Safe Speed for Flat Windshield
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So an f1 with a modified 5.0 is capable of 95mph in the quarter mile , and won't run another 35MPH if given a mile or two of straight road? I really don't care what you are impressed with AXracer, the discussion is about top speed.
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I'd be interested to see all the modifications you've made to make sure the thing doesn't just fall apart at that speed. There's a lot of things not accounted for in your formula. As I'm reading all these estimates, all I'm reading is best-case scenarios in a perfect world. Is this 340 HP at the wheels or the crank? That makes a huge difference in what the truck will be able to do. I'm interested to see what is going to happen here. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I also don't want to see anyone getting hurt or killed over something so petty.
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I've run at those speeds in a Porsche 911 S on the autobahn, a car built for that type driving on the track or roads built for high speed. I'm sure others on this forum also have done similar things on tracks or sometimes crazy enough to do it on common highways. These trucks were never built for that and no matter how much you modify it I can see no sane reason to try it especially on the deteriorated roads of Illinois. Go to the salt flats or somewhere similar and run it but do it in a safe place where there are crews to pull you from the wreckage if the truck is not capable of a safe run. You'll also have a great time with a lot of other guys doing the same type thing.
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With regards to the windshield issue. If you go to bangshift.com there is a 1936 Chev pickup that runs 8.5 @ 159mph (with a 292 GMC 6 cylinder turbo) and they do not appear to have any problem. Sorry I could not post the link. If you are concerned I would think that a few tabs on the inside would avoid any issue.
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[QUOTE=fladoodle;14739272]I'd be interested to see all the modifications you've made to make sure the thing doesn't just fall apart at that speed. There's a lot of things not accounted for in your formula. As I'm reading all these estimates, all I'm reading is best-case scenarios in a perfect world. Is this 340 HP at the wheels or the crank? That makes a huge difference in what the truck will be able to do. I'm interested to see what is going to happen here. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I also don't want to see anyone getting hurt or killed over something so petty.[/QUOT
Good points flatdoodle. I am going to back out of this for now until I get the truck back and finished. The engine has a list of modifications as long as your arm, and has made a dozen runs on a chassis dino in 4th gear from 2500rpm to just over 6,000rpm. I am not too worried about it coming apart.
Good points flatdoodle. I am going to back out of this for now until I get the truck back and finished. The engine has a list of modifications as long as your arm, and has made a dozen runs on a chassis dino in 4th gear from 2500rpm to just over 6,000rpm. I am not too worried about it coming apart.
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