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Originally Posted by fazm
there needs to be a clarification. trap speed is not greatly effected by driver skill. if you take someone that is crappy at shifting, likes to pedal too much, etc you can be talking as little as 1mph but can be more. for example i can take my mustang to a 112 trap speed with only 350rwhp @1200ft elevation. at 400rwhp i trapped 118.5mph. when i let my buddy drive it (who has an 03 cobra that traps 130mph) he only trapped 109mph on the 350rwhp tune, 3 less mph than me.
426/3850 = 9lb/hp
400/3572 = 8.9lb/hp
those are pretty close numbers if you ask me, and the only thing thats making the difference at that point is effective gear ratio (not just rear end ratio).
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Well in this case it would seem with this much more HP, the tires could be spinning alot. Which would slow the trap speed considerably.