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It will be interesting to watch your progress as you go to bigger turbos. You have a car which is suited to drag racing racing: the car can launch, BUT, it also has a good, relatively flat torque curve that enables you put down good power all the way down the track. In addition, you are a smart driver, experimenting with shift points, and realizing that short shifting can improve times. (I found this out on my street/strip car as well, lowering the shift point by 500 rpm, and picking up four tenths!) Therefore, I would argue that you/your car will be a good indicator of the effect of big turbos on ET, when you finally switch. I think the thing that people don’t think about is area under the curve. That explains the fallacy of always trying to link RWHP numbers with MPH and ET. A peaky, high HP car will probably get pummeled at the strip by a car with a good, usable motor. Your car is one illustration of that fact. And it reminds us all that if you are fascinated with MPH and RWHP, you are missing the point. Any kind of racing is about the operation of the whole car, NOT just the motor, and you can't draw a simple relationship between HP and performance.
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15:50:18 11/06/03
