10,000 rpm v8 (how about Pro Stock?)

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Todd;
It's  starting to sound like you'd be impressed by a Yugo with Racing
Stripes!!
rap


"Todd....!!" wrote:

> Oops Andy, ya pretty much put your foot in your mouth this time...
>
> Viper GTSR, Viper GTS-ACR....
>
> These are two production built race cars, come with full 5 point harness
> seat belts, etc etc...
>
> They were and are Designed, Produced and Sold for racing...
>
> Kinda like the Super Stock Hemi cars of the late 60's, 68 Race Hemi
> Cuda's and Darts... Even had a sticker on em that said "Not for use on
> public hiways" or somethin like that, have a friend who drives an
> original 68 Race Hemi Cuda on the Streets of Houston, he can do it, he's
> rich, it's not all original any more anyways, has strange axles and
> aftermarket front and read disc brakes n stuff like that.... for safety
> n all...
>
> Matter of fact Greenspoint Dodge in north Houston has a VERY cool lookin
> ALL Silver(No stripes) Viper GTS-ACR on their showroom floor if ya wanna
> take a gander at a REAL production all race vehicle...
>
> Take er easy mang...
>
> LATER!
>
> Todd....
> http://www.c-com.net/~atc347/toddlnk.htm
>
> Squash wrote:
> >
> > Who needs a production V-8 to spin that fast anyways?
> > Production V-8s are not meant for racing, and that is
> > why you can't buy a production race car!
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > --- Shannen Durphey <shannen at grolen.com> wrote:
> > > Bill Edgeworth wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Frank/G.speed" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How about NHRA Pro Stock motors?  500 ci, 1300+
> > > hp, 800+ ft-lbs,
> > > > > 9000+ rpm...  naturally aspirated.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The original comment was that NO AMERICAN
> > > PRODUCTION CAR CAME WITH A V8
> > > > THAT WAS MADE TO TURN 10,000 RPM.
> > > > Sorry but I don't think you can go down (or ever
> > > could) to your local
> > > > Chev dealer and buy a car with a aluminum or
> > > titanium rodded, jessel
> > > > rocker geared engine with a knife edged 4340 crank
> > >
> > > You're changing what you're saying, methinks.
> > > Production engines
> > > aside, you're now implying that 10k can't be reached
> > > without these
> > > parts.  Somebody's going to have to tell the little
> > > old V-8 guys they
> > > couldn't get their engines to rev.
> > >
> > > I'm not the expert.  I'm just noticing a subtle
> > > twist.  I'm thinking
> > > that there certainly must be engines that hit that
> > > rpm without the
> > > trick parts you mention. Maybe they're not V8s, but
> > > given a small
> > > enough bore and stroke, and small enough valves, and
> > > the upper rpm
> > > limits have to get pretty high.
> > >
> > > I wonder what was really available, depending on who
> > > you were and who
> > > your local Chevy dealer was.
> > > Shannen
> > >
> > >
> >
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