Breaking News: Tasca's Cobra Jet Mustang in the 9.40sBy Brian Lohnes Posted 10/06/09
We've received word that Tasca Ford's 2009 Mustang Cobra Jet has run into the 9.40s in recent testing. If this is accurate (and we have little to no reason to suspect otherwise) than it makes their CJ the quickest by a ton and a half.
The best numbers we have seen out of other cars have been in the low 9.60s, so a 9.40 pass, especially one in the low 9.40s is a literal cannon shot.
The scariest part of this deal is that the Tasca boys aren't done yet. How quick are these things, anyway?
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Written by SpiderGearsMan
Oct 18 2009
let the ZR1 in stock - it will be in the SEVENS !!!
Written by Brian Lohnes
Oct 16 2009
9.28 to be exact :)
Written by stk1697 Oct 15 2009
Word has it that Tasca's Cobra Jet went 9.2's @ 147 at Wed test session at Epping, NH.
Written by stk1697 Oct 06 2009
Kudos to anyone that can build a Stocker, tune on it, work there arse off making the car work, etc and be able to run under the SS index it fits in. As far as the Mustngs go, we will likely never know how fast they can go in class trim. Any car that leaves as soft as these do and run well into the 9's can handle any hit the hp gods give them. Of course they aren't the only under factored combo in NHRA's class guides.
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Oct 06 2009
calvert runs a 9 in tire in super stock and win
I see a problem if a stocker can run on the class index for super stock , but as long is isn't funny car , nobody cares
Written by carjunkiechad
Oct 06 2009
These cars can run in Super Stock as well, if they wanted to. Right now, a lot of Stock Eliminator racers are running their cars in Super Stock at select events. Over the past few years, NHRA has changed it so SS and SE are not contested at all the same National Events, so they can keep the car count manageable. Many Stockers are being run in Super Stock as a result so that they can race at more events. The truth is, the big tire isn't necessary for a lot of guys because of Cal Tracs, shock technology, lighter front ends due to aftermarket discs, etc. The 9" tire crowd hooks really really well, which is why so many run wheelie bars now.
Written by Speedzzter.blogspot
Oct 06 2009
[quote author=Brian Lohnes link=topic=16062.msg308017#msg308017 date=1254837107]
Gonna be fun with the blown Camaros show up.
Brian
[/quote]
They shouldn't be run in the same class.
The FIA had the right idea with the following rule: " if the engine of a car includes a separate device used for supercharging it, the nominal cylinder-capacity will be multiplied by 1.4 and the car will pass into the class corresponding to the fictive volume thus obtained. The new cylinder-capacity of the car shall always be considered as the real one."
See [url=http://www.sovren.org/competition/rules/fia/FIA%201969%20Appendix%20J.html]http://www.sovren.org/competition/rules/fia/FIA%201969%20Appendix%20J.html[/url]
Thus, the CJ Mustang has a "fictive volume" of 449.4 cubic inches.
The vaporware "blower Camaro" would have a "fictive volume" of ~ 529.48 cubic inches.
Even with the Camaro's anticipated heavier size, it would have an unfair advantage. Some of this could be offset with the CJ's superior four-valve heads (albeit that the street versions of the GT500 and the ZR1 engines have virtually identical power per cube from the factory due to the Shelby's ultra-conservative cam timing).
If they run them together in the same class, we're bound to have a return to weight breaks and factoring.
Finally, it should be noted that the debut of the "Sunoco Camaro" in Koni Challenge competition last weekend at VIR was less than spectacular. The Bucknum / Donohue Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro finished a distant 43rd, while the JBS Motorsports Mustang GT won the race.
[url=http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/results.cfm?series=k&eid=887]http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/results.cfm?series=k&eid=887[/url]
Written by Brian Lohnes
Oct 06 2009
Meh...who needs all that extra tire Spidey? :) Here's a 2010 doing some recent testing at Norwalk...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MdAcIQYJ6c
:o
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Oct 06 2009
they would be scarey with 14 inch slicks
[quote author=SpiderGearsMan link=topic=16062.msg314150#msg314150 date=1255918716]
let the ZR1 in stock - it will be in the SEVENS !!!
[/quote]Dream on, Bro.
The power-to-weight ratio on the $106,000 ZR1 isn't close to what it would take to run sevens. Typically, you'd need to be approaching 170 m.p.h. in the traps to run in the sevens. The ZR1 is only about a 130-135 m.p.h. car at its advertised power-to-weight ratio. Not even close to sevens.
Even if you gutted it down to 2500 lbs (with driver) and jacked the boost to the moon, you'd still have to have ~ 1,000 h.p. to run sevens. And the lifespan of the transaxle and half-shafts could probably be measured in minutes at that power level.
Even overpriced Chevrolets are bound by the laws of physics.