I've been to a couple of these races including races at NORWALK RACEWAY, and
from my experience
these cars are really full-on race cars with license plates,working
lights,horn,and regular compliment of required street equipment, and VERY
loosely fit the description of a street car.................BUT I would not
say it's car I'd drive to a corner store or to work!
The amount of power and driveline modifications, along with the suspension
set-up that's needed to run a pass in the range of 10 seconds or faster is
not up to the pounding of drive down a regular street or avenue.
I know at least 2 guy's that drag race on a regular basis, both have cars
running faster than 10 seconds
and they'll be the first to agree. any car that run's faster than 10's is
not a street driveable for more than a mile or 2 before things like aluminum
rods,and cooling systems begin to stage a revolt!
Now there have been a number of car's capable of running these times and
driving on the street, but the set-up requires a lot money and time.
Ron- '01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fastest Street Car in America
>
> Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil> wrote:
>
>
> : The fastest streetcar that broke the new USFSCS record was Ed Parker's
1967
> : Chevy Camaro SS/RS doing a 8 second run in the quarter mile at 170 MPH.
> : This was accomplished at the Norwalk Raceway (past April 2002).
>
> : Where was the so-called Jap cars? LOL
>
>
> Pshaw. ;-) If you want to go fast, you need a Mopar! What
> is currently claimed to be the world's fastest street car is a
> Duster based out of London, Ontario (Canada). Its all steel
> except for the hood, bumpers and deck lid, and has all the factory
> glass (no lexan) - 3,160lbs. Its just got a mini-tub in the rear
> and runs on a 10.5" tire. Best time so far is a 7.53, and that
> time was run lifting at the 1,000' mark. (NHRA requires extensive
> safety measures below 7.50 which would require hacking up the car -
> they don't want to do it, so they have to lift or the NHRA will ban
> the car from running at any NHRA strip.) It is estimated that if
> they were allowed to stay in it for the entire quarter mile, it
> would be in the 6's. (i.e. a street car in pro stock territory)
> The motor is a supercharged HEMI running on alcohol. It is currently
> registered and licensed in Ontario and is driven on the street from
> time to time.
>
> This car was just featured in Mopar Collector's Guide (October 2002
> issue).
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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