Anyone break 8s with 900whp?

 

I think several people have gone well into 8s around that.

 

Mine has NEVER made more then ~840whp (8.92@176)..

Brian Kilby has only made mid 700's (8.94@168)..

Both are SFWD legal..

Dyno is a tuning tool, Dyno HP doesn't mean much..

 

Thanks for the info not much out there.

 

950 should net mid 160s at around 2400lbs thats around the trap you'll need

 

not an easy thing to do..... need a good prepped track.... my local tracks suck so no 8's for me around here...

 

streetcar? hot-rod type car? tube chassis car?


this is too vague to get a real answer fellah


many guys have broke 8's with 900 or less HP back in the day with hot rod and tubed cars.. but you didn't specify

 

It was not for a specific class, it was just a question based off a discussion me and a friend were having. He stated we needed over 1000+ and i said it has been done with alot less. some cars around here weighing 2000lbs and claim 900whp but not running 8s, thats how the discussion got started.

 

900-1000 is where cars were at years ago when they started dipping into the 8's is what im told.

 

Since this threads question is being posed half ***'ed, let me help out. I am the person he was arguing with about this Civic specifically.. According to the owner of this civic he ran 9.4 with 780whp. He now has 823whp. BigG thinks that 43 more HP would now make it an 8 second car, Well I disagree. I said he would need approximately 175 more HP to break 8's. And to be clear, I meant 175hp on top of the 780whp. not 823whp + 175.

 

no i said if he made 880+ like everyone keeps saying it should be a 8 second car, you said he needs more than that it takes 1000hp to run 8's in a fwd.

 

Will state it once more so there is no confusion. My estimate is that The car we are discussing needs about 950ish to break into the 8's. didn't say 1000hp+.. didnt say 1200hp. once again, he ran 9.4 with 780whp. I estimated that 175 more hp would be needed which bring his 780whp to 955whp.

 

At what weight did you run the 8.9?? sfwd legal so 2400?

 

Several guys have run 8s with a little over 800. Its not even worth arguing about.

 

Yes. Both cars run and are legal for ALL SFWD and Super Street rules..

 

how the heck are people getting into the 8's with around 800 whp? what weight are these cars? I'm struggling to trap 160 with 960~. Car before cage was 2525 lbs with me in it doe, car needs to diet.

 

They said 2400 already lol its all about the powerband and putting the power down.

 

The speed also relates to your gearing. If you are not running out 4th all the way out to the 1/4 your speed is gonna be lower.

 

Dyno numbers eh... 900 whp on a Mustang dyno may not be 900 whp on a Dynojet and most likely wont be 900 on a DynaPak.

 

Putting the power down is a HUGE key. You can throw all the power at it running out the top, but without knocking down a 4.2x or lower at the 330, you aren't going to see that 8 second pass.