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Originally Posted by youngvr4
those are the numbers 14.2 that carnut posted is for the 1st gen vr4's
95 and up run 13.5.
so the race is the driver PERIOD.
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On the contrary, if you stop and read the article, they are testing the 95 model with the 6-spd and 320HP -- 2nd Gen. 1st-gens have 5-speeds and 300HP.
Also, if you actually read the ACTUAL articles I linked to, as opposed something somebody posted up on a personal website, one of the tests on the Supra netted a 13.1 @ 109 mph.
That other test was obviously in bad conditions, since all the cars, EXCEPT FOR THE SUPRA ran in the 14's. Not saying that VR-4's arent capable of mid-13's, but when everything else is equal, including driver and conditions, the Supra has major E.T. and trap-speed advantages over the VR-4.
What do you think the guy running 13.5's in a VR-4 in certain conditions on the same track, knowing how to launch the car, will run with a Supra? 13.0?
Here's the acceleration graph of each car:
Look at where the Supra beats icons like the Ferrari F50, Viper, and the Porsche 911 Turbo in top-gear acceleration here:
I don't see the VR-4 in that list.
Look, I'm not knocking the VR-4 in any way here, but you gotta be realistic with the power claims. I mean you're right in saying that it's a driver's race, just like it's a driver's race between a Civic HX and a Geo Metro...the HX driver slips up, it's over.
But we know that the same person driving the two cars WILL go faster in one car than the other, ya know?