Dear Fred:

[Zembonez]

You have to understand Bernie... some people equate dyno numbers to manhood.

It's kinda sad actually...

 

[buRRp]

 

[svensk]

Just watched it run 11.9 in a video. It's got some snort.

 

[Zembonez]

Just watched it run 11.9 in a video. It's got some snort.

That is badass... no matter who ya are.

 

[daddy]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

Understood... But it's still a waste of horsepower. Even with better tires he's never gonna be able to put all those ponies to the pavement. The rear end of that truck is just too light to provide enough traction weight to do it.

You would be amazed at what a drag radial/slick and some traction bars will do.

Granted, slicks and bars DO make a huge difference. But when you have such a huge horsepower to weight ratio you simply do not have enough ground pressure on those rear wheels to make full use of the horsepower and, as I said before, horsepower that isn't translated to motion of the vehicle is simply wasted. You end up with a lot more stress on all the components (and a lot more expense) for no actual benefit.

Not all of the available power of an engine must be used at every moment. The throttle is variable, not just on or off.

 

[Bernie]

Okay, okay... I give up. Have all the horsepower you want, just for the sake of the numbers.

Jim explained it to me.

 

[Texas Jim]

I wish my car had about 100 / 150 more HP...
It is weak...

 

[Zembonez]

More horsepower is always welcome. Most of us aren't going to make the changes needed to add much though.

 

[bubbatrucklover]

Needed HP or not it's still badass.

 

[99 4X4 5.3]

But it has to be able to pull 9000 lbs uphill in 4 sec