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Originally Posted by NightWriter
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* I'm no genius for making this argument. They likely know it's BS as well, but they also know that posting better numbers generates mouse clicks and drives ad revenue, and earns whatever passes for respect among auto journalists. So they have strong incentive to play along by these standards.
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Agree its a BS number but as long as all the cars are tested the exact same way (mags claim industry standard) its still a relevant number at a drag strip.
The real issue is you can't really convert that to a traffic light grand prix as in addition to the roll out factor they are also running on a sticky prepared track. The numbers listed are also the best of a number of runs that are then processed through an algorithm that "standardizes" the output for things like temperature, altitude etc.
Cars RWD like a GT500 Shelby can get killed against an M4C on the street compared to the track launch that will still go to the M4 on the strip but not by so much.
Bottom line its always about traction.
One of the guys here posted a 0-60 Dragy for his M4C 2.90 (1FT) 3.07 standing start