[DeTomaso] Here you go, KIrby . . . (NPC - they can't keep up)

[Darryl Johnson]

This was very interesting. After having done the Mojave Mile 4 or 5 times it
always interesting the various configurations that run the mile. While this
GT 500 ran similar to all the Mustangs at Mojave depending on level of
modification and tune I believe I've done slightly better with a normally
aspirated Pantera. Of course I'm running a 532ci Big Block Ford on pump gas
but no other power adders.

I typically run 174mph to 176mph but with a best ever run of 183mph at
Mojave. Don't know what happened on my good or best run (maybe the moon in
proper phase or a great gust of wind behind me) but I believe I was the
fastest normally aspirated car there. Could have changed now since I missed
the Magnum Mile and the last Mile event.

My car runs 640HP at the crank (at least the builder said so) and when
dyno'd during tuning it showed 557HP at the rear wheels and 610 ft-lbs of
torque. It is almost an unwritten rule (law?) that you need at LEAST 800HP
to run 200 MPH in the mile. Most of the big mph winners are now all "turbo"
cars who develop more than 1,000 HP. Like the fastest at Mojave was a Ford
GT Twin turbo who turned 226 mph plus who pushes 1,200HP based on word from
the owner.

Darryl

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
Of David in Durango
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:14 PM
To: Kirby Schrader
Cc: Panteras
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Here you go, KIrby . . . (NPC - they can't keep up)

Hmmmm, that's got some oooph!

further thought: at what point does it become undrivable?  (or "just about
enough" hahahaha)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kirby Schrader 
  To: David in Durango 
  Cc: Panteras 
  Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:57 PM
  Subject: Re: Here you go, KIrby . . . (NPC - they can't keep up)


  SVT Forum....


 
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/pics-videos-buffet-149/912475-my-2013-g
t500s-baseline-dyno.html



  On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
wrote:

    Thanks for the link.
    Getting the rear tires to hook up is a challenge....


    Personally, I think the 662HP flywheel is underrated...
    A guy on the GT500 forum (or was it the SVT forum?) took a stock car off
the showroom to the dyno and turned 600+ at the rear wheels.


    I don't know... maybe Steve Hawkins can be more informative... He drove
my car on Sunday.
    :-)


    Makes for a helluva everyday driver though...
    BTW, I'm getting right at 17mpg on my daily commute.


    Kirby



    On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:27 PM, David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
wrote:

      Not too shabby . . . .

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6OS9De8cfI

      Maybe not real fast (at the mile, you must have a 200mph ticket or
they kick dirt on you) but pretty dang fast for an out of the box car.  I
saw a 1000hp+ RWHP run a mile event and the car wouldn't even hook up in
third gear!

      Now back to your regular program . . . .






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