Author Topic: Nearly 200 mph in a single gear... (Read 2732 times)

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #25 on:** October 06, 2020, 01:29:45 PM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on October 06, 2020, 01:11:30 PM

NOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!

What do oxides of nitrogen have to do with it?

Brad

Jim147 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 06, 2020, 04:22:24 PM »

Sunday in St. Louis...

https://youtu.be/SvATna0mzCg

How not to go through the traps at 260mph

K Frame · « **Reply #27 on:** October 06, 2020, 05:11:26 PM »

Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 06, 2020, 01:29:45 PM

What does oxides of nitrogen have to do with it?

Brad

Not a damned thing.

But Vin Diesel didn't yell NITRO METHANE!!! at a burning car that was getting ready to explode in that horrible movie franchise...

Fast and *expletive deleted*ing Boring, I think they're called...

kgbsquirrel · « **Reply #28 on:** October 06, 2020, 08:37:03 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on October 02, 2020, 09:12:25 PM

My A320 engines have a single gear. I think I can easily beat 200mph.

Not so sure about that. Aren't there two or three spools per engine with variable stators?

Fly320s · « **Reply #29 on:** October 06, 2020, 09:33:45 PM »

Quote from: Jim147 on October 06, 2020, 04:22:24 PM

Sunday in St. Louis...

https://youtu.be/SvATna0mzCg

How not to go through the traps at 260mph

That looks like an umpleasant experience.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #30 on:** October 06, 2020, 09:54:54 PM »

Looks like the frame/chassis failed as she came off the line. You can see it wiggle very early.

French G. · « **Reply #31 on:** October 06, 2020, 11:27:00 PM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on October 06, 2020, 09:54:54 PM

Looks like the frame/chassis failed as she came off the line. You can see it wiggle very early.

Docol tubing welded with high tensile filler is great until it isn't. I am not a fan of the weld characteristics.

Not as fast as the OP or weird cars that go in straight lines, but there are some pretty fast one gear cars on dirt. Sprint cars pushing 160 on mile tracks which are mercifully few and far between. Here's a 140mph lap(not top)speed on a half mile. I have driven this track in a sprint of less horsepower and it is the only time I have ever been nervous in a car. We were cracking wheel hubs and front spindles from G load. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0coCioCU3s

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #32 on:** October 07, 2020, 09:55:59 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on October 06, 2020, 05:11:26 PM

But Vin Diesel didn't yell NITRO METHANE!!! at a burning car that was getting ready to explode

He didn't yell NOX! either.

Brad

K Frame · « **Reply #33 on:** October 07, 2020, 10:01:35 AM »

Whoops, you're right...

NOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

As I said, shitty movie, shitty franchise, shitty actors. I was channel surfing and happened across that exact scene... and surfed right past it.

Kind of odd, as either one would logically be applicable...

NOX -- Nitrous OXide...

NOS -- Nitrous Oxide System

Fast and Furious -- waste of time and space.

Hell, Diesel even managed to drag down Saving Private Ryan.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #34 on:** October 07, 2020, 10:09:04 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on October 07, 2020, 10:01:35 AM

NOX -- Nitrous OXide...

NOS -- Nitrous Oxide System

From a common-use perspective...

NOX: Oxides of nitrogen (usually referring to nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide)

NOS: Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)

Yes, nitrous oxide is an oxide of nitrogen, but it's usually differentiated in common parlance as noted above.

You can tell the difference between old-school and new-breed hot rodders by terminology. Us old farts say "nitrous". The younger crowd, mostly those who came up on Rice Rods and F&F movies, say "NOS".

Brad

K Frame · « **Reply #35 on:** October 07, 2020, 10:15:00 AM »

The movie is the only place I've ever heard it refered to as NOS...

I've always heard nitrous, as well.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #36 on:** October 07, 2020, 10:18:48 AM »

Us old school gearheads like cubic inches and...

BOOOOOOOOST!!!

Brad

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #37 on:** October 07, 2020, 11:03:31 AM »

There just ain't no replacement for cubic displacement.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #38 on:** October 07, 2020, 11:33:06 AM »

As much as I like the old school big-inch motors, I have to give credit where credit is due. Today's engines are marvels of power production efficiency. Making 500 HP when I was racing meant scouring junkyards and swap meets for the right cores, then many thousands of dollars in parts, lots of expensive machining, and many tedious hours of filing, trimming, and hand-fitting. Now, simply slapping a mail-order cam, headers, and intake on a junkyard-stock 6.0/6.2L LS easily crests that mark, and does so without being lumpy, slobbering, ill-tempered, unstreetable beast. The new 7.3L Godzilla motor from Ford hit 600HP with the same basic swaps and all indications show there is plenty more to be had. That's amazing.

Brad

Fly320s · « **Reply #39 on:** October 07, 2020, 04:27:48 PM »

Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 07, 2020, 11:33:06 AM

As much as I like the old school big-inch motors, I have to give credit where credit is due. Today's engines are marvels of power production efficiency. Making 500 HP when I was racing meant scouring junkyards and swap meets for the right cores, then many thousands of dollars in parts, lotsof expensive machining, and many tedious hours of filing, trimming, and hand-fitting. Now, simply slapping a mail-order cam headers, and intake on a junkyard-stock 6.0/6.2L LS easily crests that mark, and does so without being lumpy, slobbering, ill-tempered, unstreetable beast. The new 7.3L Godzilla motor from Ford hit 600HP with the same basic swaps and all indications show there is plenty more to be had. That's amazing.

Brad

All I have to do to make 500hp out of my 3.0 liter turbo charged straight six is to do a quick and cheap ECU flash tune.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #40 on:** October 07, 2020, 05:50:08 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on October 07, 2020, 04:27:48 PM

All I have to do to make 500hp out of my 3.0 liter turbo charged straight six is to do a quick and cheap ECU flash tune.

E-tunes are no joke, especially with the proliferation of e-controlled forced induction setups. The Ford 3.5L Ecoboost can be tuned to over 600 hp dead stock and 700 hp with a few minor mods.

Brad

HeroHog · « **Reply #41 on:** October 07, 2020, 06:28:56 PM »

(sorry, couldn't help myself)

Jim147 · « **Reply #42 on:** October 07, 2020, 06:36:28 PM »

Nitrous is nice but I'd rather be blown. That was my old front plate.

When we where running super stock we used the old Indy Buick v-6 engines. In pounds per cubic inch classes it was hard to touch us.

Getting a chance to build an engine is few and far between these days but I love it when it happens.

French G. · « **Reply #43 on:** October 07, 2020, 11:40:46 PM »

Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 07, 2020, 05:50:08 PM

E-tunes are no joke, especially with the proliferation of e-controlled forced induction setups. The Ford 3.5L Ecoboost can be tuned to over 600 hp dead stock and 700 hp with a few minor mods.

Brad

I was pretty impressed by the pushbutton drive modes in the new Ford company truck. Tow/haul used to just shuffle some shift points. Now this thing has like eight modes and sport mode sounds and feels like someone dropped a new motor in the truck. Perfect for beltway driving.

HeroHog · « **Reply #44 on:** October 09, 2020, 02:10:20 AM »

I love my Turbochargers. My 1st was on my Turbo Pinto Pony MPG Automatic, with working AC. It came off a Mustang Cobra II. A hoot to drive! She did 110/115 MPH with the stock 2300cc long block and head.

http://herohog.com/images/cars/TurboPinto.mp4

Now I drive a 2000cc Turbo Ford Escape Titanium

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