FireHead Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 spunmonkey, the new R-1 will do 120 in first. and whats with only $474,00 for that indy car? i thought they were like multi million dollar vehicles? but id still rather have a class 1. A kit of parts for a Toyota IRL engine used to cost $275k + assembly, as of the last time they were made. :baseball_santa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotton eyed Joe Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 A kit of parts for a Toyota IRL engine used to cost $275k + assembly, as of the last time they were made. :baseball_santa: For that price, why doesn't it come assembled?? It should come with about 3 dozen naked hookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee0044 Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 For that price, why doesn't it come assembled?? It should come with about 3 dozen naked hookers. you may have to show him the equation of the actaul cost cotton..possibly on one of your well thought out graphs this is a pretty interesting thread..im very interested in finding out the actaul time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastlegwarrior Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 spunmonkey, the new R-1 will do 120 in first. Off topic, but 120 in first, who re-geared it. 120 in first is a little high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 For that price, why doesn't it come assembled?? It should come with about 3 dozen naked hookers. I think I mactually may have suggested something like that once, except it was two hookers and a cord fed harvest mouse. Possibly you could MSpaint us a picture of that. If I get it in time I will take it to our engineering meeting on Monday. :baseball_innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Off topic, but 120 in first, who re-geared it. 120 in first is a little high. just what ive seen. when we roll them out of the box of course we torture the bikes. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2002shee Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I have driven a Nextel Cup car and a Craftsman Truck but never a Indy car, however I will compare as best as possible. The Cup car was set up for a 1.5 mile track whereas the Truck was set up for a superspeedway. Both had some tall ass gears and were not capable of running a decent 1/4 mile. You have to slip the shit out of the clutch just to get them rolling or dump it and spin the tires wildly. You ever notice that the pit crew pushes them out of the spot? thats just to help along so the motor doesn't stall. All due to high gearing. I would assume that any car set up to go 200+ mph on a circle track will not run a 10s 1/4, only because of gear set up. I know this is not concrete evidence but only my observations but I hope it helps you win that case of beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 I would assume that any car set up to go 200+ mph on a circle track will not run a 10s 1/4, only because of gear set up. I know this is not concrete evidence but only my observations but I hope it helps you win that case of beer! Yeah but top fuel cars can run over 330mph in the 1/4. So much for the high gearing theory because you don't have time to shift too many gears in a 4.xx 1/4. I have no proof either but I think with the right tire compound and a proper burnout, an indy car could still launch well enough to run below 10 easy, just because of the power to weight ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 This thread started out being amusing, went to retarded, and has come back blah. It's amazing how racing fans interpret their favorite genres. This could definitely be an advertisement for the cause of racing being about advertising rather than sport. :baseball_wassat: I feel that we are working our way back towards retarded. :baseball_santa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 I feel that we are working our way back towards retarded. :baseball_santa: ^^^I agree. I don't feel like going back and reading through it all, but since your the self proclaimed expert, why don't you just tell us exactly how it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Dont the top fuel cars make over 7000 HP? You are correct sir, but my point was more along the lines that gearing for 200+mph speeds isn't necessarily going to make a 10sec pass impossible. Cars at the strip weighing more than indy cars weigh only need around 500hp to make a 10sec pass. Indy cars make 700-800hp and weigh less. If you can hook it up, the power to weight ratio says YES, under 10sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Maybe with you driving it wouldn't launch. I'd run low 9's easy. lol :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawarriorman Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 I feel that we are working our way back towards retarded. :baseball_santa: Yep. I will say though, I know the teams that use honda engines get the whole engine completely assembled and ready to go from honda. They fedex them in crates to the team. The team simply throws them in the car, and its ready to go. Once the team gets done with an engine, they fedex it back. At least Andretti/greene racing does, I would imagine the other honda teams do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 ^^^Thats a retarded post. What the hell does that have to do with the question? Nothing, thats what....but power to weight ratio has ALOT to do with it, doesn't it? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2002shee Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Yeah but top fuel cars can run over 330mph in the 1/4. So much for the high gearing theory because you don't have time to shift too many gears in a 4.xx 1/4. I have no proof either but I think with the right tire compound and a proper burnout, an indy car could still launch well enough to run below 10 easy, just because of the power to weight ratio. Top fuel cars are well designed to do 330mph, I believe the argument is can a car NOT designed to do it run 10s. As far as a NASCAR car is concerned it takes several laps on a superspeedway to get up to speed because of the high gearing. Basically it can take over 5 miles to get up to 200mph. So do you see my point about what that would do in 1/4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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