Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Another 100K+ race car with liscence plates.....That can't be raced!!

Saw a '55 Chevy featured in Street Rodder magazine. This car had the requisite 4-wheel disc brakes, narrowed 9 inch Ford rear end, etc but what got me was the powertrain-a GMPP 572 inch crate engine with a BLOWER and Hilborn Fuel Injection.  Since the basic carburated 572 makes "only" 620 hp-of course you need a blower to give it 1000+ hp. And this was backed by a custom-built 4L80E trans with a high-stall converter and a trans-brake. Who needs that?  He can't run it on the strip-because it doesn't have an 8-point roll cage or a driveshaft safety loop which most tracks require on any car that runs faster than 11.50. This monster would be a 7 or 8 second car if you could get enough traction. Why build something like that if your not going to run it at the drags? It's certainly not a daily driver so what do you do with it? Just show it to people?  I don't begrudge anyone building a car as badass as their wallet and imagination will allow but to me this car is a waste-yes anything is drivable depending on what the driver is willing to tolerate-we've had that conversation before. But be honest-a car with 1,000 hp is not a "driver' in any sense of the word. Why build a car that can run 8 second 1/4's but don't install the equipment required by the track to legally run it? So you can show people your $100,000 piece of garage jewelry?  And for what it's worth-come on-the 620 hp $14,000 crate engine-that would have put it easily in the high 10s-still well below the 11.50 cutoff where you'd still need a cage and a driveshaft saefty loop-isn't enough power-you need to spend another 5 grand on a blower and a fuel injection system so now you have $20,000 in an engine you can never unleash fully? I just don't get it. Or if you just "Gotta Have" a blown rat motor in your shoebox-he couldn't buy a 454 HO for $5995, and add a blower and for $10,000 live with "only" 700 hp, no you "GOTTA HAVE" 1,000 hp, in a vehicle you can NEVER run full-throttle. ( Don't say it-anyone who lets a 7 or 8 second car rip on a public street needs his liscence taken away FOREVER ).Just Chalk it up to the more money than brains crowd. Mastermind

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