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Originally Posted by tlaselva
I've seen it may times that car's with well over 100 more HP than my bolt on Z can't do much better than .2 to .3 quicker than my 12.2 the same day This is especially true with cars on street tires.
I found that much more power than a stock Z06 requires a high level of driver skill to meticulously feather the throttle in the first 3 gears, which is most of your quarter.
All the power in the world is useless unless you can put it down to the ground. This is where 400 + RWHP car's have their difficulty.
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I was wondering the same thing as I read the Supercar Challenge from Car & Driver. The 2004 Lingenfelter 427 Twin Turbo Corvette only ran a 4.1 second 0-60 with 800 horsepower and 830 pound-feet of torque! Of course, the tires were the determining factor, at least at lower speeds.
“There is so much power on tap that the tires don’t have consistent traction until after 80 mph, despite the car’s boost controller, which was set up to dispense less boost at lower speeds.”
I’m not an expert at drag racing, but it makes sense that your tires have to keep up with the power output. No traction = slower time.
