12-02-2004, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Queen Creek,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, Vette suspension, Baer 6P brakes, 540 cid Chevy, Haltech Fuel Injection
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My car has been 165 at Brainerd with my dad driving a few years back. The 427 BBC shifts at 7500 rpm and the rear gears are 3.08. It pulled to 7100 RPM on the straight.
At 165, the windshield began to buffet/shake very badly and dad prudently lifted. There is a good reason for those little racing deflectors. Also, the car is super-low and has a spoiler under the nose to keep air out from under the car.
Brainerd may not be the official fastest lap track (I don't know), but the straight is long enough and the entry speed is high enough that peak mph may be higher there than any other track. It is in my long-legged car.
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ItBites
10.69 @ 129.83mph - on pump gas and street tires
Last edited by ItBites; 12-02-2004 at 10:12 AM..
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