Well,everbody has a differnet idea of drivable.i run a 710 cube 1050 hp motor in my pro street car,and it's not bad to drive with a 4l80e it does ok on mpg,did 16 mpg on a road trip.
It's pretty cool when a guy in a import pulls up and you can nail the throttle at 80 mph and do a burnout
But mainly these 1000 hp rides are bragging rights.
Actually the Mule was great on the track. We dialed the boost down so there would be no suprises but it probably would have been fine with more boost. I have had a Procharged big block that made 828rwhp on pump gas that would be a absolute bitch to drive on Power Tour. You would have to constatnly pay attention to what your right foot was doing. The Mule with the turbos drives like a 8 1/2 -1 comp smallblock unless you put your foot in it. I also have driven the effortless torque of the Red Witch, 532" 9-1 comp. All 3 are different but the Mule and Red Witch are both very easy to drive. Pump gas boost on the Mule is probably 700 hp ? and very easy to drive. A by-product of making 700 hp is the ability to turn the boost up to 1000 hp if desired. Most other 700 hp cars are alot less drivable. Maybe someday I can talk Mark into running laps with Camaro X and then turning the boost up on the Mule and running some laps and see what the differences are.
Actually the Mule was great on the track. We dialed the boost down so there would be no suprises but it probably would have been fine with more boost. I have had a Procharged big block that made 828rwhp on pump gas that would be a absolute bitch to drive on Power Tour.
Actually the Mule was great on the track. We dialed the boost down so there would be no suprises but it probably would have been fine with more boost. I have had a Procharged big block that made 828rwhp on pump gas that would be a absolute bitch to drive on Power Tour. You would have to constatnly pay attention to what your right foot was doing. The Mule with the turbos drives like a 8 1/2 -1 comp smallblock unless you put your foot in it. I also have driven the effortless torque of the Red Witch, 532" 9-1 comp. All 3 are different but the Mule and Red Witch are both very easy to drive. Pump gas boost on the Mule is probably 700 hp ? and very easy to drive. A by-product of making 700 hp is the ability to turn the boost up to 1000 hp if desired. Most other 700 hp cars are alot less drivable. Maybe someday I can talk Mark into running laps with Camaro X and then turning the boost up on the Mule and running some laps and see what the differences are.
Very interesting, and a good point about other 700hp cars v tt 700hp. I think that would be a great comparison, if it would ever happen
You are right, 1000hp is useless on the street, but it is fun to have. As Charlie said, a turbo car can be made to be more "driveable" than a radical big block. My Viper makes 940 rwh on 93 oct and 1278 rwh on 109. Even with 355's on the rear, it blows the tires at 100mph, but it's more docile than the 534ci n/a motor in the Camaro. Now I got to get a stronger diff set up if I want to go to the drag strip with it. I have more fun in my daily drive SC300 with a small single turbo that puts down 500rwh through a automatic because it's more "streetable" power. I seem to do alot more track events, so I do prefer n/a motors more. They seem to last alot longer when you run hard all day long..
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