Street Car Racing? - Page 2

FLUB378 · 01-10-2007, 07:34 PM

Too me the Fastest Street Car deal is street appearing vehicles that are highly modified. Who gives a fu$k if it isn't road legal anymore. Not much is with the way the cops police everything now. Drag Racing is about going fast and getting faster. Next you will have to categorize the cars by weight. People are more impressed by my 3500 pound XB running a 10.1 than saw a capri that weighs 3000 pounds running a 9.90. My car isn't road legal but it is raced with a full interior, panelled out show boot and all steel panels. That to me is still a street car cause it isn't gutted out.

schnoods · 01-10-2007, 11:52 PM

For me having a car set up for Drag Duties is a great thing.

A better set up car making better times, better launches is a great thing to watch. But it is a shame seeing a beautiful, caged XA coupe being trailered to and from an event even though it is being borderline road legal, it is drivable. It'd be boring going to the drags and every one rocking up in rails, slingshots and the likes.

Even if they never brought in DYO times, Do you think it'd be worthwhile just to watch Big Block torries and Capri's???

I reckon Street CLass Are Great, It just something you can relate to going home from the drags and seeing a camaro, xy falcon taking off like a shower of , instead of a specialised piece of machinery that happens to be slotted in a 30 year old car.

wizardy · 02-10-2007, 11:52 AM

i'm gonner get toasted for this but here goes i believe the a street car is that wich drives to the track fully legal with legitamate rego and being able to cruiz in traffic without ending up on the side of the road with the bonnet up due to failure because it was built to run for 9to13 seconds at full noise.
i dont belive a car claming to be a street car should live on a trailer or hide in the garage .
till it is time to go full noise.
dont get me wrong full credit to those that have cars that are perpous built but to me they are race cars.
thats my 2cents worth and my opinion

brenx · 02-10-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wizardy

i'm gonner get toasted for this but here goes i believe the a street car is that wich drives to the track fully legal with legitamate rego and being able to cruiz in traffic without ending up on the side of the road with the bonnet up due to failure because it was built to run for 9to13 seconds at full noise.
i dont belive a car claming to be a street car should live on a trailer or hide in the garage .
till it is time to go full noise.
dont get me wrong full credit to those that have cars that are perpous built but to me they are race cars.
thats my 2cents worth and my opinion

Your spot on. I recently drove the XB to the Ford nationals, raced and drove back. It was good to get back on the track to get wipe the drag cobwebs off me. The XB's been driven pretty much every w/e and some week days while I was having a drag stip break. I did attend quite a few cruises too.

superpursuit83 · 02-10-2007, 05:07 PM

Exactly to the above. My pb is 13.01. Did have MT's on. (I reckon I get more grip on the street anyway)
But I drive my ute all day for work in and around the city, take the laptop out and run a 13 at the drags, then a quick trip to wanneroo for a 1minute stint around the short track. Then go home and let the wife take it to a tupperware party.

Now thats what I call street trim. (must remember to drop the spare next time)

wizardy · 03-10-2007, 03:55 PM

like the spare is going to give you any more than 1/1000th on a second.
but seriously street is street and races is race then there are those who hide in the shadows and shal not be named for fear of lightening bolts.

xdclevo · 03-10-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wizardy

like the spare is going to give you any more than 1/1000th on a second.

Probably 1/100 of a second.
If i lost 4 spare wheels, i would have run a 10.99, instead of 11.04.

Tony xa · 05-10-2007, 11:05 PM

I have said it before and will love for this form of racing to be intruduced here one day .
Street racing at the track .
Start at a servo fuel up with fuel tag fuel caps, bonnets ,wheels ,boots etc drive 50km though normal daily taffic to the drag strip and race without changing a thing .Anyone having to remove a tag for any reason is gone .
Just like street racing just at the track safe and legal .

xw383 · 06-10-2007, 08:15 AM

Sounds like a good idea. I'd be in for a go. Would just have to get some MT ET streets.

ratter · 06-10-2007, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by xw383

Sounds like a good idea. I'd be in for a go. Would just have to get some MT ET streets.

Great tyre for the strip, but not legal in australia