Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: cmd51231
OK, you just kind of agreed with me, heh.
You said:
1) 500+ rWHP (over +100 wHP)
2) 3300 w/out driver (minus more than 500 lbs)
3) 0-60 ???... I suspect would do it under 4 secs with slicks.
I said:
1) 480 crank HP ( 2) 3800+ w/out driver
3) 0-60 in 3.5 seconds... street tires.
... which I claim is the impossible part if it was only 2-wheel drive. The GT-R is a hog when it comes to weight to power ratio. Without that AWD technology, no way in [censored] it would do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. It's just simple physics.
So, what were you disagreeing with me on again?
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: cmd51231
2 wheels at 480HP, even with slicks, would have a hard time launching a 3800+ lb car from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. Gonna need AWD for that.
Gotta disagree with you there. Have a couple of friends with 525RWHP (650-ish flywheel) and 534RWHP respectively who's cars hook solid on a set of 10.5" slicks quite readily.
These cars are about 3,300lbs; about 3450 with driver.
Its a different environment on the drag strip on a tire. These cars will readily obliterate drag radials at 120Km/h with a downshift and touch of the "go" pedal.
I thought you were saying it was impossible on a tire (drag radial, slick....etc) with 2wd
The cars in question are capable of ~10.5 second 1/4 mile runs, so I'm guessing their 0-60 (on the race tires obviously) is quite a bit less than 3.5 seconds. The one has gone 10.3.
Yep, there are guys already doing low 10's I believe with custom tunes, exhaust, actuators, etc on stock tires & wheels. The technology is pretty incredible stuff... I wasn't sold on it at first as this is my first AWD car (and I come from a lineage of strictly German RWD sportscars). But, I slowly became more and more able to wrap my head around the differences, and now I just push the [censored] thing through the turns. While there is still some throttle control, my foot is NEVER off the gas pedal and for the most part, smashed down. The car simply grips like there is no tomorrow through the turns.
Strangely enough, I actually feel less confident now if I don't give enough gas to the car through tight turns as the computer system stops doing all the magical power remapping individually to the 4 wheels. In fact, a couple of times, I actually felt her starting to slip some when I started to let off the gas. Again, totally different way of driving coming from a RWD heritage...