What do you guys think a quick street car should run?

[The Deuce]

Originally posted by 20LbsBoost
You think an 11.2 car could drive 45 minutes across town to take mom to the Dr.? You think you could drive it back and forth to work 5 days a week for 3 or 4 months (this is taking into account one would think an 11.2 car would need high octane race fuel)?

Lets work this out. To get a full bodied car down the 1320 in 11.2 you'd need what 650 bhp with 4.11's? Lets assume the car is fairly light, say a 67 Mustang weighing in at 3000 even with a little gas and a driver.

Now my buddies '32 makes that with its 427sohc nascar motor. (On pump gas )Sure it has a couple of Don Zig Mags, and 1400cfm's worth of Edlebrock on it, but that motor would technically fit into a 68.

So we have the motor taken care of, but with 4.11's who wants to drive that around on the street? Solution, run it through the tremec T-56, with its .5 overdrive 6th gear. That takes a nice chunk out to the 4.11's on the highway. Heck, it would even be useful with all that power.

Sure there are some little traction issues, but some decent suspension (traction bars, etc) and some ET streets (or DR's and a prayer) would make the car driveable. I've seen some of the tires he has for the deuce, and he can keep them hooked up.

It would be one bad arse '68, but it should meet all your requirements. Question, Sky's car minus the cage is fine, and should hit your mark on the juice. Does that count too? Or is that cheating?