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Originally Posted by masraum
Nope, I must have been in thick-mode when I read it. I didn't get the chain yankin'.
That's FAST! It's impressive that those things keep getting faster. What's also interesting to note is that they haven't broken into the 2 sec mark.
I was a bit shocked that there were so many folks standing behind those 2 rails when they left the starting line. I can't even imagine the sound from that position.
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Have you seen Top Fuel cars run, live and in person? If not, drop whatever it is you're doing and get yourself to the nearest NHRA National Event. Words simply cannot describe...
Back to that 930 / Viper race. I actually did find it very interesting. I would have guessed the Viper would have simply eaten the 930's lunch. I'm really surprised it did not, but I have some thoughts on that...
I drag raced for about a decade before I learned to turn a steering wheel (actually, we turn the wheel a lot more than most would think, trying to keep those darn things straight). Drag races are won and lost in the first hundred feet or so. It's all about "the launch".
In the lower classes that I ran (still a good deal faster than these two cars), with manual transmissions the launch is absolutely brutal. Essentially sit on the rev limiter while the "Christmas Tree" lights count down, then just step off the clutch at the green. I used to launch my big block MOPAR drag cars at 6,800-7,000 rpm. The sheer violence of that clutch slamming home at that rpm was something to behold.
I didn't see that in this drag race. Neither car had the tires to do it, both apparently running whatever street rubber happened to be on them. Put some slicks on these cars and launch them properly and I bet the tables would be turned. I would even go so far as to say the 930 tranny would never survive such a real bonafide drag launch, where I'm sure the Viper's would.
Interesting comparison nonetheless. More indicative of "real world" street encounters than a "real" drag race would have been. But, well, I just couldn't get past the, to me, cheesy presentation. Too many of these Goobers on YouTube these days.