Top Speed Run tonight finally done!

[88canadianvette]

i did 129 mpholl..then went home to clean out my shorts.:booty

 

[78SilvAnniv]

Hey Canadian Vette...

...try my water ski-ing trick for cleaning shorts! :L
Heidi

 

[Evolution1980]

Re: Hey Canadian Vette...

...try my water ski-ing trick for cleaning shorts! :L
Heidi

Hey, your last post made it sounds like it cleans out more than just your shorts!!! :L :L

 

[GerryLP]

Salt Flats

BlackDog,

You really know your way around the states...lol..I am game man! Besides, I believe that at the flats one can disconnect the mufflers and go for it...lol...The early 80's vettes were called cruisers. It would be nice to find out how well they do cruise...:s

 

[BLACKDOG]

the Flats

Gerry - you'd think that out at the Flats , you could even run shortless :L , but that might not be good for Andre's Oyster seats !! :eek :eek

Hmmm...if we do get Andre out there....DawG could blend up some "octane booster" for the gallery...as we watch Evolution1980 do Mach III !! :BOW :BOW :BOW

The idea is intriguing, but I wonder what it would take to arrange access...and what insurance snags there might be ?

Something to look into, eh ??

 

[Evolution1980]

Re: the Flats

Gerry - you'd think that out at the Flats , you could even run shortless :L , but that might not be good for Andre's Oyster seats !! :eek :eek

Hmmm...if we do get Andre out there....DawG could blend up some "octane booster" for the gallery...as we watch Evolution1980 do Mach III !! :BOW :BOW :BOW

Yeah, I'm FINALLY getting around to scrubbing the seats and the steering wheel tonight. I musta looked at it cross-eyed, cause it got some dirty black crud on it...

As for MachIII, well, this is all in respect to other 80 vettes :L. Even 150+ isn't much match for a stock C5 flying low & hard at 175mph. Also, us carbureted folks are much less tolerant of the dry heat out there, compared to the computer whizbang of our fuel injected brothers. But, if I could scrounge the funds and time, it sounds like it could be quite some fun...

I've heard though that the salt flats isn't just an "punch the throttle and hold on". I seem to recall a magazine saying that there are things to watch out for, such as it being almost slippery sometimes. Plus, I wonder how paint handles top speed runs with the particles that could be in the air. And last, but not least, I don't think they are just open territory. I would think that you have to have some permission to be out there running around...but I don't know :confused

 

[GerryLP]

Bonneville Information

All,

Here is a web site on Bonneville Speedway Speed association.

Bonneville Info

Seems costly... :cry :j

 

[Evolution1980]

They sound really anal retentive there. First, you need to join thier club, then they place all these restrictions on your run, your car has to have certain safety precautions, but this is after you've alredy signed a liability waiver. According to their rules, my 'vette wouldn't be able to run because I have glass T-tops. I'd have to bum solid tops of someone. Screw all that... it's easier to just take the car to an open section of Nevada and open 'er up! Of course, that web site / group may not be the only group out there that run the flats. I just briefly perused the site... not impressed... :eyerole

 

[Mad-Mic]

check out the open wheel racing in nevada and texas such as the nevada 150. they run a circuit out there between 3 leagues with a total of about 10 races. if you get certied from a highspeed instructional course you can waive the 150mph barrier and go all out. if you get caught going over 150mph you get banned no if ands or buts.... unless your certified with experience. they set up radar traps all over the course to clock speeds. some of these cars average over 220 mph the entire course! imagine going 150 miles in just over 30 mins....lol

 

[Mad-Mic]

whoops ment open road racing sheez

 

[Evolution1980]

back to the footage I was able to get...

But first off...BlackDog...I swear...If I hadn't already spent $800 getting my new seats and another buck or so getting the steering wheel, I'da changed my interior to Black. Considering that I planned on getting new carpet next year anyways...I swear...Oyester is the color of masochists! Or Chevy decided that Oyester was going to be only for those people that didn't drive their car and kept it in a hermetically sealed bubble...I'm really starting to hate oyester-colored leather!!! ad Anyways... back to the subject... :L

I finally got a chance to watch the above-bridge footage that was shot. Awesome! You can hear me coming like a jet fighter from about 150-200 yards out. The other cars look like they are standing still! We may actually try to film it again..hahahah...since we weren't perfectly aligned that time... The one thing that is cool, but kinda sucks in regards to safety, is that it's so much better when there are a few cars on the road. If gives perspective. I could say that if I'm the only car in the frame, it doesn't seem as fast...

I hope to start piecing together some of the footage on Thursday night. It's going to be a rough sketch at first, as I don't know how to fully utilize the tools I have access to...

 

[sscam69]

I have seen a Skyline (in a video of course) doing over 200mph in a tunnel in Europe.

needless to say
:eek :j :eek :j :eek :j :eek

 

[Evolution1980]

I have seen a Skyline (in a video of course) doing over 200mph in a tunnel in Europe.

I have that video...NICE! heheheh....

 

[crebo]

Evolution1980
Can't wait til you get your run online. That had to be an awsome feeling. I was up to 153--156 on my zx6r. Felt very illegal. Alittle scary too. Kinda crazy on bike......glad I got ridda that I was near death many times with it.
I was also reading about your upcoming transmission swap. I live 1hr 15 away from Bow Tie overdrives. As a matter of fact mine vette is there now. They had to customize a bracket for the T.V. cable. I also had to put a carb spacer so the bracket would work properly. When I get my car back I'll let you know how it functions. Performance and hopefully economy.
Runnning 3.08 in the rear no more than 3:55. I had the old L-48 not sure which ones. Two books say two differ things. I assume the worst or the least.
Anyway good luck and let me know if I can help in any way..

Ashman

 

[GerryLP]

Evolution,

Are you planning to share that film with us? With a video clip? That's too cool. :cool

Hey, do you know a traffic cop where you live? Maybe you could borrow his Speed Gun and measure your speed from the bridge location. The person at the bridge could then record the speed and the shot as you go by....pardon me :eyerole...zooom by :j

Another way would be to record the frames/minute and time with the camera counter, and then calculate the speed. At that speed, you shouldn't have to hold anything but the steering wheel...:eek

 

[Evolution1980]

Are you planning to share that film with us? With a video clip? That's too cool. :cool

Are you talking about sharing the video of my run? Or the video clip of the Skyline doing over 200?

Hey, do you know a traffic cop where you live? Maybe you could borrow his Speed Gun and measure your speed from the bridge location. The person at the bridge could then record the speed and the shot as you go by....pardon me :eyerole...zooom by

I kinda know a cop through someone, but getting something setup like that is difficult because the cop stands to gets his ass in the ringer should some civilian complain or question what was up. I have been tempted (but not too much) on occasion to grab one of their portable speed readout displays. You know...the one where they put it on a 25-35mph road, and it flashes your speed as you are going by it... There was one right at the end of our street, about 3 houses from my buddy's house. I was thinking how easy it would be to go grab the thing (it's always on a small wheeled-trailer), and go stash it in the shed behind my buddy's house. Then dismantle the thing and only take the parts we need. But I figured my luck the thing would have a GPS on it and they'd come a knockin'! :bang Stealing from someone is stupid. Stealing from the cops is just plain insane (unless you are a cop to start with...then you're just 'corrupt'). :L

Another way would be to record the frames/minute and time with the camera counter, and then calculate the speed. At that speed, you shouldn't have to hold anything but the steering wheel...:eek [/B]

I'm not following you. In order to obtain speed, you need to know your distance and time. D = R*T The only thing I could do would be to mark off a mile and then go by that, but that only gives the average, not a top speed. Granted, if I contain it to only the last mile driven, it makes it more accurate, but that still may be kinda hard.

My roommate wants to go back and do the shoot again. He's the one that did the over-bridge shot. Man, it's tempting, but it's tempting fate also. I'm still on my 'driving probation', so I really need to consider what I'm doing. I got away with it once, and likely could again, but.... I don't know, I don't know, I don't know...I have sucha penchant for speed, but I also have a knack for attracting cops at all the wrong times! Last night I had to blow-off a challenge by a WS6. It wasn't that hard though, as we were on city streets, and I don't run on city streets. I don't race bewteen stop lights..that's boring, and not to mention kinda stupid...

 

[GerryLP]

Evolution,

What I meant is that you can measure the distance from the bridge/overpass (point "a") where the camera will be and some point out in the distance from where you'll be approaching (point "b"). Since the camera will be recording your pass before you reach point "b", and you will also know at what speed will the camera be recording (frames/minute or frames/second -this is your rate of filming), then you will be able to review the tape and know how many frames it took your car to travel the known distance. Then it is a matter of calculating the numbers.

For example, if you set your camera for 60 frames per minute (or a frame per second), and the distance is 1 mile long, then if you are traveling that distance at 60 MPH, then 60 frames get recorded filming your car across the 1 mile distance. If your travelling at 120MPH 30 frames will be recorded, and if your traveling at 180MPH then 15 frames will be recorded. :eyerole

We now know that it will probably take anywhere between 15 to 30 frames for your actual pass. If we pretend that it took your vehicle 23 frames to travel the marked 1 mile then we have that 23frames is to 60frames as 1 minute is to X miles. Cross-multiplying and then solving for X, we have 23 frames/mile times X = 60 frames/minute. If we divide both sides by 23 frames/mile, then X = 2.6 miles per minute. Coverting to miles per hour we multiply by 60 and we get 156.5 MPH :cry

I am sure that the CAC has some major math brainers among its membership, and they could explain it better than I can. But the camera is your perfect timing machine, and all you need to know is the distance traveled between point "a" and "b".

Nevertheless, borrowing that speed gun would be alot easier. :L


p.s. Yes! I meant the video of your pass.

 

[Evolution1980]

Evolution,

What I meant is that you can measure the distance from the bridge/overpass (point "a") where the camera will be and some point out in the distance from where you'll be approaching (point "b"). Since the camera will be recording your pass before you reach point "b", and you will also know at what speed will the camera be recording (frames/minute or frames/second -this is your rate of filming), then you will be able to review the tape and know how many frames it took your car to travel the known distance. Then it is a matter of calculating the numbers.

Gotcha! The cameras (as do most video devices) actually record at 29.97 fps. But we'll just round it up...:L I did get into trig & calc in high school, so I'm pretty sure I can handle some simple fractions :t

Of course, we could make this really easy and just have me say that I'm happy with my current speed, as it's better than what I started with...

 

[FX3FX3]

TOP SPEED

92 conv, auto
163 south san diego
162mph

 

[Evolution1980]

Although the video never came out the way I intended this time around, here's a little teaser frame capture.

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/54925353/bc/140mph+Speedo/130+mph.jpg?bcSXz89AzaNAtlSo