Don't hyper focus on weight. The guy with the records (not the boostedboiz chopped up car) has a magnesium 18" setup that weighs 10 pounds more than his 19" forged aluminum and PS4S setup.
I was played once when I went into Cheetah mode where the driver didn't pull up to the light until I was already out of cheetah mode. Next time I plan on practicing this. I had heard that you can break the first light, go into cheetah mode, then ever so slightly release pressure on the brake to allow the car to move forward enough to break the second light beam.
No, what it does it release launch mode but if you do it fast enough, it reduces the amount of time to get back in it, but it still takes a few seconds.
If that were the case, we would have seen a 155 pass by now considering thousands of plaids have been sold in the past 2 1/2 years.
Its comical now actually. 150 mph is an insane trap speed and 1.6 60 ft is insane on street tires too. I had an AC Cobra with a 358ci nascar motor, 710hp, 2500 pound car, trapped at 140 on street tires, with slicks it would have been a higher mph but not 150 mph. A factory family 4 door sedan doing this for under 100k is nuts.
Altitude is not practically relevant to this situation. I believe you're conflating the performance variations that gas cars see because of the air density with their engine and atmospheric viscosity. There's very little difference for battery vehicles at sea level or at 5,000 feet (Denver is 5250 feet according to Google).
By what amount of significance does it contribute to your "point"?
Yeah a member here did. It traps about 20 mph slower at very low SOC. but 0-60 stays very low.
I think that you can convince us, if you can reference a real world 1/4 mile pass at high altitude, where a plaid in the “stock” show room configuration trapped a 155mph in the 1/4 mile.
Brooks with dragtimes has done runs at every 10% going down to 20% and at 20% I think it still did a 9.8. I've done one at 18% at the end of the run and it was 9.9
Yes, that has been my experience as well. My last couple cars attracted those types of cars pulling along side me, and this one deters them.. the word has gotten out. The plaid is in a different league.
In Denver when the temperature is 90 degrees F the density altitude could be around 9000 Ft. At that altitude the air density is 76% that at sea level. If I integrate the net force from the motor minus rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag for that difference in density over 1/4 mile, I get 9.256 seconds at 155.56 mph at sea level and 9.236 seconds at 156.48 mph at 9000 ft.
Even if you’re in a 4 digit ICE you still can’t assume anything going up against an MSP. You’ve got much more crude traction control systems, heavier dependence on tires, longer time to reach peak power etc.
