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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by John
just judging on MPH, it is definately a 10 sec car, it merely hasn't run that time yet. If i remember correctly, they ran that time when the slick blew out while they were going through the traps.
Judging by the ET, it is clearly an 11 second car. Come on John, you're better than this.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:55 PM
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you are in the market for a new car,and pink is your color..
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by John
so Bill, you're nitpicking wording? Ok, I'll give you that currently its not a 10 sec car. But C'mon, do the math, at most 2200lbs, 460whp, and 130mph traps all tell me this car has the potential to run 10s. Do you not agree?
I don't think someone should be able to say, "The car is without a doubt a 10 second stock sleeved D-Series!" when it's never made a 10 second pass. That's all I've been saying all along and I've heard it done many times by many people, that's why I even brought it up in here. The math does not matter, that's like someone leaving the dyno and saying they have the power to run 9's yet when they actually go to the track they blaze the tires to a 11/12 second run (supra joke, lol) It's silly that we're even arguing this. Experience in the real world doesn't always jive with the numbers, that's one of the frustrating things about racing. Someone could buy that car, be a hell of a driver and go lay down a high ten first time out. Or the 11.2 could have already been run by a hell of a driver and the only way the car will see tens is to spend even more money on suspension, tuning, etc..... You know as well as I do that it gets harder and harder to knock anything off your ET as you get faster and faster. 2-3 tenths off a 11.2 car is no small feat and certainly nothing to trivialize as if it's already a done deal. Where's Ron at? Ron, tell us how easy it is to knock a couple tenths off your ET these days
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