Horsepower Estimate?
Claiming a time slip is the most accurate way to determine horsepower is just not true.
The chassis could be bending like a paper clip. The converter could be wrong.
The tires could be junk and maybe, just maybe the shocks and suspension could be whacked.
A time slip is only as good as what you are working with, which is no different than using dyno numbers.
If you smoke the tires and run 13.@110 the 110 tells you at that weight its a making this much hp to turn that given mph. At that mph and weight if the gearing and traction are spot on you can run as quick 12.44
I never said et time slip but you can use it in other calcs
mph and weight is as close as youll get to figure quickest et based on weight and hp of said engine if you change something and mph goes up the et that you could run drops accordingly
At some point when everything is matched gearing converter /clutch traction etc @ a given weight 3400 lbs the only way to go faster is more hp or pull weight out
dynos are all different
The strip tells the truth
I would have expected you to know this from your experience
If i was street racing all i cared about was there trap mph so i could know if they would be running me down
57 chevy i street raced twice was trapping 110 111 at the track i trapped 108 highest trap speed so i knew he be comming for me
I had seen launch he had traction issues
I sucked the paint off him 1st race best pass i ever made in that car beat him a good amount
He went home race gas advance the timming ice in the cool can 2nd race i hit the spray@40 mph in 1st went sideways not a great pass he missed 3rd to 4th shift he was at my side mirror he was gone
He did not ask to race a 3rd time
57 chevy 327 sold cam single plane 750 dp 175 shot 4spd m-22 4.56s shifting @7500 i was told
70 duster 340 g/k243@50 108 in 106 508 lift rhoads lifters 2.02s 185 psi torker 650 dp unilite 1 5/8 headers 125shot 727 stock stall L-60-14s 26.99 tall 3.23s trapped in 2nd gear
About as unmatched a combo as you could get it needed slicks 4.10s and a 3500 verter and a 750 dp i think it would have run 11.80s
I always asked the pussies with gears if they wanted to race a 1/2 mile or mile no takers
This kid worked in and engine shop marine/race/passenger car
He had everything available to him
He laughed at my car when i asked him to race
His eyes lit up when i said 3.23s auto no stall
Which setup had more potential Mr Newbomb Turk?