Earlier today I met up with a guy that I met once before. He's friends with a guy from this forum (Joe from Bayside queens). He drives a C5 Vette with the same mods I have.
We did a rolling start, 2nd gear at about 35 mph we both hit it and the cars took off. We had a nice straight run up to 145mph and the V was ahead by 1 car all the way. I pulled the car length in second and did not start to pull further away untill I hit about 140. I think the V breathes better up top. I was amazed because I thought with the aerodynamics of the Vette it would of been the other way around and he would start to pull on me.
We ran again with the same results.
Our last run was to 160, let me tell you that is the fastest I have ever driven anything and it feels fast.
We started out rolling in 1st this time. The V broke traction after I punched it in 1st gear at about 4K. The second gear shift also lost alot of traction and he was 1 car ahead of me. This time I was not pulling on him untill we hit about 135-140 we ran up to 160 before backing off. I was very impressed with the V's performance against the Vette. We are 2 modded vehicles with similiar mods. My V dynoed 375 at the wheels and his Vette dynoed 325 at the wheels. The cars were virtually neck and neck, definately a drivers race. What I made up in HP he made up in weight.
Lots of fun. Glad to be alive to tell it! I have driven up to 150 before, but 160 feels alot more than 10 mph faster. The V was still pulling nicely and I would of liked to top it out but the road started to bend slightly and I wasn't sure if there were any bumps there that may upset the suspension at that kind of speed. The best part is the guy with the Vette is a Cop!
Joe, when you read this tell your buddy I said nice run. He is definately not afraid to drive his car the way it should be driven!
Joe has he been to the drag strip? Times??
We did a rolling start, 2nd gear at about 35 mph we both hit it and the cars took off. We had a nice straight run up to 145mph and the V was ahead by 1 car all the way. I pulled the car length in second and did not start to pull further away untill I hit about 140. I think the V breathes better up top. I was amazed because I thought with the aerodynamics of the Vette it would of been the other way around and he would start to pull on me.
We ran again with the same results.
Our last run was to 160, let me tell you that is the fastest I have ever driven anything and it feels fast.
We started out rolling in 1st this time. The V broke traction after I punched it in 1st gear at about 4K. The second gear shift also lost alot of traction and he was 1 car ahead of me. This time I was not pulling on him untill we hit about 135-140 we ran up to 160 before backing off. I was very impressed with the V's performance against the Vette. We are 2 modded vehicles with similiar mods. My V dynoed 375 at the wheels and his Vette dynoed 325 at the wheels. The cars were virtually neck and neck, definately a drivers race. What I made up in HP he made up in weight.
Lots of fun. Glad to be alive to tell it! I have driven up to 150 before, but 160 feels alot more than 10 mph faster. The V was still pulling nicely and I would of liked to top it out but the road started to bend slightly and I wasn't sure if there were any bumps there that may upset the suspension at that kind of speed. The best part is the guy with the Vette is a Cop!
Joe, when you read this tell your buddy I said nice run. He is definately not afraid to drive his car the way it should be driven!
Joe has he been to the drag strip? Times??
