P90DL kills 700+ hp Ford GT.....

[sorka]

Even more than that, I just watched Top Gear's test drive of the Bugatti in season 9, and they mentioned it only had 15 miles of tires and 12 miles of gas. That's completely impractical.



Ample safety skills are definitely required. But I get your point.

Um, even more impractical is the fact those tires cost $50,000 a set to replace

 

[mkspeedr]

A Bugatti cost more to own and drive than a private jet.

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The P90DL looks like the 4 wheel bargain of the century.

 

[fiksegts]

there a are few cars within reason..

Porsche 911 Turbo S (2.7)
Nissan GT-R (2.8)
McLaren 650S (2.8)
Lamborghini Huracan (2.8)

Thank you, Sorka! Keep them coming, if possible. Does anyone know if the P90DL has ever been beaten off the line in a street legal vehicle? I am under the impression that in drag racing, the first 12 inches of the drag race are not included, all to the detriment of the Tesla.

 

[qwk]

I don't know that I'd say the P90DL "killed" the GT, after all, the GT did win the race...

Nothing beats the P90DL off the line, but many cars have a higher top speed and will catch it eventually.

I wouldn't say nothing beats the P90DL off the line. There are quite a few street cars that wil absolutely kill the P90DL off the line, but they are not factory stock vehicles. As far as factory stock vehicles go, there are not many because most are RWD. RWD supercars don't do well when it comes to launching out of the hole quick.

 

[AWDtsla]

GT-R with ECU upgrades and some other minor parts in launch control. However there's probably a 50/50 chance its transmission will shatter while trying to beat the P90DL.

 

[lolachampcar]

qwk,
Per Fiks, the McLaren will do the job and it is only driving two wheels. The rest on his list, of course, are AWD.

 

[qwk]

qwk,
Per Fiks, the McLaren will do the job and it is only driving two wheels. The rest on his list, of course, are AWD.

You are right. I guess my point was that cars like the Ford GT have the power to beat any Tesla, but traction with stock tires and a stock suspension, is not very good on the street. To be completely fair, there are tons of street legal RWD cars that get a sixty foot time on drag radials in the 1.4 range. The P90DL is in the 1.6X range. That is a huge difference. Tesla has made a very impressive performance achievement with the Ludicrous cars, but some of the posts here seem to imply that few ICE cars can beat them. It's going to be quite a while before Tesla can get a battery that can sustain the discharge(while keeping a decent warranty), to support the power needed to overcome decently built ICE cars. A very fine example is the 10.9 1/4 time fiasco with the P90 DL cars. 10.9 is just not that great for an ICE street car in this day and age.

 

[JST]

Yeah, the GT struggled mightily with the launch. How much of that was the driver, this particular run, or the modifications that make this a 700 hp car? Those are all good questions.

A better question is why in the hell were they racing on the street?

 

[qwk]

The Ford Gt traps at 130+. That vehicle is in a whole different league when it comes to power vs. weight than Tesla.

 

[lolachampcar]

I wish the P90DL was a 10.9 second car. The only one that says they have achieved that, apart from Tesla, is MotorTrend. I would not be surprised if the speculation is accurate and MotorTrend was getting reliable 11.4s at altitude and high ambient temperatures then ICE adjusting them to 10.9.

 

[fiksegts]

tuned, modded cars don't count.... stock for stock is the real comparison to do....

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those days are over, I have had 3 GT-Rs, you can launch them over and over now, stock they will be close to 100 MPH, then run away from the Tesla....

GT-R with ECU upgrades and some other minor parts in launch control. However there's probably a 50/50 chance its transmission will shatter while trying to beat the P90DL.

 

[AWDtsla]

those days are over, I have had 3 GT-Rs, you can launch them over and over now, stock they will be close to 100 MPH, then run away from the Tesla....

Do they still void your warranty when you use launch control?

 

[lolachampcar]

Fiks,
I think you are my hero when it comes to playing with street cars

 

[fiksegts]

no, that was years ago, for a very short time period of about 3 months when the first 2009's were on the streets.... my friend actually was the class rep against Nissan for not covering his transmission repair after using launch control ALOT, then Nissan after settling, revised the launch system via an ECU update and fully supported it from then on...

Do they still void your warranty when you use launch control?

 

[AWDtsla]

those days are over, I have had 3 GT-Rs, you can launch them over and over now, stock they will be close to 100 MPH, then run away from the Tesla....

Tesla vs GTR - YouTube

Looks a little better than close...

 

[fiksegts]

great video find, why did the cut the race so short.... GT-R was going to pass the Tesla....

I ran 10.8 @ 125 MPH in my stock 2013 GT-R....

I really hope Tesla sorts on the P90D, we need another 4 MPH on the traps to hit 10's....

Tesla vs GTR - YouTube

Looks a little better than close...

 

[lolachampcar]

No, no, no fiks. The P90DL already does reliable 10.9s. Just ask MotorTrend

 

[Lawsteve]

On a somewhat related note, I accidentally tried Sport mode for the first time a couple weeks ago... it sucks. I think Fred Flintstone would have beaten me.

i guess that will be the new battle cry for those of us with "Classic"P85's from the pre-D era:

"Yabba dabba doooooooo!"