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I agree with you Travis, in 97 when my backhalf was going 10.90@142, everyone bitched, now at 10.90@150 I am not alone anymore.
Even more important I wonder how bad the car counts are gonna be affected by the economy?

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WOW... you and travis are REALLY fast.

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No offense, but its takes a WHOLE lot less to go 150 in SST than it takes to go 170 in Gas...any decent 522 or 540 will get you there at 2800-2900 lbs...

But take that motor going low 150's in Gas and its 20 k more to go 170...

No whining here and thats not how this topic started...I dont believe in speed limits...

I'm not going to spend the money, and like I and others mentioned, the big mph cars dont generally kick the crap outta the lower mph cars, you just have to know how to RACE !!!!!

Just my .02 also...

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I would think that it takes a LOT of motor in s/st trim to go 150mph. You are talking over 2800lb car on the stop for a bit. I don't think your run of the mill 522 or 540 is going to do that. If my thinking is right that would be at least a 8.20 to 8.40 car wide open.
JJ you out there? What ya think.

BB

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My Buick is 2835lbs, goes 8.55@156, 10.90@149-51, on the stop 3.90-4.50 weather perm.

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That made me laugh out loud.

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Barney, there are cars here in Div 1 that I know dont have anything other than off the shelf catalog parts and are that fast..although I will admit that its way easier with injection and alcohol...with alky injection you can kill it to basically an idle off the stop and that lowers the amount you have to run in the stop...

Two other examples...although my roadster is light for sst (2450)...I have a "junk" 496..small roller, 12.5 comp. 305 cc heads, PG, 4.56's, 16/33's...I raced in a local SST series this past year, I have a bunch of time slips 10.90 at 149/150, and it only went a best of 8.70...

Another guy who posts here had a Nova a few years back, 511, Canfield heads from Bill Mitchell, alky hat, 2800 lbs...10.90 at 149 all day..8.80's all out...

So I'm thinking a "regular" 540 can do it on alky easy...with nothing more than off the shelf standard stuff...

I really believe the key is less time on the stop...you see Gary is running 4-5 sec's, you gotta get it back to about 2.2-2.6 secs...

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You hit it on the head Dave less stop time more MPH
P.S. that Nova had a 505 ci.

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less time on the stop , and more time in the bar!

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damn Dave , your becoming a posting *****