Old May 1, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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Default Re: I am going to run at least a 12.99 next week (TVT I need your help)

Originally Posted by tom2112
Since I'm one of the "SRT Dicks", all I can say is good luck and show us the time slip from the track.

Oh, and since I'm a d ick, let me point out an inconvenient truth for you. Try doing some research. It takes 288 whp to push a 3061 lbs Crossfire Limited Coupe (assuming the driver weighs 139 lbs) down the 1/4 track in 13.0 seconds. At 19% drive train loss, that would mean you'd need 356 crank hp. And that's just for 13.0. If you want 12.5 you'll need 324 at the wheel and 400 at the crank. For a 12.0 second run you'd need 366 at the wheel and 452 at the crank. It's a matter of physics. 320 at the crank is only gonna get you 13.5.
srt's manage 12.8's with 330 hp weighing more than a limited, i dont see why a limited with the same power wouldnt run a 12.9 with a 6 speed on a good run. I wasnt calling every srt owner a ****, just the ones that seem to pick on us "inferior" limited owners because we didnt blow an extra couple thousand for whatever reason. Actually you two that took offense are ones I would consider pretty cool, along with many others on this forum... plus I dont plan on making mine run 12's, its my daily driver, its not a race car. Now my mustang... it should run 11's in the next couple years, maybe 10's..
 
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