Well I heard the subjective ratings were a bit "Subjective" and that the Supra and Skyline were getting big points at the Car show and Guru Panel. Call it an equalizer, call it bias, but like any competition there can be some bias toward or against any competitor. It is an import magazine and one year a stock 360 Modena wins, then a Viper the next. They will favor an import, like a viper guy wouldn't appreciate a nice Lingenfelter Corvette. People like what they like. They could be trying to keep it close, like a Florida election.
I heard the fuel economy went VERY well and he mustered far more than you would have expected, thank god for gravity...
The emissions went very well seeing that the thing knocked off 850 RWHP, through stock viper cats!!! Sure they choke some power, but the clean tailpipe meant points too, he didn't need those extra 37HP anyway ;-) I helped him fine tune his fuel maps under light load and idle to help with both emmisions and fuel economy and it looks as though it worked... When he gets back I think we'll need to try for that 900HP number too.
They'll be trying to rip off some high 10's on Hoosier Autocross tires at the dragstrip. He's running those since they are only gonna get 5 laps on the road coarse which would just get the track tires up to temp near the end.
It may lose 0-60 to the Skyline, but he'll run him down at the big end.
Now we'll need to see if even that crazy **** can get that damn thing around the track with all that power.
