87' camero against my 416ex

[speedy400]

Hi, I'm drag racing against my friend and his 87' stock camero against my 416(mods on sig)its about a 1/8th mile drag.. who do you think will win?I'm racing tomorrow, but I am just wondering. I've never dragged a car.thanks-darren

[4wheelboy]

i think ull will be wide open before the finish. make the race shorter:o

[speedy400]

I cant, do you think I'll still win?
I don't remember I think its shorter than an 8th mile
-darren

[JLanphear]

Unless his car is extremely slow, or he is incredibly bad driver he will win. Even in the 1/8th mile.

I raced a Banshee with my old IROC and even beat him off the line.

Raced the same guy with a different Banshee in my Taurus SHO with even better results for me...lol.

-Josh

[jaspurx]

it`ll be pretty close. v8 or v6 camaro? the car may beat you. dirt or pavement. if dirt , you`ll probably win. good luck!

[400exrules]

if you can, gear higher so u dont he wont go zoomin past you while your bouncing off the rev limiter in 5th

might not help much but you wont lose so bad, since its such a long ways

[speedy400]

my mom just reasured me that the "drag strip" is not even 1/10th a mile:cool: , will I be close to winning? haha thanks-darren

[JLanphear]

Originally posted by speedy400
my mom just reasured me that the "drag strip" is not even 1/10th a mile:cool: , will I be close to winning? haha thanks-darren

Might be close depending on how his car is running....if it's "fast" he'll probably take ya

[Chanman420q]

id put a 15tooth front just to be safe

[speedy400]

Originally posted by Chanman420q
id put a 15tooth front just to be safe
eh, sorry I havnt updated my sig for awhile, its got a 15 tooth, thanks for the opinions guys, any more?-darren

[Cody_300ex]

i would go with a 16/33 tooth combo. Thats what i got on my 300ex and we think it will almost hit 80 but thats a different story. but anyways i would with that combo and you could propley hit 90 or something in that area. but thats JMO

[Chanman420q]

thats geared way to high, the 15 and maybe a 36 and ull be set. Either way ur gunna lose, or ur gunna run outa room before u reach the speed of that gearing

[ZSK]

I can't top out my 300ex in a 1/10 mile.

[Red00Honda400EX]

For reference. My old set up was a 426 ex with sparks exhaust and a hot cam. With 18" tires and stock gearing it would top out about 50ft before the end of an 8th with the stock limiter. I ran a 9.6@66 as my best pass.

[FreekShow]

Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
i would go with a 16/33 tooth combo. Thats what i got on my 300ex and we think it will almost hit 80 but thats a different story. but anyways i would with that combo and you could propley hit 90 or something in that area. but thats JMO PUT DOWN THE CRACKPIPE! :rolleyes:

[JustRace]

Originally posted by Red00Honda400EX
For reference. My old set up was a 426 ex with sparks exhaust and a hot cam. With 18" tires and stock gearing it would top out about 50ft before the end of an 8th with the stock limiter. I ran a 9.6@66 as my best pass.

My EX 9.7@66mph, mods in sig except stock rev limiter. Ran with 18" american racers, and i wasn't close to my rev limit.

My 1985 Z28 with the bone stock 305TPI, 9.72@72mph (1/4 mile 15.262@89.3mph)

[Cody_300ex]

Originally posted by FreekShow
PUT DOWN THE CRACKPIPE! :rolleyes:

Sorry i dont smoke crack.:) You must got the wrong person.

But anyways that gearing is for a half mile flat track and i was topped out before i could do a complete lap.

[wilkin250r]

I don't think the 300EX has the horsepower to push it up to 90mph. It's not a question of gearing or rev limit, it's a question of power vs wind resistance.

[FreekShow]

Originally posted by wilkin250r
I don't think the 300EX has the horsepower to push it up to 90mph. It's not a question of gearing or rev limit, it's a question of power vs wind resistance.

Exactly... there is no 300ex with the mods that u have in ur sig that will do 90 mph. You have no major motor mods at all....

[FreekShow]

Originally posted by wilkin250r
I don't think the 300EX has the horsepower to push it up to 90mph. It's not a question of gearing or rev limit, it's a question of power vs wind resistance.

Exactly... there is no 300ex with the mods that u have in ur sig that will do 80 mph. You have no major motor mods at all....

[300EXrider02]

Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
i would go with a 16/33 tooth combo. Thats what i got on my 300ex and we think it will almost hit 80 but thats a different story. but anyways i would with that combo and you could propley hit 90 or something in that area. but thats JMO

not only that but a 16t sprocket doesnt fit, a 14t hardley fits

[Cody_300ex]

Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
but anyways i would with that combo and you could propley hit 90 or something in that area.

:rolleyes:

yes a 16 tooth sproket does fit if you take the case saver off

[flyin#5]

darren- i think you should have kept your shee:devil:

[chucked]

well he said he was gonna race today. What happened?

[flyin#5]

i guess its going on next weekend...

[speedy400]

yeah, we didnt have enough time to plan(we needed people to be there and watch for cars and stuff, and he didn't know where I live, so next thursday:confused: oh well.-darren

[markeg192]

If you don't win it will be because of you not the bike. and 15/38 with 20inch tires will work fine just get a good takeoff and you'll win by a bit.

[Moded86R]

I think it depends.


Third gen camaro's came with alot of different motors.Ranging from an iron duke 4 cylinder to a 350 TPI to a turbo V6.(the pontiac TTA)


You said this camaro was an 87.It could have came with a 2.8.a carbed 305.(LG4)305 tpi,(Lb9)or a 350TPI(l98).Unless it is a LB9 with a 5 speed or a L98 I don't think you have much to worry about.


Also just a little extra info.The 350 wasn't put into a thirdgen camaro until 86.It was an option.Also you couldn't get a 5 speed in front a 350 from the factory.So if anyone says otherwise ignore them.

[chucked]

i wish he knew how to spell camaro

[speedy400]

the CAMARO is an automatic that he has.;)I'll be doing some practicing starting out on tar today so we'll see-darren

[chucked]

i was riding on a parking lot yesterday and I thought about this... there are 660 feet in the 1/8 mile. The part of the lot I was riding on I could go about 550 feet before I had to hurry up and stop. I have a completely stock 400ex and I was only in 5th gear for a second before I had to slow down. In my opinion, I do not think that you will run out of rpms in that race, but in other manners if I were you I would practice starting in second to keep the front end on the ground.

[jarred15801]

Originally posted by chucked
i was riding on a parking lot yesterday and I thought about this... there are 660 feet in the 1/8 mile. The part of the lot I was riding on I could go about 550 feet before I had to hurry up and stop. I have a completely stock 400ex and I was only in 5th gear for a second before I had to slow down. In my opinion, I do not think that you will run out of rpms in that race, but in other manners if I were you I would practice starting in second to keep the front end on the ground.

yeah but he has a modded 416ex and his gears will rev out quicker and thats why he might be hitting the rev limiter before hes even done

[chucked]

o yea forgot about that

[Kilabanshee]

I raced a 5.0 stang on my quad on the 8th and beet him bye about a length of my quad.

[honda250xrider]

sorry buddy 16 dont fit.... i think 15 is the max for the 300ex..... but 90 mph on a basically stock motor it wouldnt have enough power to push that much even if u did have a 15 33 sproket combo. I also think 90mph on a 300ex is a fanasty.

[tclapp]

If you can ride, you can win, or should i say if you can ride then you will win

[Cody_300ex]

I never said my 300ex would hit 90 MPH. I said
Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
But anyways i would go with that combo and you could propley hit 90 or something in that area. but thats JMO

[chucked]

did you race him yet?

[speedy400]

no we didn't race yet, he pussied out. A few days ago he got ticket for burning out. If one of the 3 cops within a mile of where we're racing, his insurance will go way up, so I guess we wont be racing for awhile.-darren

[chucked]

you should find a private road, the road where my dads work is perfect for drag racing, one time a cop saw my fathers friend riding on the road and he stopped him, he got a ticket and got his bike impounded too. then when he went to court he showed it was a private road, it was thrown out and he was reimburst the fee for the impound. I still would have ran because he could have got away, I think he just wanted to make an *** of the cop (dont we all)

[300EXrider02]

Originally posted by honda250xrider
sorry buddy 16 dont fit.... i think 15 is the max for the 300ex..... but 90 mph on a basically stock motor it wouldnt have enough power to push that much even if u did have a 15 33 sproket combo. I also think 90mph on a 300ex is a fanasty.


exactly what I was saying


and a stock motor even with 14/38 gearing is still hard to push in 5th, its a very low and "blah" gear

[300_14_racer]

i got a 17 tooth front sprocket for my banshee (ice racing baby!)

[markeg192]

Originally posted by 300_14_racer
i got a 17 tooth front sprocket for my banshee (ice racing baby!)

I got a friend with a drag Banshee and he's got a 19 tooth countershaft. Looks wild on there too.