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Here's one running a 10.48.
Impressive.
You should see Ford's Cobra Jet. Unless of course you already have...
Of course they only make them in small numbers, I think 50 a year.
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9.22
The Super Cobra Jet will run in the 8s.
How's that cor a factory drag car? Lol.
Yup. If you got the cash. Not really my style though. I'm a big fan of the Ford '33 Model B coupe. Hot rodded out of course!
Mercedes makes an all electric SLS AMG that is a track munching monster.
Electric motors have more torque than their fossil fuel counterparts. This is why the new hotness is combining electric motors with gas. The electric gives the low end grunt and then the high revving gas engine takes over.
Examples:
Mclaren P1
Porsche 918 Spyder
Ferrari F70
check out the Top Gear UK review of the 918... Too awesome.! I think the blue flames out of the exhaust is the best part. I'm also 13.
And that's about all the Tesla is good for, 1/4 mile, before it has to sit 8 hours to recharge.
Think it was mentioned, but that's not a Dodge Charger. And yeah, that driver simply doesn't know how to launch the car for a drag race.
Have seen 3 - 5 around NWI. Cool car, nice looks, looks to be nicely appointed. But, they're pricey. And, with re-charge times clocked in hours, it's gonna take some radical new battery technology before it's ready for a NY to LA cross country trip. Something easily achievable in any gasoline powered automobile.
Until the day when folks can pull into a re-charge station on every other street corner, plug in, go inside and grab a cup o' joe, come out and continue on their merry way, it's all still in Fantasy-Land except for the few collectors (Leno, Allen, et. al.) and guys who want to spend $100k for a car they only drive local
I love how drivers feel the need to do a burn out with street tires, they want to look cool like the big boys. I used to race at IRP back in the day in the street stock category. Burnouts on streets just makes them really slippery. Street tires=no bunout. Race tires=burn out to warm them up. The driver of the Dodge obviously has no idea how to race.
The hellcat may use more gas, but I wonder how much coal is needed to charge the Tesla.
True, I've seen the hybrid tires. However, I do not think I've ever seen them in the factory 20" wheel size as in the picture.These days as tech. advances they offer a street tire that hooks like a monster. They do need to be heated and you will not get 30K out of them. More like 2 sets a summer if you beat on them. I ran them on a couple of street cars and they do work just like slicks. They offer them in Radials as well.
Depending on when you ran we may have paired up in the lights at one time or another.
The true fallacy of electric vehicles. They act as if electricity is produced by magic or that the production of the batteries isn't a dirty, polluting, process.The hellcat may use more gas, but I wonder how much coal is needed to charge the Tesla.
And battery productionThink battery disposal.