There are, for some reason I fail to see, people that don't believe that a car with 280whp will beat a car with 500whp from a dig race. It's not ALL about hp #'s d00d. Just because you have a m4d tyt3 SRT8 Charger/300C with more power doesn't mean you can beat a suspension/tire/chassis car with less power.
No one told the driver of the (insert high hp car here) to disadvantage himself with a stock chassis/suspension/narrow tire. Don't use the "Oh, he's running a slick, that thing is a race car" excuse either. He brought a less powerful car and you're mad that your car got spanked, end of story!
Because some people can't comprehend HP/weight is more important than just HP #s, especially when the car's suspension is set up to get the power to the ground.
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I agree - too many people focus on the hp number and completely ignore basic stuff like tires and UCA/LCA's. Too bad for them. If stuff like that didn't matter, you would just whip out dyno charts the guy with the highest number wins.
And don't even get me started on power under the curve........
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what is this power under the curve stuff yall are talking about? lost
Some cars may make a lot of peak power, but it doesn't make much power until you get into fairly high RPM. Worked-over Honda Civics and DOHC cars with big cams tend to fit this profile (but not always). Other cars begin to make a decent amount of power sooner, at lower RPM. This is good for racing because you don't have to wait for the power to kick in, it's there as soon as you hit the gas, right off of idle. Large pushrod motors with small cams and forced induction cars usually fall into this category. On the dyno sheet, the first category of cars will make a very steep power line; the second category will have a much flatter curve.
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That reminds me. I need to get some LCA's when I get paid next weekend. lol. Even these damn 275's can't catch traction. I don't want to be embarassed running 2.4, or higher 60' times and not even breaking into the 13's whenever I make it up to Cordova.
There are, for some reason I fail to see, people that don't believe that a car with 280whp will beat a car with 500whp from a dig race. It's not ALL about hp #'s d00d. Just because you have a m4d tyt3 SRT8 Charger/300C with more power doesn't mean you can beat a suspension/tire/chassis car with less power.
No one told the driver of the (insert high hp car here) to disadvantage himself with a stock chassis/suspension/narrow tire. Don't use the "Oh, he's running a slick, that thing is a race car" excuse either. He brought a less powerful car and you're mad that your car got spanked, end of story!
I understand what your saying, but the 280whp car probably will lose against the 500whp. Thats a little bit too big of an exaggeration, nice charger bash too.
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