New England Dragway Vipers vs. Vettes tomorrow (10/27)

[Flyin Phil]

According to the New England Dragway website , the Vettes vs. Vipers event which was rained out two weeks ago (10/13) will be held tomorrow (10/27). I doubt many people are aware of this. It's also just about the last opportunity this year to race at that track.

 

[Viperoctane]

Phil,

I am going!! Thanks for info .. I never knew they rescheduled it ... anyway if your going I hope to see you there. Steel Grey RT/10 see ya there

 

[treynor]

... so it's almost dark out there -- how did things go? Who ran what?? Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[Viperoctane]

Ben,

5 Vipers showed up.
1998 Shelby GTS: 11.70@122
1996 RT/10: 12.11@118
1999 RT/10: 12.20@118
2000 RT/10: 12.30@118
2002 FE GTS: broke a half shaft on first run and was towed away.

It was a nice day.. around 30 vettes and only 5 vipers. Twin Turbo lingfelter car ran best of 10.60 i think, and a cartek? vette from florida ran 10.90. We ran 3 runs and then bracket racing started. The shelby GTS lost in the first round, I also lost due to a red light !! And the other two vipers made it to the second round and then one was eliminated and the other red lighted. I have some racing vids of the event.. I ll try to post them soon

Guys at the track nice meeting you all and hope to see you soon.

 

[treynor]

A TT LPE car, eh? Very nice -- which model was that, the 427 car?

 

[Viperoctane]

The sticker on the vette .. was Twin Turbo 550... not sure if its 427 or not

 

[treynor]

Yow, the 550 is the smallest of the three LPE packages. 10.65 is a hell of a fast run for that HP level; what was the MPH, around 130?. I suppose the car had an auto tranny and slicks...

I look forward to seeing the videos!

 

[DJ Self]

I also have a 550 LPE TT Vette. These cars can run 10's.
I have run a 10.4 on a BFG tire. LPE is Awesome...
(My prayers are with him......

 

[Supra]

Your prayers are with him? Did something happen to him?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 550 Vette:
I also have a 550 LPE TT Vette. These cars can run 10's.
I have run a 10.4 on a BFG tire. LPE is Awesome...
(My prayers are with him......

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[Supra]

The beauty of a boost controller

The 550 and 650 package cars have the same turbos, heck the 427TT C5 here in aZ has the same turbos.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by treynor:
Yow, the 550 is the smallest of the three LPE packages. 10.65 is a hell of a fast run for that HP level; what was the MPH, around 130?. I suppose the car had an auto tranny and slicks...

I look forward to seeing the videos!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[Mike Brunton]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by treynor:
Yow, the 550 is the smallest of the three LPE packages. 10.65 is a hell of a fast run for that HP level; what was the MPH, around 130?. I suppose the car had an auto tranny and slicks...

I look forward to seeing the videos!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dragging this one up from the past....

Ben,

The LPE TT car in question is not really a 550 package. It's (I guess what you'd call) a 550+. John L basically put everything from a 650 package on Greg (the owners) car but didn't touch the engine. It is a 350.

The reason for this is that Greg wanted to upgrade to a 427" block at some point so he wanted to get all the stuff that comes with the bigger package but didn't want to pay for the block. Greg's car is a Z06... it was the first Z06 that LPE did a TT on, so it's the one you see in the rags and what not - so it also had a bit of 'special' tuning by LPE.

 

[99 R/T 10]

I want to know who's 96 R/T pulled a 12.10@118 and what mods he had if any. What a great time for that old Gen I, whooped up on all those Gen II cars

Mike

 

[gator]

For those that have asked, there is a post on the Corvette Forum about John Lingenfelter. I hesitate to respond, but you can get the details there. For and overview, he was recovering well from a 200 MPH kiss of the wall and while they were prepping him for another surgery, he reacted badly to medication and went into a coma and is not likely to recover. He will be missed.
Cheers
Randy