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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: Island bugs on July 04, 2004, 09:58:05 PM
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Hi guys
have any of you driven over the scales at Mission? Do you know what your cars weigh with the driver on board? Wayne
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Hulk... with my skinny ass 1885
10.86
Online calculater is 297 Hp
However I have more boost Muwhahahaha
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Is that with or without your tires? :P
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My 65 weighed in at 1660 with me - I weigh 185
Cars best so far is 14.11 @ 98.17 - stock tranny
Car has a minimal interior, fiberglass rear apron, tbars.
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Funny Guy,,, 2 hugs for you :wub: :wub:
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1990lbs. with me . full wieght stock body 68 bug + 14.89 et =
120 hp according to some on line calculater.
How about you Island bug? or is thier scales accuracy your questioning?
If so , I don't know what my car wieghs outside of mission.
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No I have no questions about Mission's scales just wondered about Hp on some of these cars. Best & most accurate formulas seem to involve weight & trap speed.I ruined my race motor so am using the street engine with the 2 year (free port job) valve grind from Performance Technology right now and it seems quite powerfull ,of course IT has four (not three) lobes on it's camshaft (unlike some of my other engines). I expect it to run an 11 sec pass @ 1735 lbs so it might be around 200hp. we'll see. Are you guys running next friday evening?(July 9) and is it true some of you are going to race with the Super Shifters on the weekend?wayne
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Geoff, me,notchback,Dannyboy,maybe Boostretard and Maybe James will be there...
I was thinking of coming out on Saturday, Was going to go to Victoria for Sunday so not sure if I will go Saturday now as I am guessing you need to be there for 2 days???
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I'm going to try and run - depends on work and the wife.
Goto my web site for more local car ET's
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1 day or 2. No Pressure it's a double header weekend Two separate races. We are having a BBQ saturday.wayne
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1990lbs. with me . full wieght stock body 68 bug + 14.89 et =
120 hp according to some on line calculater.
I don't get it Hans. Mine's 1990lbs too on that scale with the slicks. An even 2000 with street tires.
Even though you have a larger anchor in the driver's seat, I have heavier:
Bumpers
gas heater
4whl discs
big fat wide tires
tunes
IRS
You running with a full tank of gas?
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1 day or 2. No Pressure it's a double header weekend Two separate races. We are having a BBQ saturday.wayne
THen I will race Saturday.... ;)
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Last time I checked i think mine was 1550lbs without me and 1705 with me.
Best time 12.22 @109mph
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1705-1550= 155lbs??? Was that all of you??? Now I know why I do not drag race.......My fat ass would break the scale :unsure:
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Geoff races in the super fly weight class! :P
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Hey Wayne,
My 65 all steel, glass, original drivers seat, blade bumpers and minimal gas weighed 1540lbs at Missions scale. I weigh about 160 and when I parked the car on the scale with me in it the total weight was exactly 1700lbs.
If you have stiff gears and 200hp you'll be in the 11's no problems at all. My first time out to the track this year I did a 11.95 @ 109.02 with plain ol chevron 94 pump. I did consistant 12.0sec runs in the 1/4 that night. So I think I'm pumping some decent HP numbers. If I had stiffer gears than my 1.56 and 1.22 third and 4th I know without a question I'd have faster ET's. With my current setup I drove to mission on my street tires from Vancouver. That 1hr + drive wasnt fun at all. Thank god for earplugs.
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155lbs, You got it! The secret is all in the pre race dump :D
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I don't get it Hans. Mine's 1990lbs too on that scale with the slicks. An even 2000 with street tires.
Even though you have a larger anchor in the driver's seat, I have heavier:
Bumpers
gas heater
4whl discs
big fat wide tires
tunes
IRS
You running with a full tank of gas? [/QUOTE]
Hmmmm ........ I don't get it either. I'm not sure how much gas I had at the time. But thats what it said. :huh: Sure you were in it? :P
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The secret is all in the pre race dump :D
thats funny.
back when the band i was in was playing shows, i had the \"pre-show dump\" ritual. and it worked. use to play a wicked set after a good release. unless we were playing at the cobalt. then the \"psd\" would be taken care of at home.
same for the studio. take a load off, and then go cut some tracks. :lol:
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unless we were playing at the cobalt. then the "psd" would be taken care of at home.
Now that is Funny!!! too scared to use the facilities in the finest establishment in town? I use the word finest very, very loosely.
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nice too see some good calculated horse power number on the west coast
shane 279-290 hp
alan 196 hp
geoff 184 hp
not bad when you consider its being done on 4 cylinders
me i can only bench race ,but my time is coming.
keep up the good work everyone.
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Mine was about 120, but with my new box it should calculate out as more.
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My 66 6v fastback weighs 2280 with me in it and ran a best time of 16.2 in the quarter. could not get the car off the line without some wheel spin though. It was hard early in the evening with the ricers driving thru the waterbox w/ street tires and no burnout!! Talk about slippery.
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Ghia Vert, with my slender little figure turned out to be 2065.