houstonT Report post Posted May 17, 2011 1. Congrats to the Swiss Cheese cars that competed, that is a very impressive finish. They can't compete in speed so they built cars to compete in the first 1/8th mile. It's hard to make that ground up in a mile, the p-cars launch HARD... 2. Congrats to UGR, they built a car, sent it to another country, and the thing goes 236 the first time out? SIMPLY AMAZING! Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast1 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 These two summed it up best: Maybe it's just me, but running a mile race based on ET seems kind of pointless as it's still all about the launch. Doubt the results would have been much different if they had just run 1/4 mile at a dragstrip. Which is why all the mile racing over here is based on trap speeds, I thought. That's essentially what I was alluding to in the thread in the GTT section. I could get the same results at a normal drag race. I thought all out power indicative of what to expect in a roll race was what we were after in these particular competitions so we were just looking for biggest speed without factoring things that typically matter in a short distance drag race...along the lines of what we are after with the 60-130 info, vbox, etc. 1. Congrats to the Swiss Cheese cars that competed, that is a very impressive finish. They can't compete in speed so they built cars to compete in the first 1/8th mile. It's hard to make that ground up in a mile, the p-cars launch HARD... 2. Congrats to UGR, they built a car, sent it to another country, and the thing goes 236 the first time out? SIMPLY AMAZING! Peter ditto, especially on #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGTS Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Kevin or someone from UGR should fly out for the next event and drive the car for him... Probably what it will take, lol. With their race being based on ET, it's perfect for the Porsches and GTR's with more effective launch control and about all the power they can hook up with it. Obviously if the same group of cars ran in TX where mph is what matters, the TTG would have crushed them. Personally, I don't really "get" the whole ET thing for a nice street car because almost all street "races" are done from a roll (whether impromptu or planned), for a lot of good reasons (e.g., races from a dig are much harder to arrange and conduct, are much harder on the driveline, and unless you have AWD require changes to tires and suspension etc. that make the car less enjoyable to drive, and so forth). Hence the trend in the U.S. toward comparing 60-130 times rather than 0-whatever, which makes a lot of sense IMO. Not knocking drag racing if that's your thing, but it's not something I want to do with a TTG or any other true street car, much. No doubt it takes skill to launch a high horsepower car, but it's a rather pointless exercise unless you make changes to the car that make it a lot less "street" and a lot more "track." I'll take my "racing" from a roll, thank you very much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dereiter Report post Posted May 23, 2011 Here is the results of "Moscow Unlimited": "Sport Cars" 1 - Porsche 911 Turbo (997) swiss cheese R911 \ 4WD \ 1000 HP – 24.895 sec. (337.71 km/h) - Dmitry 2 - Porsche 911 Turbo (997) swiss cheese\Promotive \ 4WD \ 1000 HP – 25.392 sec. (328.23 km/h) - Andrey 3 - Nissan GT-R R35 swiss cheese R850 \ 4WD \ 850 HP – 26.124 sec. (315.51 km/h) - Pavel "Exclusive Cars" 1 - Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR\ 2WD \ 626 HP – 28.971 sec. (290.09 km/h) - Dmitry "Moto" 1 - Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa Turbo \ 270 HP – 25.898 sec. (306.11 km/h) - Vyacheslav 2 - Suzuki GSX-1000R \ 200 HP – 26.050 sec. (291.92 km/h) - Andrey "Gran Turismo" 1 - Audi RS6 Evotech \ 4WD \ 750 HP – 28.781 sec. (292.14 km/h) - Yuri 2 - Audi RS6 \ 4WD \ 730 HP – 29.292 sec. (285.73 km/h) - Azret 3 - BMW M3 ESS \ 2WD \ 650 HP – 29.759 sec. (280.87 km/h) - Kirill "SUV" 1 - Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 7.2L Supercharged \ 4WD \ 1000 HP – 27.840 sec. (286.57 km/h) - Sergey 2 - Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 7.0L \ 4WD \ 700 HP – 29.820 sec. (260.05 km/h) - Irina (female!!!) 3 - BMW X6M PP-Performance \ 4WD \ 700 HP – 29.853 sec. (271.43 km/h) - Igor "Super Cars" 1 - Ferrari 458 Italia \ 2WD \ 570 HP – 28.951 sec. (293.83 km/h) - Igor 2 - Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano \ 2WD \ 620 HP – 29.920 sec. (281.20 km/h) - Maxim 3 - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG \ 2WD \ 571 HP – 30.790 sec. (276.47 km/h) - Vladimir "Unlimited" 1 - Porsche 911 Turbo (997) swiss cheese R911 \ 4WD \ 1000 HP – 24.895 sec. (337.71 km/h) - Dmitry 2 - Porsche 911 Turbo (997) swiss cheese\Promotive \ 4WD \ 1000 HP – 25.392 sec. (328.23 km/h) - Andrey 3 - Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa Turbo \ 270 HP – 25.898 sec. (306.11 km/h) - Vyacheslav Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan-Herbie Report post Posted May 23, 2011 182mph for a stock 458 is pretty good! Wish they ran a superg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dereiter Report post Posted May 24, 2011 182mph for a stock 458 is pretty good! Wish they ran a superg! Exactly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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