. The driver set a record or won a race then took some kid for a ride. If I remember the drive was pretty calm about the whole thing. Do you get used to going that fast and it becomes no big deal?

edit: great pic!

Racedreamer wrote: . Do you get used to going that fast and it becomes no big deal?

Yes. It takes sub-7 second passes to get some people to normal.

Horsepower's a helluva drug.

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Fastest or quickest. I think of Big Red. 200 mph in April of 88.

Appleseed wrote: Fastest or quickest. I think of Big Red. 200 mph in April of 88.

Definitely much earlier in terms of the era, but the 1/4 mile isn't even close.

In reply to tuna55:

Big Red is an open road race car, not a drag car, and can hit 220 mph. I count one of its former navigators as a friend.

there is a guy in my neighbor hood that has a blue notch back lx mustang with humongous tires ,parachute,and wheelie bars and i'm guessing more than 1000 hp.

I've been meaning to go and introduce myself and find out a bit more about the car. Let me tell you when he drives that thing around the block you know it!!! geez louise it sounds like a twin rotor cargo helicopter flying over when it is just idling

Potential recipe for streetable, seriously quick drag times; overbuilt engine, HUGE sprays. In theory wouldn't that leave the engine less stressed for the street part? I guess you could do the same with turbos.

Oh! Or two engines! Tiny little guy up front, Top Fuel engine in the rear.

Holy berkeley. Flames out the exhaust AND the wastegate? I'm pitching such a tent I just flipped my desk over.

Will wrote: In reply to tuna55: Big Red is an open road race car, not a drag car, and can hit 220 mph. I count one of its former navigators as a friend.

I know what Big Red is, and I am a fan, but I wasn't the one who made the comparison. I am simply saying that it's nothing like a street car that can run a sub seven second quarter mile.

Thanks for that. I think I'll head out to the garage and get to work on my '66.

I'd prefer to see 'em run under street like conditions if they want to present it as a street car competition...random un-prep'd asphalt and street worthy tires would be a good place to start.

And pull into the gas station "pump gas".

Wait, no one posted the videos yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF-kr91uxU

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/22/videos-worlds-fastest-street-car-drives-1-200-miles-whips-off/

Know what else is crazy? According to what I read on wikipedia, a street-legal Hayabusa has run a 7.125-second E.T.

granny wrote: I'd prefer to see 'em run under street like conditions if they want to present it as a street car competition...random un-prep'd asphalt and street worthy tires would be a good place to start.

Dude, perhaps you didn't notice. This guy ran sub seven second quarter miles. You require more to be impressed?

I don't recall Larsen's Nova being steel either. Yes, he is stupid fast, but "certain" gas station pitstops conveinently had C16/C23/NOS+/etc... to be dispensed.

And to correct the OP, he did break a pair of rockers or lifters on the cruise. Wired them up off the cam and continued on to the next strip and made permanent repairs.

Either way, it takes some damn big brass balls to cruise a $125k+ machine for 1k miles in a few days.

Brian

Ranger50 wrote: I don't recall Larsen's Nova being steel either. Yes, he is stupid fast, but "certain" gas station pitstops conveinently had C16/C23/NOS+/etc... to be dispensed. And to correct the OP, he did break a pair of rockers or lifters on the cruise. Wired them up off the cam and continued on to the next strip and made permanent repairs. Either way, it takes some damn big brass balls to cruise a $125k+ machine for 1k miles in a few days. Brian

I think it takes bigger balls to travel the same distance in some of the beaters we get our hands on, personally.

RE tires, let's not forget that some other very successful compeitions don't even use street tires:

6: Non-DOT-legal slicks are allowed at the drag strip, but they must be replaced by DOT-legal tires for the autocross competition.

Most people struggle to hit 0-60 in seven seconds. He's doing 0-200+.

Seriously. Does anyone know what tire that was on, it'd give the 10.5 guys a run for sure.

In reply to Paul_VR6:

IIRC, he runs a 33x16. Quite a bit larger then even the cheater 10.5W's.

Brian