Anyone else in this boat?
I keep seeing comments like "With 'that much ____ (power/psi/whatever) you should be in the _____ (insert 1/4 mile time)".
I'd love for people to get e/t's out of their brains. E/T is a driver issue - NOT a power issue, for any given car. Vipers in the wrong hands run 14s. I've seen a Z06 run 18.1s. When somebody adds power to their car, they won't instantly be any quicker. The tale is in the TRAP speed. Assuming they shift the same as prior to the power-adders, their trap speed will increase if the mods they did actually worked.
The first time I took my PGT to the track, I went 15.00 @ 100mph. I had ran a 15.1 @ 90 prior to the turbo. By some of your standards, you'd claim "Haha! a Turbo on a Probe only makes it .1 faster in the 1/4 mile!!"
Do you know what practice did for me?
TWO seconds and 7 mph. Same boost levels. ~same power.
Another thing to keep in mind:
If it takes 15hp to go from 15.5 to 15.0, it might take FIFTY hp to go from 15.0 to 14.5, assuming all things were equal. The faster you go, the more power it takes. So when HiBoost runs 13.5 @ 109mph, people would show their racing maturity to offer things like "Damn! NICE Trap speed"...and NOT "All that power, and you only went .3 faster?????"
Get off the e/t kick - on the streets, where I assume MOST of us drive, Trap speed is king; Id est, two cars with the same e/t, but different trap speeds in a STREET race will end up with the higher trap speed car winning.
I'm off my soap box now.
I keep seeing comments like "With 'that much ____ (power/psi/whatever) you should be in the _____ (insert 1/4 mile time)".
I'd love for people to get e/t's out of their brains. E/T is a driver issue - NOT a power issue, for any given car. Vipers in the wrong hands run 14s. I've seen a Z06 run 18.1s. When somebody adds power to their car, they won't instantly be any quicker. The tale is in the TRAP speed. Assuming they shift the same as prior to the power-adders, their trap speed will increase if the mods they did actually worked.
The first time I took my PGT to the track, I went 15.00 @ 100mph. I had ran a 15.1 @ 90 prior to the turbo. By some of your standards, you'd claim "Haha! a Turbo on a Probe only makes it .1 faster in the 1/4 mile!!"
Do you know what practice did for me?
TWO seconds and 7 mph. Same boost levels. ~same power.
Another thing to keep in mind:
If it takes 15hp to go from 15.5 to 15.0, it might take FIFTY hp to go from 15.0 to 14.5, assuming all things were equal. The faster you go, the more power it takes. So when HiBoost runs 13.5 @ 109mph, people would show their racing maturity to offer things like "Damn! NICE Trap speed"...and NOT "All that power, and you only went .3 faster?????"
Get off the e/t kick - on the streets, where I assume MOST of us drive, Trap speed is king; Id est, two cars with the same e/t, but different trap speeds in a STREET race will end up with the higher trap speed car winning.
I'm off my soap box now.