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'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

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The race is misleading & is making headlines pretty much everywhere.

Still worth the watch & discussion.

 

 

cobrajet84 Senior Enthusiast

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considering the hellcat got about 6.5 secs below what it is capable of on street tires in a drag, this pretty much comes down to driver ability. Also I believe the p85D is awd, so that equals easier launch and better grip.

'01LS1 Senior Enthusiast

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considering the hellcat got about 6.5 secs below what it is capable of on street tires in a drag, this pretty much comes down to driver ability. Also I believe the p85D is awd, so that equals easier launch and better grip.

 

Yeah, that is the misleading part. The headlines are all saying the electric car beats 700+hp Hellcat. <~ See what I mean?

Thinking w/o looking that Tesla is $120,000+ msrp?

 

The obvious is throw some drag radials & a driver that knows what he is doing in the Challenger to run side x side for a better graphic.

 

But the good thing is the tech is there & becoming on the electric side. Was listening to a report this morning about all the oil drillers closing shop due to low oil prices.

Speculators are already at it, saying gas will be $5 a gallon by the fall 2016 elections.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Misleading? He lost, whether it be mechanical, driver, or racing a better car. He needs to learn how to drive

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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He bumped it right before the start, almost a false start. What it comes down to is AWD>2WD.... Especially with a driver who can't launch.

 

I'd rather have 2 or 3 STi's over either of those cars... :driving:

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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He bumped it right before the start, almost a false start. What it comes down to is AWD>2WD.... Especially with a driver who can't launch.

 

I'd rather have 2 or 3 STi's over either of those cars... :driving:

Maybe a decade ago. Subaru isn't even trying anymore. Same engine, tune seems to get worse each year.

white1500 Senior Enthusiast

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This Tesla is plain awesome and I just saw one this past Friday during lunch.

 

And I wouldn't think twice about leasing the base Model S for a dd, but I don't care for this electric tank as a fun sports sedan.

Texas Husker Senior Enthusiast

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Smoke em if you got em!? Bad representation of the hellcat. But a loss is a loss. Not indicative of potential though. Hellcat on drag radials can do 10s and the tesla, I believe, does low 11s. Still quite amazing on both fronts, and humbling.

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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Maybe a decade ago. Subaru isn't even trying anymore. Same engine, tune seems to get worse each year.

I know they aren't doing anything new and that's what I like. Isn't broken and they aren't trying to fix it. The only major change has been addition of CVT in most models and some styling changes.

 

I haven't seen many WRX/STi's without Cobb or similar stickers on them.

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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The challenger driver is completley incompetent as a drag racer, still that tesla is a very fast car... Automatic and AWD leads for a very easy race. Also I could be wrong but it looks like the challenger may be a manual... Id assume if the car was auto it would have some kind of launch control with that kind of power... Driver should of just been able to floor it had have it take off... Looks like he stomped on it and just redlined

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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The challenger driver is completley incompetent as a drag racer, still that tesla is a very fast car... Automatic and AWD leads for a very easy race. Also I could be wrong but it looks like the challenger may be a manual... Id assume if the car was auto it would have some kind of launch control with that kind of power... Driver should of just been able to floor it had have it take off... Looks like he stomped on it and just redlined

Thr tesla has no transmission. It is a motor at each wheel i believe. They had the undercarriage of one in the tesla store out in Santa Monica
Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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Bah. Telsa doesn't even count, doesn't have a real engine, just a motor.

 

 

 

Up at altitude:

 

 

And with the right tires:

 

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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I know they aren't doing anything new and that's what I like. Isn't broken and they aren't trying to fix it. The only major change has been addition of CVT in most models and some styling changes.

 

I haven't seen many WRX/STi's without Cobb or similar stickers on them.

 

 

I'm not convinced it isn't broken. 300 HP isn't anything these days- you can buy a Camry with almost as much HP. They could do so much more with it but especially now that the Evo is gone they won't.

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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over on Allpar, a Dodge Dealer took 2 Hellcats to a Dragstrip to see if the Numbers Dodge was advertising were really obtainable. Here's the Article in Question: http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2015/01/hellcat-time-slips-revisited-video

 

and there's a picture on there that tells how much Grunt these Hellcat Engines REALLY Have.

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