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A friend is building me a web site to host a better version of the 1967 video of the SuperSnake. Under construction but the video is up. www.supersnake.org

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+++ cHARLEY +++ nOW THOSE ARE THE '' tIRES "" i NEED ON MY VAIR, AT THE HIGH SPEEDS i GET, i NEED ONLY THE BEST... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif..gREAT sITE, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT WHEN READY....KASEY..

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...-I-Have-It.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif Oh no, now we'll see white stripe tires on the SuperSnake. Hey Marlin!.................

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif film clip.

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Great video Charlie. Looking forward to your web site on that beautiful beast https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif . Were you able to track down a set of those "Thunderbolts"? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...-I-Have-It.gif

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Freakin Sweet !!!!!!

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Even if I said it ten thousand times it still wouldn't be enough. If that supersnake is so fabulous why did they only build one? LOL

I wonder if any old thunderbolt tires are still out there for Charley to buy for display purposes on the car?

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If you check Kevin Suydam's website he has one also. He claims there that its real. No reason to dought him.

http://corvettes-musclecars.com/cgi-bin/...27%20Side-Oiler

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Kevin has a 427 car but not a SuperSnake. His is a green car. My car was a one off with the three stripes, bundle of snakes headers , chrome grill trim etc. They invisioned selling 50 of them to be the baddest street cars but the sales price was going to be over 7K and you could buy a 427 Cobra for less so they only built the one and ended up discounting it to 5K to sell it.

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That video is freakin' cool.

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Carroll got it up to 170mph on the Goodyear test track and the car has 4:11 gears....how many rpm was that thing turnin'? Got any idea Charley?

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He averaged 142 mph for 500 miles. The Lemans engine is built to run at 7K rpm for 24 hours but I have no idea on what rpm it takes to hit 170. Maybe different gears for the test ? I really like how the narrator calls it a specially prepared 650 hp GT500.

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hard to believe. Thats a lot of air to push to get to 7000 rpm at speed.. Besides it would take a lot more then 7k rpm with a 4.11 geared car to reach 170..


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I only know Carroll Shelby by reputation but I would say its fair to think that a racer with the press all to himself would "push the envelope", "tweak the rules" or whatever you like to call it. A gear change would be likely!

Does the car have a standard "Rug-S" toplaoder or something special? Besides the headers is the engine different than the 2 other factory 427 cars?

Don't forget to post the clip Peter did on the car as well. It helps explain the significance of the car

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Charley...let me know what the rpms are at 60 mph in 4th gear and I'll figure out the rpm for 170 mph speed...

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No need to tweak the rules or push the envelope if you are just doing a tire test. I think the test was planned to go 125 mph for 500 miles so common sense would call for a set of highway gears. Next time out I will check rpm at 60. Feels like 410 gears now though.

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Well, I'm not Charley, but I can answer that question...

Not knowing the actual height of the tires in question, I took a WAG and plugged 26" into the equation.

In order to run 170 MPH with a 26" tire and 4.11 gears, the engine would have to turn a little over 9,000 rpm, assuming a 1-1 final drive ratio and not taking into account any tire growth at speed.

*edit* using a 28" tire, it would take a little over 8300 rpm, FWIW.

That's wingin' it pretty hard to say the least.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

Eric

(p.s. The formula is MPH X Gear Ratio X 336 [constant] / tire height.)

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Very cool video https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

I noticed Shelby climbs out through the drivers window at the end of the test. Necessary, or just force of habit?

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That is AJ Foyt climbing out. At the beginning of the video it starts showing AJ doing a earlier Thunderbolt tire test. They have mixed the two.

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Cool car, Great video. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Hey Charley...that car is not supposed to have a door...oh wait...sorry wrong thread.

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....Who the Hell put a quarter in Bob tonight?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/Bobdrunk.jpg

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I decided work sucks...so I came here to take it out on you all.

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Belair, Did you put the empty chair in the photo to create the illusion that someone had been sitting next to you?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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He is having a conversation with Harvey...

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Harvey left to have a conversation with a urinal.

http://www.littletownplayers.com/images/Rabbit.gif

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Somebody needs to clean out their trailer.

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Belair, Did you put the empty chair in the photo to create the illusion that someone had been sitting next to you?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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thats just Bob hangin out with all his buddies. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif