I saw Jerry's Tiger several years ago, and it had a 5.0L with nitrous
and AT. Wild cam, and he was turning very low ET's at that time, which
I don't remember, but was really impressed.
He has "Guts" driving that fast, but he knows what he is doing, and he
sure wipes the smile of lots of peoples face with that "Old 1995 Foreign
Tiger Car".
Theo Smit wrote:
>Size doesn't matter (beyond being in the "close enough" category)... It's a
>matter of cubic dollars.
>
>http://www.stealth316.com/2-calc-hp-et-mph.htm
>This page has some drag race rule of thumb calculators. If you plug in
>Jerry's performance (9.8 at 137 MPH) and Tiger weight (2600, I suppose we
>should use 2800 lbs to count driver and fuel), then you get out numbers
>ranging from from 560 to 880 hp, depending on whether you use the ET or the
>speed to do the calculation, and which formula. The speed based formulas all
>spit out numbers in the 560 to 650 HP range. These empirical formulas are
>based on later model cars, that presumably don't have the aerodynamic
>prowess of the Tiger, so the numbers would likely have to be increased to
>reflect what's really going on.
>
>I've never heard of anyone getting 600 plus horsepower out of a 289 even
>with nitrous. Not that you can't do it, especially for 10 seconds, but as I
>recall one of the remarkable things about Jerry's Tiger is that it's
>(relatively) street-drivable.
>
>Once you increase the displacement (302/322/347 CID) it becomes easier to
>make the required power, but it doesn't really become much cheaper.
>
>Theo
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Joey Hiykel
>Sent: March 29, 2006 2:13 PM
>To: FunbeamChuck@comcast.net
>Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Fast Tiger
>
>he never said what size engine it had? im assuming a 289 maybe 302?
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