This explains a lot

[TexasT]

Mph might be about horse power but the money that exchanged hands in my youth was about who got to the other end first. A dyno might be good for tuning and such but it doesn't get the power down or the vehicle to the other end.

[Forzfed]

MPH is indicative of HP. I'll leave it at that.

True!  I think your car is pretty linear.  Your converter is well matched and the smaller cam makes it run very consistent.
I noticed with my low milage stock car. The more I hook the higher the mph yet with the modified car the more it spins the higher the mph.

[Scoobum]

A GOOD convertor that couples well at the top of the track will MPH better as well. I have a local that's not gonna be happy with the LU convertor he chose. You can't lock it...and he wants to track the car for the best MPH he can get. Gonna have a good pair of ear muffs on when he gets out of the car to drown out the cursing. This will be the 2nd convertor he's put in the car that I told him not too.

[reality]

MPH is indicative of HP. I'll leave it at that.

That is a pretty profound statement and means nothing by itself.
If you are saying you made x hp for y mph ok that's how much it took to do the run not necessarily how much you have on tap.
My car by your numbers makes 3 mph more than yours in the back half so With slicks and race gas tuning etc 105 in the 1/8 plus the 126 equates to 131 in the 1/4. Now add 5 lb of boost probably another 5 mph so 136+ in the 1/4. in theory.


 actually my numbers are off a little 105 to 123 is only 18 mph in the back half so 141 in the 1/4.not 136 in theory

[motorhead]

perhaps you should state what your point is?  I'm a bit lost on this one.

I walked away from the bait... and keeping far far away from the bait.

[Steve Wood]

perhaps you should state what your point is?  I'm a bit lost on this one.

I walked away from the bait... and keeping far far away from the bait.

the bait keeps getting more tasty but I'm gonna shake my head on this one...

[reality]

Even I don't believe what I posted. I'M just manipulating numbers to prove a point.

[phil_long]

Mike and Steve are funny as hell. Lol

[Steve Wood]

Mike and Steve are funny as hell. Lol

I am just confused   I am trying to figure out who Ron is needling because I cannot imagine anyone getting their feathers ruffled or who might argue with his contention now that we know what he is arguing about.  Therefore, he has taken aim on someone.

I thought maybe he mixed his Canadian whiskey with Pepsi or some equally gross mixer

Or perhaps, a 9.95 quarter mile is a 9.70 when you cross the border due to the delta of the Coriolis effect as distance from the equator changes.  OH, well, it generated some activity!

Most of all, I was impressed with his 140 mph time altho' I would have converted it to kmh to make it sound bigger

[Forzfed]

Most of all, I was impressed with his 140 mph time altho' I would have converted it to kmh to make it sound bigger

It's like people using a chassis dyno and then converting the rwhp to what the motor makes!

[Grumpy]

My point is the people who run 1/8 mile and say their time equates to something 1/4 mile. So to make a point I am going the other way and saying my time equates to a 9 sec run.


There was another time slip at 9.7 but was too large. Thats where the 9.70 comes in.
1/8 time does not equate to anything. It runs what it runs.

Ahhhh the old woulda, coulda shoulda's  Run the 1/4 mile at the drags an get the slip. Let that do the talking.. Case in point we just ran a 9.42 @ 144 also with a crappy 1.5 short time. She has gone mid 1.3s.. So the would be a 9.2 anyway 

[Forzfed]

Dan, that is an 8.9 all day long!!

[Steve Wood]

Maybe in Canada!

[Forzfed]

Cold air can do that!

[Steve Wood]

Mph might be about horse power but the money that exchanged hands in my youth was about who got to the other end first. A dyno might be good for tuning and such but it doesn't get the power down or the vehicle to the other end.

Best post of the thread!