1/8 VS. 1/4 mile times

[TXBLU]

Howdy folks,

I've been getting some smack-talk from a guy here at work about how fast his Chevelle is and if I wanna race him. He has a '71 with an LT-1, with heads, cam, chip, 4:10 gears and a bunch of suspension stuff. He only runs the 15" steel rally wheels on it and readily admits to serious traction problems. Anyway, he claims to be able to outrun (up to 120 or so) Vipers. I've driven a buddy of mine's '94 RT-10 (400 hp) and it is definately quicker than the L. This guy claims 345 rear wheel hp, and 9 second flat 1/8 mile times. I've seen a lot of time slips from guys that run low 13's and they have 8.3 or so for 1/8 times. My truck is stock, but should be capable of mid 13's (if I can launch it), and wondered if there was a general rule for converting 1/8 times to 1/4 times. I realize that weight and aerodynamics have an effect on all this, and figure the weight difference is about 800-900 lbs, with the aero probably not too different (.cd vs. frontal area).

Any thoughts?

Thanks guys!!! :burnout:

[Sixpipes]

There are conversion charts available, but if you use a factor of 1.53-1.55 times the 1/8 mile time, it should be fairly close. So a 9.0 second 1/8 is the rough equivalent of a 13.77-13.95 1/4 mile. Your Lightning should hang with his Chevelle, but forget about the Viper. :p

Check out this video of a certain silver Lightning and a loud-a$$ Camaro with big slicks.

http://www.svtlightnings.com/talon/2001/hallsville325/Doug13-18.mpg

[Flats Man]

Cool video! Was that Doug eating up that bad Chevy?

[Sixpipes]

Yeah - I remember thinking "this could be real ugly" as they staged. The guy trailered his car to the track and got outrun by a tow vehicle. It cracks me up every time I see the video. :p

[Flats Man]

Did I see correctly that Doug ran a 13.14? Not bad, before He saw JE..S..US!

[Silver_2000]

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[TXBLU]

That's what I was thinking. I thought about explaining to this guy about how the "low power" '94 RT-10 sure seemed quicker than my L, much less a 450hp late model GTS, but he was all proud of how much money he had in his car and that he did it himself, blah, blah, blah....

I think I'll go find him and show him my tail lights!!! :burnout:

[blueoval01]

Good idea ........:tu: