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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
No, I have never had the pleasure. Aren't those Turbos shown in those two videos 4WD? And about 1,000 lbs lighter than this Mustang?
The line lock is (or was in my day) only used to keep the car stationary during the burnout.
Launch control limits the throttle and/or feathers the clutch to avoid wheelspin, right? There still has to be a certain level of mechanical grip.
Back in my day, sub-11 second cars ran on slicks. There was no "launch control", but there was plenty of traction. The four speed cars were launched by sitting on the line as the Christmas Tree counted down with the motor turning 6,000-7,000 rpm. Timing this to when we thought the light was going to turn green (looking for that hole shot), we simply stepped off the clutch pedal. Anyone who has ever done this knows just how utterly violent the ensuing mayhem really is - it sounds like you smacked a manhole cover with a sledgehammer. That's what it took to get into the tens.
Maybe they make it up with horsepower now, with the cars accelerating much more aggressively in the top half of the track. I've watched many of the undoubtedly countless videos of these cars supposedly running in the tens, and I just don't see the violent launches that characterized those E.T.'s back when I was playing the game.
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Yes, the Turbos are AWD, but GT3s basically run the same times and they are 2WD..
From what I can tell, the Porsche cars are@ 800 ish pounds lighter..
I ran a 427 '67 RS Camaro "back in the day" with a line lock, which is basically a front brake lock and totally agree about dumping the clutch and boooom.. You were gone...
These cars do it all electronically... Combination of clutch slippage, traction control, limiting power etc... I'm here to tell you, it will put you back in your seat the entire way. It's like a slingshot... If you turn all the nannies off, it will burn rubber almost halfway down the track and still run a 12 second QTR mile.. Just insane power from a street car with ZERO mods... The modded ones are stupid fast..
But my point to this thread, was someone stated that the new mustang was "crazy fast for a streeet car" and I was merely pointing out that these cars have been in that realm for 5+ years already..