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    DC Water Jet's 202mph Z-Car

    in Windtunnel Test Results and Analysis

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    Back from the salt, We bumped our 202mph record up to 207mph. I was hoping for more but it didnt happen this year. I met one person from the forum out on the salt but i dont recall there name. we learned alot and we will be back next year. broke a crankshaft in half. I will post some photos when my friend sends them to me.

     

    Gary Cole DCWATERJET Z

    DC Water Jet's 202mph Z-Car

    in Windtunnel Test Results and Analysis

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    thehelix112

    our wheel wells are not vented, I have driven the car the last two years and the frontend dosent seem to be a problem. above 210mph (gps reading in car) the backend moves around. we have large wheel tubs in the back as the car was going to be a drag car when we first made it. This is one of the things we are changing for 09, I am petty confident we are getting a lot of lift from the wheel tubs.

    Tony or someone can you post a pic of #220 I dont have a 2000 rulebook?

    I saw a pic of a blue Z no lettering and what i think is a G-nose. I could not read the number on the car. is this #220?

     

    oh yeah, Our Z has been stretched 15" has a full tube frame.the nose of the car has NO engineering involved in the design, it is just something we made to try and keep the car looking as close to a Z as we could and keep air out of the engine bay, we COULD NOT run in a production class.

    DC Water Jet's 202mph Z-Car

    in Windtunnel Test Results and Analysis

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    As far as Aerodynamics on the DCWATERJET Z, we are not aero engineers nor do we pretend to be, there are far smarter people then us on this subject. Probably on this forum. We tried to keep the air from getting in the engine compartment and from going underneath the car. This is an educated guess from running THIS car. We learn every time we run the car. In the future we would still like to put a full bellypan on the car as we think this would help our aero situation also.We are at speeds where not many Z's have been. One guy from Arizona ran a Z with a choped top and stretched longer than ours with a twin turbo chevy ran in the 260mph range about ten years ago. I have not seen the car since. It was green and to me it was hard to tell it was a Z.

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