Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 OK guys you have heard me mention the race before but I dont think I mentioned that I am planning on entering..when I do I am going to be the first W Body to compete. That being said I would like to make a good showing. The silver state race for thoes of you that dont know is a open interstate race through the Nevada Desert....90 miles of interstate shutoff by the police just for the race...and no speed limits. So my question is this what do you think I am going to have to work on/reinforce to make this car handle speeds in excess of 140mph for 90 miles? I have had the car up to 142 for about 1 mile 2-3 years ago..and it started listing on me around 138...that was before I changed the struts to the kyb gr2's....I plan on putting the bigger sway bars on but I am not sure what part#s are ...please give me some ideas here...and part #s..also do any of you have any idea if the trans will hold thoes kinda speeds for that long...the motor I am going to be running is the turbo motor out of an 89' tgp...do you think it will hold?...any help well be greatly appreciated...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 is it auto or manual? The 4th gear on the 4T60 is very weak...... Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 it's the auto..but I do not recall if it is the original trans...my dad had it worked on years ago but I dont know if it was rebuilt or replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 i dont think ur trans is gunna like too much doing 140 for 90 miles straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I was kinda thinking that... does any one know where I can get parts to build it up stronger..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbars Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Get a big tranny cooler. Change your trans fluid shortly before the race. Use some Lucas Trans additive, that will help lubricate and stop thermal breakdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 heh nerf every time I see your car I start to cry...my car used to look alomst exactly like it....and yes the mongo tranny cooler was already in my plans....you should see the one on my lebaron.....15x15x1...rated for a motor home towing 14000 lbs..I think the same one for the olds should do the trick...what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1kicker Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Good luck and give the w-body's some advertising! Sounds like a fun race since the cops will shut down roads. Wish they did something like that near me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 man i wish they'd shut down the NJ TPK late at night (since theres wayyy too much daytime traffic on any day for that) for racing.....there would probably be thousands to show up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 heh when I lived in san diego it was only 150 mile drive to get to it.....now it's 2400 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 How are you able to get to 140MPh? I thought we had limiters? Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 a chip supposedly removes that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 it should. Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rglguy Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 well i want a fuckin chip, and i want to go into that race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 there is more then one way to do it...the easyist that i know of is clipping the signal from the speed sensor...make the computer not know how fast it's going....but that shuts down your digital speedometer if you have one.....you will still get caught be your rev limiter eventualy though....to be honest I have no idea how many rpms my car was turning ....my dash does not have the tach ... ( cheap fbi bastards) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 well you can either go to the race after I do..(i'm going to the first w-body dammit) or you can come along as part of my team...(or maybe we can field 2 cars) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 there are also races like that in Texas and Nebraska. http://www.bborr.com/ http://www.sorcrace.com/ here is the link for the SSC. There are a lot of open road races in NV. http://www.silverstateclassic.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbars Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 The early W-bodies dont have a cut off do they? Before I put a million miles on my car I had it up to 117mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Im not sure if they do or not. They are proabably drag limited......not the most aerodynamic cars know to man Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 neither was the countach.(it was still able to make 175-180 due to it's power to weight ratio)...with all the big bumps and jutting edges it was in reality a aerodynamic nightmare....thats why they redesigned it as the diablo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSayDie Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Oh my freakin crap that race sounds like fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Hey, is this event gonna be on TV or anything? If not, get some pics of the TGP running with everyone. Cuz, I think it would be cool to see a TGP out there Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSayDie Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 But the 88 w-body cutlass had a cd of .29 right? The new corvette's cd is in the same neighborhood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I'll be more then happy to get you some pics of my cutlass running in it.(when I actuly get to race in it that is)....I dont not know of any tgps in it.....and I had been told that the 88-92 cutlass was actuly quite aerodynamic....from a wind tunnel perspective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 oh, some reason I thought you were running a TGP. Oh well, Cutlass is cool to. I just think the pics would be pretty cool Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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