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What do you consider "quick"?
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Burning Brakes
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What do you consider "quick"?
It's way too hot this time of year to race in Texas so I was bench racing with someone the other day and the topic came up of what is considered to be a fast street car. So what you do you think? If you're at the track and see a car with plates, inspection sticker (if your state has them), DOT tires, mufflers, etc. what would it have to run to impress you?
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I say 9s. My little group kinda did a huge leap this year. Last year we were like oh damn 5-600whp is hella fast. this year everyone is pushing 1000whp. Its all perspective. 800whp was getting normal.
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I think it's the 9 second zone now. The cars coming out from the factory now are pretty quick.
It doesn't really take much these days to make a car run 9s. Especially an auto car.
It doesn't really take much these days to make a car run 9s. Especially an auto car.
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Since a good bit of "racing" is done on the street, I think trap speed
might be a better indicator. A well set up automatic may run 10's with
only ~120mph traps. Quick on the street, but easy to beat from a roll
on the street. I think anything that runs 130+ traps is respectable and
anything over 140mph trap is fast.
Just my opinion,
Wayne
might be a better indicator. A well set up automatic may run 10's with
only ~120mph traps. Quick on the street, but easy to beat from a roll
on the street. I think anything that runs 130+ traps is respectable and
anything over 140mph trap is fast.
Just my opinion,
Wayne
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Depends on the combo and the respective parts in the car.... Generally speaking, I consider a quick, full weight street car with a full FI/N2O build, is in the 8s...
However a car that is NA, streetable, reliable and full weight, anything in the 9s is respectable.
Now days stock cars run 10s on tires so... 10s are not slow by any means...but the bar is raised so high now that 10s are average at best..
Great times we live in....
However a car that is NA, streetable, reliable and full weight, anything in the 9s is respectable.
Now days stock cars run 10s on tires so... 10s are not slow by any means...but the bar is raised so high now that 10s are average at best..
Great times we live in....
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