[Killercanary]

Originally posted by gtsr515
The bottom line is torque is what accelerates the car, horsepower is like you said indicative of top speed.

So if torque is what accelerates the car, wouldn't it make more sense to put down the power you have now, with say stickier tires, I use slicks wherever I go, law be damned, it's only a ticket, and I honestly have never gotten one, and i've been stopped a billion times, and with that awesome traction, beat many cars with much more "power".

I think I understand where your coming from, but i disagree that E.T doesn't matter on the street, I mean, how do you race? from a roll-on at 50 feet or what?, E.T is the number that wins the race, not how fast you got there, that cannot be denied.

Like I first said no flames here, but if you pull up next to a guy with 300 horsepower and slicks, and the other guy has 400 horsepower and street stickies, the 400 horse is gonna loose.

Try some slicks dude, you'll love 'em.

Good Luck, and spank a Camaro for me!!!!!!!

You sort of got my point, but like I said ET doesn't mean a hole lot on the street. It does, but not to the point that it does on the track. 99.9% of the drivers on the street (except you) don't run slicks on the street, heck 95% don't even run drag radials. So, for instance, my dad's 91GT ran 13.6's with just gears, exhaust, pulleys, and Mickey Thompson Sportman's, but his MPH was only 98 or so. These were the times he got with sticky tires on the track, on the street he ran regular radials. In that form, he'd be lucky to break into the 13's. On the street however, if he raced a camaro which was turning about the same times at the track the sheer power of the camaro would have eaten my dad's car. (Not now though... it run's 12.6 at 107..he, he) I just think you missed my point, the car with the most power is gonna win, unless they have no traction at all and only race for 60 feet, cause after that, the more powerful car will be chasing down the slower car with a vengance. To sum it up, ET is easy to find with sticky tires at the track, but MPH will make up for a lack of traction on the street. Does this clear it up any?