I think too much attention is paid to the final rwhp number. At many points in the power curve, a Paxton car may only have 30-60 more rwhp than the stock Viper. Throw in the extra 90 lbs for the s/c, and that 30 hp has little effect. Paxtons make most of their power at 4500 rpm plus....
BUT, the biggest factor with the Paxton cars not being competitive w/ some n/a cars is driver ability in my opinion. If you look at the power under the curve from IlSMOQU his car makes much more power under the curve all the way thru the power band than that of a stock Viper. He routinely smokes any Viper w/ less power...but he also knows how to drive. The Hennessy TT 1000 rwhp Viper that smoked the Bugatti Veyrun only managed a 11.7 in the 1/4 mile....smoking the tires all the way w/ a professional driver.
Most Viper owners dont drive their cars often enough to master their cars. They pay 80k to get the car, 20k to get the Paxton...then only put 250 miles or so a month on their Vipers and wonder why some kid in a Mustang GT kicks his 700 rwhp Paxton fed Vipers ass!
Yes, n/a cars are lighter and will have a better power curve, but more power is more power...and a Paxton fed Viper is going to be more powerful than an n/a car. Vettes are lighter and have traction control...so to hang w/ a car like that takes a really good driver, regardless of how much power his car makes.
Your worrying too much man.
So first, you can get our cars for 60k, and a Paxton Should only be about $10-12K installed. Im buying mine for $6500, 1k for DLM stuff around $500 to dyno tune and ILLSMOQ is instlling for a fair price. And no kid in a Mustang will keep up.
Second, you keep worrying anout the weight of Paxton. Say its 70-90lbs..., so when ILLSMOQ had 15 more rwhp then me he would slightly,slightly pull me, thru a few gears he would be a half car or so.Just slowly inching ahead, but we both knew he was winning. Well, one day he had his
200lb cousin in car and was gonna show off, well i slowly edged him, ever so slighlty. So to turn the tables on his 15rwhp, I needed him to have 200lbs.
Then that brings the whole debate of how the Z06 is faster mostly due to 200 lbs lighter,yet its usually still a drivers race.
So when you have maybe 70lbs extra for a Paxton. BIG DEAL!!!!! ILLSMOQ actually already made up for that by changing to HRE's ,so he lost weight with wheels/tires. So maybe he carries around 50 extra lbs or less, but now has 200 more rwhp. That graph he posted on other thread was without tuning and belt slippage.So his power is alot more across the board. And it builds power so quickly that every second its going from 60,80,120,150, 200 rwhp more. Thats why the video outcome i posted is the way it is. He demolishes my 508 rwhp car.
Sounds like your trying to talk yourself out of it.
what do you mean? those are computer generated videos...in Mexico I think....?
Please say this isn't true
