lablackbeast

iTrader: (5)

What convertor youll think itll do that?? And i know with the 373s itll accelerate quicker but you think itll actually gain some??

evangto87

iTrader: (6)

your trap speed doesnt always tell the story on the street. Some cars will be way more efficient in the 1/4 then other cars so there mph is a bit higher. Heavy cars with a lot of hp suffer quite a bit at the track because of there weight and it bring there mph down. However on the roll, things can be entirely different. Theres a lot to this topic. Automatics will ALWAYS trap lower then its stick car version of it, however, that does not mean its slower. Numerous time in my old gto, i would race stick cars that had a higher mph then me. I would usually spin on the hit and end up chasing them down and passing them.... all with that lower trap speed.

thunderstruck507

iTrader: (18)

My heavy pile only traps 111-112. But it has outrun cars that trap 114-115mph+ on the street.

RedBeauty84ZX

A higher trap speed = more power. From a roll, power(and traction) is what matters.

WSsick

iTrader: (13)

No. A car with less power can easily trap just as much or more than a car with much more power.

...among other things

evangto87

iTrader: (6)

agreed with this. Gearing, weight, aerodynamics, driver, etc are all big factors. Not to mention cars geared to tach out at the drag strip tend to have better traps then cars that arent. Ive beaten numerous cars on the highway that out trapped me at the drag strip

01BlueSS1995

RedBeauty84ZX

Well if the car weighs a lot less, but generally speaking power to weight is your biggest contributors to a trap speeds. Trap speeds are a much more precise way of estimating a cars power then the ET.

They are the two biggest factors, didnt say they are the only factors.

SVTconfused

high trap speed at the same e.t means your spinning... ive run a 13.24 at 104.01 in my L... turn around and ran a 13.34 at 104.79... my 60ft was slower and my e.t was slower... but i spun a lil bit comeing out of the hole and that wound my truck up and she ran a higher mph