Oof! Coworker is getting one of these...

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RJ, The difference in acceleration between 200 and 300 horsepower in that car would be huge

I'm telling you, in a car like that, its not. Those cars have really awful aerodynamics and once you get up to 100mph they kinda fall flat on their face.

And gaining 0.5 seconds in 1/4 mile time for a 50% increase in power seems like a pretty poor use of the HP.

That's the way all drag racing goes sadly. In RWD or FWD cars a lot of the 1/4 times have to do a lot with the suspension setup too... if that thing isn't set up for drag racing it's going to struggle off the line. There are 280rwhp cars running in the low 12s, it just takes a lot of weight reduction and a dialed in suspension.

A half a second is quite a bit of a reduction in drag racing however, and a 12.0 car is noticeably faster and pulls noticeably harder than a car that runs in the mid 12s. How do I know? I've been in and driven both on the street.

Mike... whatever dude You'll never see this particular car at a track for fear of breaking something that I need to sell, but hopefully the next one that I pick up I can get out to some events. I do still owe you a ride on the street though, so you can find out whether or not I can "use" all that power :wink: