EVOs,STIs,GSXs and any AWD car launches like a bat outta hell..but can a RWD car launch as hard if not harder considering it had well over 350 hp? i have never seen a car (street car)launch faster then an AWD car.
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all other things being equal, the awd car will lauuch harder.
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Yesterdays cars were very different from todays NASCAR entries.  They were much less aerodynamic and the engines, although much larger, turned at lower RPMs.  Today's cars all have the same size engine as well.  \nIn the past  the manufacturers would actually producce a limited number of some of the specialized racers, such as Superbirds and Daytonas for sale to the public.  These were street legal cars that would , with a few minor modifications, actually have been able to hold their own on the race track.  Todays NASCAR vehicles are built from the ground up to be race cars and could never be made street legal.  That's one of the reasons you hear them talk about the modern era.\n Which cars are better, is entirely a matter of ones opinion.  Personally, I like a car I can easily recognize and one that is actually a stock car.  Todays cars can barely be called stock. When you compare todays cars to yesterdays cars it's not really a fair comparison, but if The King was driving . . .
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You'll get a better answer on a Subaru forum than here, but at least keep in mind that heavier wheels degrade both performance and ride.
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There's the old saying in racing: "Speed costs money.  How much speed can you afford to buy?"\n\nIf you just want to have a blast annoying the neighbors and family with the noise and fumes in front of your house, an old lawn mower engine on a home-built frame will do.  If you want to do more at a track, find the nearest go-cart track to your house and ask your questions.  Betcha plenty of the folks can give you a good idea about how much horsepower is needed for different classes and how much it costs to get there.\n\nI can't afford my dream go kart... :-(
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That means HP purely from the engine, no forced induction, etc!!! Naturally aspirated, or N/A.\nIt DOES NOT mean it's a stock car. I can have an insanely tuned car that is still all motor, but has no forced induction, which can come in many forms like air from turbo/super, or nitrous shots... etc. Tho some don't consider nitrous as violating the "all motor" rule.
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Well just how many old cars do you still see being driven around?  Hello!\nCars are crap (especially those made now---mostly due to plain old plug-ugliness).\nOld houses look sort of dorkie too, but at least they don't fall apart after 6 years.
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Let me break it down-\nEngine- 3 liter V10.  Approximately 900+ hp, 19,000 rpm.  The engine weighs about 200 lbs.  It spins so fast that metal valve springs can't keep, the springs are pneumatic.\nBrakes- The better your brakes, the later you can brake and thus you can spend more time going fast.  These are carbon fiber and take 3 months to make.  They heat up to around 1500 F in use and can be seen glowing.  The wheels are limited to 13 inches in order to limit braking capability.  As they are, the driver experiences 4 G's of decelerating load under heavy braking.  An average person would black out in an F1 car.\nAerodynamics- Surprisingly, drag is not the critical factor, downforce is.  These cars have very high coefficients of drag, due to the open wheels and spoilers.  The downforce is created by aero devices which are basically inverted aeroplane wings, which push the car to the ground under speed.  It is because of the dependence on these devices that F1 cars have a difficult time passing, once the cars enter the dirty air behind another racer, downforce drops dramatically and so does the car's ability to corner quickly.\nTraction control- the cars generate so much power that the throttle is computer controlled to keep the tires from spinning.  The governing body (the FIA) wants to make this illegal but right now it is not feasible because it is merely software in the engine management systems, and it is not feasible to decompile these systems to find illegal code.\nTransmisison- The cars utilize computer controlled sequential manual transmissions.  The computers manage the throttle and clutch to pull off perfect shifts in one tenth of a second.  All the driver does is pull a lever.  The clutch is only used from a standstill and is engaged from a lever on the steering wheel. \nWhat doesn't make the cars fast-\nTires- The tires are grooved to limit traction.  If the drivers were allowed to run slicks, the traction and G loading would be so high that drivers would black out and possibly crash.  Starting in 2005, they also must last the entire race.\nWheels- Size limited to prevent the installation of overlarge brakes which would also push the drivers beyond the limits of human physiology\nBrakes- As stated earlier, size limited.  Also, no ABS at all (outlawed in 1994).
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The SRT-4 has Fun factor written all over it! Fast from the factory and insanly fast when modded.Simple to mod,easy to maintain and fun to drive.\n\nThe Gt , big motor, V-8... nuff said.\nthrow a supercharger on that bad boy and call it a day!\n400HP!
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Also, you cant go by just numbers alone.  When a car has X amount of Horsepower and X amount of Torque that means its maximum of each at a certain RPM.  Some cars have high numbers but are slower than others.  My friend had a 350Z brand new.  I had a 15 year old 5.0 mustang stock.  My car was rated around 225 hp 300tq his was rated at 300hp 260tq.  His Z was much smaller and lighter and brand new.  My car spanked his at off the line, rolling, freeway, anything.  My car did not have a good max hp but it had good power throughout the rpms rather than just peaking at a certain rpm.  So you cant go by just hp,tq and weight.  You really have to just drive the car.
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I couldn't agree more.  451 cubic inches of pure Mopar Muscle.  510 Hp 544 ft/lb of torque in my 68 Dodge Charger.  I wouldn't trade it for an Evo, Subaru, and definately not a honda.
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i've never heard of anyone drifting in a FWD.\nyour best bet for drifting is a nissan 200sx (i think they are called 240sx in US) or a Mazda rx7. they are the two best cars for drifting
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They WILL affect your car..that is, if you manage to fit 285/50 x 20" on a merc E. The ABS will not engage properly, nor will the traction control, if u have any. U'll burn away the clutch faster as u start-off, u'll wear-off the brakes in no time as u try to stop the 20s from spinning. There's also the added weight. More than that, since all mercs are RWD, u should think about fitting different tires with different widths for the front and rear axles (ie wider at the rear axle). Good Luck anyways!
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Yes, it is possible. 100 bhp is plenty to perform this task with the short 1st gear. All these people are giving you completely inaccurate information.\n\nYou need to depress the clutch, rev the engine to the torque peak. Consult the owner manual for the torque peak. Next release the clutch (90%) quickly but not completely while flooring the gas. Do not let the revs drop. Keep 10% of the clutch unengaged and "ride the clutch" for the first couple seconds until the gas pushes it into full engagement. This will give you the fastest launch and the least transmission shock (the clutch absorbs more of the impact by riding it). Hold the steering wheel straight and enjoy your burnout.
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There is nothing like topspeed record holder but as I have observed F. Massi drove his Ferrari to a topspeed of 348.7kmph in Silverstone, British Grand Prix. I think the Renaults faster than Ferrari this year.
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I'd rather be driving a 1960s chevy than my 92 Sentra. You're comparing 2 different things...cars/buildings and health. It's like asking, Isn't it weird that computers are soooo fast nowadays...but tortoises are so slow? Would going back to Black screened, green lettered computers make tortoises faster?
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i'd say your best all around fun to drive and economic would be the acura tsx... but if you want a car that you can modify and hold you, your spouse, and kids but can perform as well or better than a corvette at your weekend autoX event i'd go with a subaru sti or mitsu evo.\n\nit all depends wether your leaning towards practical daily driving ability or fun on back roads and competitions
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How about OCTANE  that's used in the fuel.? Other than some of the other answers this is something that gets talked about on and off the track!!