Originally posted by Levi
Are fucking for real? Did you learn this in one of your classes @ school?
If you haven't noticed they have TV showings of ET on cars that are smoking tires ripping gears... but maybe its all just movie magic, and the 93 RX7 never could do the 13.9 the factory claimed from the factory...right????? Because they pussy shifted it..and weren't @ a track with traction...
Do you think the track I got 1/2 second faster was preped??? Its not so, go find some real data to back your crap up.
I know you know the mod to this forum well.. so I am sure he will back you up this crazy ass claim tjhat they don't drive the cars hard when they test them, and they don't use tracks with traction...
a) I don't know the mod here, and even if I did, why would that matter?
b) the info was through a conversation with a friend of mine, who knows and races with some of the guys from Motor Trend and Road & Track. *shrug*
note: if you've ever watch motor trend TV, when they do the acceleration tests, they do NOT do 4000 rpm clutch drops, NOR are they on an actual track. They use something like Michelin's Proving Grounds in Laurens, South Carolina. I've been there, and it's not a prepped track. It's asphalt or concrete in very good condition, but there's no VHT for one, and they don't use standard NHRA timers to trap either, just the mph at the 1320 exactly instead of the average that NRHA uses.