340

[Pete]

but you lost your license

...and now you don't drive

 

[.]

...and now you don't drive

I have a limo, ride in the back

 

[Dan]

I lock the doors in case I'm attacked

 

[Prestaged]

I'm makin' records, my fans they can't wait

 

[sammi]

It is really not in NHRA's interest or Goodyear's interest to see 340 come up on the boards.

 

[TSK]

They write me letters, tell me I’m great.

 

[twostep]

I think these cars putting up high-330 speeds are 'sling-shotting' past the timing retard, so to speak, depending on the tune - but there's obviously a limit to that. Back when slant-back headers were legal in FC, Hight and Force came really close, 339.87. You can bet Prock was dead set on setting a record that day that would likely never be broken. Nobody in either class has gone 339 since.

Big 1/8 mile speeds don't always equate to ginormous 1/4 mile speeds. All in the tune. We've all seen 297-299 660 foots that maxed out in the low 330mph range. So what's left in the way of records? Not much. All the pro classes are pretty well maxed out. 300mph to the 660 (for Top Fuel; never gonna happen in FC) is the best bet and even that won't be easy.

 

[Prestaged]

So I got me an office, gold records on the wall.

 

[65 Goatboy]

Given the limitations of track length, the rev limiter and safety of the tires, the chances of seeing a new record, other than E.T., are slim to none.
All I really care to see is side by side racing, whether it be a smoke filled peddle-fest, or having both cars hooked up with 10 foot tall header flames.
The numbers showing on the scoreboard really don't mean as much anymore.

Were of the same generation. Back in the day records meant something, now virtually any car can make a 3 second 300 mph run.

 

[65 Goatboy]

Nice, some old Joe Walsh going on here !!!

Old farts rejoice!

 

[ironpony]

Goodyear's lead engineer for drag racing, Bill Bedont says otherwise in this article.

How Fast Is Too Fast for NHRA? Goodyear Says Current Tires Won't Keep Series from 340 MPH

NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car classes could see cars reach once-unthinkable speed mark yet this season.

www.autoweek.com

yes he does but they NHRA also changed the rules to slow them down, Robert Hight statement below VVV. Goodyear is comfortable with where they're at, below 340.





It was in 2017—five years ago—that Robert Hight, driver of the Auto Club Chevy Camaro Funny Car at John Force Racing, clocked the fastest run in NHRA historyat 339.87 mph, at Sonoma, Calif.

He said he noticed that immediately the “NHRA changed the rules—made us stand our headers up and gave us a different rev limiter. And we haven’t even come close to that since.”

 

[Nunz]

340 would be really cool, and I don't think it would be bad for NHRA, I actually think it would create a helluva buzz. It's not like NHRA would have to panic, thinking 350 is next. I mean, they come pretty close to that several times a year. What I do wish, is that Goodyear would go back to a real rubber compound that would bring back the billows of smoke on the burnouts.

 

[TSK]

Just leave a message, maybe I’ll call

 

[Prestaged]

Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through.

 

[jimbo]

340 would be really cool, and I don't think it would be bad for NHRA, I actually think it would create a helluva buzz. It's not like NHRA would have to panic, thinking 350 is next. I mean, they come pretty close to that several times a year. What I do wish, is that Goodyear would go back to a real rubber compound that would bring back the billows of smoke on the burnouts.

Please explain "real rubber"...

 

[Nunz]

Please explain "real rubber"...

Well I'm sure you've noticed that the cars no longer create billows of smoke on burnouts like in years past. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Robert Hight said that Goodyear had gone to a synthetic rubber compound a few years ago. And while the tires are obviously getting the job done, they just don't create the same amount of smoke as they used to.

 

[Nappy]

Well I'm sure you've noticed that the cars no longer create billows of smoke on burnouts like in years past. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Robert Hight said that Goodyear had gone to a synthetic rubber compound a few years ago. And while the tires are obviously getting the job done, they just don't create the same amount of smoke as they used to.

Sure the big smoky burnouts were neat, but if the change in compound is keeping drivers safe and less tire chunking, that's great.

 

[z28]

yes he does but they NHRA also changed the rules to slow them down, Robert Hight statement below VVV. Goodyear is comfortable with where they're at, below 340.





It was in 2017—five years ago—that Robert Hight, driver of the Auto Club Chevy Camaro Funny Car at John Force Racing, clocked the fastest run in NHRA historyat 339.87 mph, at Sonoma, Calif.

He said he noticed that immediately the “NHRA changed the rules—made us stand our headers up and gave us a different rev limiter. And we haven’t even come close to that since.”

yes he does but they NHRA also changed the rules to slow them down, Robert Hight statement below VVV. Goodyear is comfortable with where they're at, below 340.





It was in 2017—five years ago—that Robert Hight, driver of the Auto Club Chevy Camaro Funny Car at John Force Racing, clocked the fastest run in NHRA historyat 339.87 mph, at Sonoma, Calif.

He said he noticed that immediately the “NHRA changed the rules—made us stand our headers up and gave us a different rev limiter. And we haven’t even come close to that since.”

speed was a factor to change the headers but those cars were animals when they dropped a cylinder or 2 on one side.

 

[mike]

I think these cars putting up high-330 speeds are 'sling-shotting' past the timing retard, so to speak, depending on the tune - but there's obviously a limit to that. Back when slant-back headers were legal in FC, Hight and Force came really close, 339.87. You can bet Prock was dead set on setting a record that day that would likely never be broken. Nobody in either class has gone 339 since.

Ron Capps went 339.28 at Maple Grove

 

[Jim]

I clicked on this thread expecting a discussion about Mopar engines.

I was disappointed.