GT 200MPH Speed Day/Mojave Mile Update Thread
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tmcphail
GT Owner/Vendor
tmcphail
GT Owner/Vendor
Never been to Texas so I can't comment and haven't run the stock GY's at an event. I do have a lot of runs at Mojave though. :lol I don't notice what you did but I it is all I know so I may be ignoring it. There is a difference to the left of the broken white line versus the right. On mile days we have two boxes there and eveyone drifts into the right lane. Now in the braking area I notice more of that (bumps, but to me they are slight) if you are going to the end of the runway. But I did intentionally take the braking area "bumps" at speed many times before we ran to make sure it would not be a problem for anyone. Very curious about the new Texas venue and can't wait to hear the reports.
I bet I could get up to 80 mph on the turn and into the triple digits by the start line.
Terry and I were talking about this yesterday and at some point I will tell you a story directly about a test run. :secret: I am meeting with MKM next weekend to discuss some positive tweeks to improve the event and also improve speeds for all racers. Once I meet with them and hopefully get a revised format in place I will post a thread to gauge interest in doing this again down the road. It was a fantastic event and I think everyone had a ball, but there are a few small things I would change to make it easier on me and even more fun for everyone.
Superfly
HERITAGE GT OWNER
YEEEEEHAWWW!!! On the highway to hell!!! You really DO have to title that vid "The Toss". And like Seinfeld's "No soup for you", yours has the signature tag line "Holy Shit". Never I have heard and seen quite as much disappointment from a 226MPH run. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX!!!!! LOL, you slay me Tom. :lol:lol:lol
Apollo
GT Owner
http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/1005_everest_for_wheels_200_mph_quest/index.html
Just to put into perspective what this incredible car we have does, these cars were using the entire runway, we were were hitting these speeds in just over a third of that distance!
Just to put into perspective what this incredible car we have does, these cars were using the entire runway, we were were hitting these speeds in just over a third of that distance!
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BlackICE
GT Owner
Note no car will reach its best top speed at Mojave because of the 2600'+ altitude. MT should have just used a FGT with a pulley and tune, it would have beat all of those cars!
A BIG thanks to Tom and Art Whipple for enabling me to join the elusive 200 club with only a Gen 1 Whipple, while not having to shell out the big bucks for the t-shirt. :lol
BTW those cars didn't suck that bad, the runway is 2.5 miles long. Assuming they left 0.5 miles to stop they none of them could reach 200 in 2 miles, whereas a TT FGT easily do 200+ in only 1 mile. Although the MB run looked like he almost ran out of runway, maybe using much less than 1/2 mile to stop in. :ack
A BIG thanks to Tom and Art Whipple for enabling me to join the elusive 200 club with only a Gen 1 Whipple, while not having to shell out the big bucks for the t-shirt. :lol
BTW those cars didn't suck that bad, the runway is 2.5 miles long. Assuming they left 0.5 miles to stop they none of them could reach 200 in 2 miles, whereas a TT FGT easily do 200+ in only 1 mile. Although the MB run looked like he almost ran out of runway, maybe using much less than 1/2 mile to stop in. :ack
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Gentlemen,
When my car had a pully & tune on my first runs at the Texas Mile, I found myself screaming "Give it to me!!". On my first run with the turbos I touched the 7200 rpm rev limeter in 4th (about 185 mph), speed shifted to 5th, and the rush of acceleration right through 200 was intense. As I went through 210 I was still being shoved back into my seat and I did not scream anything. Inside my helmet I quietly said one word...."Jesus". That first run was a 215.
Chip
Mullet
FORD GT OWNER
Lol, I said the same thing the first full pull I did in my car after the TT install.
To anyone thinking about getting a TT, I would suggest you not ride in another TT GT before getting yours done so you can have the same "Jesus" moment.........you will never forget it.
There is one car that would give me another Jesus moment...........Ray's yellow GT or his future faster than the speed of light Mile car.
I honestly didn't know how fast I was going.... I felt safe and secure because of my earlier antics in the car years prior..... Cruising the freeways and thinking when is it safe? Now? Ok... 170-175 all the while looking for cops and cars to change lanes just to slow you down... yeah it was stupid and I don't do that anymore....
To being on a production shoot down at El Torro Y or up at the Alameda Naval station (retired) with my director or producer and bringing it up to 182 (as clocked by the Oakland PD who were testing the Charger package at the time) and thinking.... I think where I put that cone is a safe place as to when to start my breaking.... I think??? I'll guess we'll find out... :bored
To now being at Mojave.... I had no idea how fast I was going until I picked up that ticket 2 minutes after crossing the finish line.... It was best for me to concentrate on my shifts at 7100RPMs and not to look right. don't look right.. don't look right.... my speedo was off anyways due to smaller circumference of the front tires... but when I concentrated on the RPMs, that's when every run was over 200.... when I looked at the speedo from time to time.... I was sub 200... :frown
By the end of the day though... I was beat and felt like I had just ran a marathon.... nope.. never done that, but I imagine that's how one would feel....:biggrin
To being on a production shoot down at El Torro Y or up at the Alameda Naval station (retired) with my director or producer and bringing it up to 182 (as clocked by the Oakland PD who were testing the Charger package at the time) and thinking.... I think where I put that cone is a safe place as to when to start my breaking.... I think??? I'll guess we'll find out... :bored
To now being at Mojave.... I had no idea how fast I was going until I picked up that ticket 2 minutes after crossing the finish line.... It was best for me to concentrate on my shifts at 7100RPMs and not to look right. don't look right.. don't look right.... my speedo was off anyways due to smaller circumference of the front tires... but when I concentrated on the RPMs, that's when every run was over 200.... when I looked at the speedo from time to time.... I was sub 200... :frown
By the end of the day though... I was beat and felt like I had just ran a marathon.... nope.. never done that, but I imagine that's how one would feel....:biggrin
PeakCompletions
Boost is an addiction...
haha i still have those moments when i drive the yellow car... sometimes even when i simply start it :biggrin
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
i think you should bring the yellow car to the next event and charge for "jesus" rides :rofl
I got first dibs
Apollo
GT Owner
You know I have been thinking about this. When one is trying to get over 200 for the first time, it is probably like when Chuck Yeager was breaking the sound barrier for the first time. Ever so hard just to get there and squeek by. :willy
A TT or the TT/SC is like being in an SR71. You go by so fast that that "Jesus" moment just pops out. :eek
I imagine Ray's car being that next generation secret plane that has been clocked at unheard of speeds but whose existence is still denied.:secret::thumbsup
Mullet
FORD GT OWNER
i think you should bring the yellow car to the next event and charge for "jesus" rides :rofl
I got first dibs
Sorry, faster guys are first so............I'm ahead of you Mr. Pink Tshirt.
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
Mullet
FORD GT OWNER
lol
I guess you forgot that I was 23 mph faster than you last time.
wait for it.........3...2....
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soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
lol
I guess you forgot that I was 23 mph faster than you last time.
wait for it.........3...2....
ya just like I was 2 miles faster than you the time before, you were faster cause my car didnt run properly, get over the fact that a sc car is faster than your tt :biggrin