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Originally Posted by olehead
remember not the MPH that counts it is the ET - seen cars do 112 MPH but over 13 sec - 1/4 mile racing is about getting there in a hurry - not how fast you are going when you arrive
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Frankly, I couldn't care less about ET...it's just an indicator of how well a car launches. I
never launch any of my cars on the street, and I don't think most adults do either on a regular basis. What is done on more regularity than a full boil launch from 0 is going wide open throttle, be it while passing, merging on the freeway, or just for fun. Trap speed tells you how the car accelerates in that regard...real world acceleration at speed and power delivery.
Yes, ET wins races on a drag strip, but it's close to meaningless on a street. Where your acceleration is almost never done from a standstill. On a prepped surface. Which is perfectly flat. On a road which is safe to come to a stop on yet has no cross-traffic. With properly warmed tires.