how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
09-05-2006, 10:41 PM
#21
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
ORIGINAL: Tims 88GT
thats not saying anything. sry
thats not saying anything. sry
ORIGINAL: CT5Ohh
i could do it with my GTO it had about 430hp. I had 90/10 shocks up front and the back shocks and springs were worn out. I would throttle it at like 10mph to get the car rocking then I'd time it and just stuff it. It wasnt anything crazy but they would get a few inches up.
i could do it with my GTO it had about 430hp. I had 90/10 shocks up front and the back shocks and springs were worn out. I would throttle it at like 10mph to get the car rocking then I'd time it and just stuff it. It wasnt anything crazy but they would get a few inches up.
the question asked about power, and its basically the same formula for most cars to get the wheels off the ground.
09-05-2006, 10:51 PM
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
ORIGINAL: SSKiller
You can set up your suspension to do if with as little as 250 horsepower..............On slicks and leaving on Nitrous I could one off the ground...........
j/k my suspension is set up not to do that.........
You can set up your suspension to do if with as little as 250 horsepower..............On slicks and leaving on Nitrous I could one off the ground...........
j/k my suspension is set up not to do that.........
09-05-2006, 10:53 PM
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
ORIGINAL: gbtrout
There is no way you can pull both wheels with only 250hp. I go to my local track all of the time and everyone that can do that is pumping out at least 450 hp and has several hundred dollars in suspension mods. I don't care how good the suspension is, it's torque and hp that pulls them
ORIGINAL: SSKiller
You can set up your suspension to do if with as little as 250 horsepower..............On slicks and leaving on Nitrous I could one off the ground...........
j/k my suspension is set up not to do that.........
You can set up your suspension to do if with as little as 250 horsepower..............On slicks and leaving on Nitrous I could one off the ground...........
j/k my suspension is set up not to do that.........
09-06-2006, 01:12 AM
#25
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
ORIGINAL: grabbem88
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
For the record there's no way you could have 50 hp and 500 lbs of tq.
09-06-2006, 10:45 AM
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
i guess you never messed with diesel engines have you?....i wonder why i even bother with some of you guy's.....that was a hypothetical number mind you,but if you must know my train switcher is a 400hp engine that makes over 2000lbs of tq....
ORIGINAL: gbtrout
And most cars that have 500 lbs of tq normally have what?.... around 450 hp
For the record there's no way you could have 50 hp and 500 lbs of tq.
ORIGINAL: grabbem88
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
For the record there's no way you could have 50 hp and 500 lbs of tq.
09-06-2006, 11:07 AM
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
ORIGINAL: grabbem88
i guess you never messed with diesel engines have you?....i wonder why i even bother with some of you guy's.....that was a hypothetical number mind you,but if you must know my train switcher is a 400hp engine that makes over 2000lbs of tq....
i guess you never messed with diesel engines have you?....i wonder why i even bother with some of you guy's.....that was a hypothetical number mind you,but if you must know my train switcher is a 400hp engine that makes over 2000lbs of tq....
ORIGINAL: gbtrout
And most cars that have 500 lbs of tq normally have what?.... around 450 hp
For the record there's no way you could have 50 hp and 500 lbs of tq.
ORIGINAL: grabbem88
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
no it's tq buddy...a 50 hp car with 500lbs of tq could do it
For the record there's no way you could have 50 hp and 500 lbs of tq.
09-06-2006, 11:46 AM
#28
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
Yes, you need some power BUT I would have to say that 85% of pulling wheels is all suspension...
I know because I have dont it before. In my 88 with no motor and no trans [8D]
I know because I have dont it before. In my 88 with no motor and no trans [8D]
09-06-2006, 01:20 PM
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RE: how much power does it really take to pull up both wheels?
If you put some 4.56 gears or 4.88's in a fox with a big stall or dump the clutch with slicks and have taken 100 pounds or so off the front I'm sure you could pull the the front wheels a couple inches or twist it enough that one wheel comes up off the ground.
