370 getting spanked by sleeper

m4a1mustang · 11-08-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

jakoye · 11-08-2010, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 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!

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!)).

ImportConvert · 11-08-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 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!)).

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

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