So..... back from the dragstrip round 8!
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Yeah, very tempting.... no doubt. Personally I'd rather not risk that sort of money... buying a $40k car and then spending another ~%50 of the value on a bolt on super charger seems darn risky.
I hope that Primetime (or anyone with a chip) gets to run one of these someday. Would love to see it.
I hope that Primetime (or anyone with a chip) gets to run one of these someday. Would love to see it.
the drag-strip world is more interested in trap speeds and ET...and 60' times, not 60mph times. Further, how would you propose they calculate 0-60mph? time from crossing through the rollout? ok...and how are they going to measure it? GPS? that doesn't really work. Radar gun? WHat...have a guy stand there all night and frantically run a stopwatch? It's pretty tough logistically.
All the autojournals use GPS to measure 60mph times. They used to use stopwatch/radar but of course that's VERY labour intensive and very inaccurate.
Finally, 0-60mph doesn't really tell a huge story...it tells a very small part of the story...while the 1/4 mile timeslip tells you just about everything you want to know about the car (and its driver)
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