370 getting spanked by sleeper

kenchan

"looks aren't everything" said the midwestern middle aged fat pig.

jakoye

What's the point of these races if you don't have any standard as to what can race what? How is it a "race" if one car is supercharged and the other isn't?

For me, the only thing that interests me is stock vs. stock.

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m4a1mustang

Well, FWIW, this was not a race. It's a test and tune. The two cars were not racing each other... just the clock!

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jakoye

Okay. But I guess my real point was that it's silly to make generalizations about the capability of a particular make of car based on what one sees "at the track" (unless, as I said, it's stock vs. stock).

If it's true that the Lincoln has 290hp base, then that would be an interesting race vs. a stock Z. With the Z's greater hp, I would expect the Z to win, but I guess it depends on torque and gear ratios more than hp (and, since the stock cars are actually close in perf, driver skill will come into play (imagine that!)).

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ImportConvert

The MKVIII in stock form wasn't that fast. 0-60 in the mid 7's.

ImportConvert

That is basically a Terminator's heart put in front of a stalled auto. Very effective.

You don't need a supercharger to go fast. GM already proved that with the Corvette.

efuseakay

People always think racing at the track like this is car vs. car... it isn't.

jakoye

I agree that it isn't really "car vs. car" if the two cars in question are pretty close in performance.

But when there's a large gap in performance between the two cars, driver skill becomes nearly irrelevant.

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