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What impresses you more HP or ET ?

383man

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Just curious as when a guy says he makes 700 hp but never runs the car it dont impress me as much as if he says he ran 10.50's. I dont care if a guy says he has 800 hp but only runs 10.90's. He can have way more hp then me but if I go faster on the track thats what matter's to me. Ron
 
i could have an 800 hp lawnmower,sure dont mean its fast.all about the time slip!
 
ET impresses everyone. Boy that little alien can make a bicycle fly....
 
I'd have to agree with ET. Like everyone else unless you can put that hp to the ground and get traction it doesn't mean crap.
 
I like to beat others with 1/5 of their budget :D
 
ET of course, it's the total car combo, not just HP/TQ, you can buy that, with a simple phone call & deep pockets... I'm much more impressed by a primed, some would say Fugly POS, that fly's down the track, than a High $$$ shinny *** pretty car that is equally as fast, I'm a underdog router for sure, money & appearances doesn't prove anything, except you can spend more, to do the same damn thing.... Don't get me wrong, I like looking at a beautiful, very well running car, as much as the next guy, I'm a Beer budget guy, who wants to run Champaign Quality ET/MPH, I just won't skimp on parts or quality, looks are secondary, it has to perform 1st....
 
NEITHER number is worth squat if it's "just talk." Hell I can even say it.

"This is a 9 second car." See? I said it. Can you prove otherwise?

So if I have a dyno printout, or a strip slip, that'd be much more believable.

Besides, not ALL of us have our cars optimised for strip use.
 
i like the guys that say it will run low 11s but have never had the car on the track just because you think it will doesnt mean it will.
 
I got to agree I've seen many of the high numbers from dyno sheets, the cars didn't run for ****, a big number dyno run is still very impressive thou, no 2 dynos are the same either...
 
I guess it depends if you are you racing or in a dyno contest.
 
I guess it depends if you are you racing or in a dyno contest.

Great Point, from the Resdent expert... Always the smartest guy in the room, especially if your alone...LOL... Hey IQ52 how you doing buddy ??
 
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