MotorTrend does a heads up drag race between a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport vs a Lamborghini Aventador on an airstrip.   While the Aventador put up a good fight running 10.6 @ 133 MPH, it was no match for the Veyron, the current king of all super cars.   The Veyron ended up about 5 cars ahead at the end of the 1/4 mile and it would have kept pulling away up to it’s top speed of 253 MPH.  They also ran the Lexus LFA and McLaren MP4-12C, but those both got beaten pretty badly by the Aventador.

We attended the StreetCarDrags private rental on May 6th 2012 where we this 2005 Ford GT with a Heffner Pulley and Tune upgrade was racing heads up vs a 2008 Dodge Viper with Belanger headers, exhaust and a Mopar tune.  The Ford GT was making 630 horsepower while the Dodge Viper was running 600 horsepower at the wheels.  Reaction times and launches were pretty close with the Ford GT edging out the Viper with an 11.4 vs 11.6.  Weather was pretty bad with a DA of over 2,000 so we expect both cars to perform much better with decent weather conditions.

Here is a heads up drag race between a Ford GT and a Ferrari F430 at Palm Beach International Raceway. The Ford GT has a pulley and tune upgrade and the Ferrari F430 had exhaust work.

We took our new 2013 Nissan GT-R that we tested a month ago back to Palm Beach International Raceway for some more testing.  With better weather and some more miles on the car we were able to consistently run well into the 10′s with Nissan’s latest and greatest.   The quickest run of the night was a 10.87 @ 125.26 MPH with 0-60 MPH coming up in just 2.7 seconds and a 60-130 MPH time of 8.89 seconds (VBOX).  Peak G forces on the launch were 1.3 G’s.

The little extra power and torque of the 2013 Nissan GT-R along with the updated LC5 Launch Control system clearly shows when compared against the 2012 we tested last year which had a best time of 11.07 @ 124 MPH.  Take a look at the timeslips, pictures and video below.

Stock 2013 Nissan GT-R runs 10.87 @ 125.2 MPH Timeslips

2013 Nissan GT-R 60-130 MPH in 8.89 seconds

VBOX Graph Showing Peak G Forces

The mod wars are on for the new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with Redline Motorsports running a 10.3 @ 134 MPH with some minor modifications.  Since the motor in the ZL1 has been out in the CTS-V for a while, most of the parts were ready to go.   This Camaro ZL1 has basic bolt-ons including headers, tune, cold air intake, camshaft as well as upper and lower pulleys to increase the boost from the stock blower.   The car pulled an impressive 1.54 60′ time with an upgraded torque converter and Mickey Thompson Drag Radials.  Take a look at the pictures, video and timeslip info below.

2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Source: RoadTestTV

Lingenfelter took delivery of two brand new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s and put them on a Mustang Dyno for some baseline power numbers before they start developing upgrades for them.  The new Camaro ZL1 put down 511 horsepower and 405 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels.  A 15% driveline loss puts the new ZL1 at just over 600 horsepower.

The ZL1 is powered by a supercharged V8 that is rated at 580 horsepower from Chevrolet. While these are pretty decent numbers on the dyno, the performance so far at the track has been hugely disappointing, with the ZL1′s running in the 12′s.

Take a look at the dyne graph and video below:

We had some time with a brand new 2012 BMW 328i Luxury Line  powered by an all new 2.0L Inline 4 TwinPower Turbo engine producing 240 horsepower and 255 ft-lbs of torque through an 8 speed automatic transmission.   We ran some straight line acceleration tests using a Racelogic Performancebox and recorded some pretty impressive numbers from BMW’s entry level 3 series.    We had the car in sport mode with the  traction control systems off and used a slight power brake to around 2,000 RPM.   The car had a slight amount of wheel spin as shown in the video below but was still able to pull off 0-60 MPH in just 5.5 seconds and finish the 1/4 mile in 14.1 seconds at 99.8 MPH.  With a little better launch at a drag strip we expect the 328i to dip in the 13′s which is right inline with the older BMW M3.   Automobile put their 2012 328i on the Dyno and measured 222 horsepower and 245 ft-lbs of  torque to the rear wheels.  With a 16% drive line loss that puts the new 328i at 264 horsepower, which explains how it’s so fast.   We expect some big things for this motor as soon as the tuners start upping the boost and making even more power.

Take a look at the video of the run below:

2012 BMW 328i Dyno Results

Here is a crazy video of a Camaro with some kind of nitrous leak that results in a huge explosion while the driver is still in the car. Looks like nobody was hurt, but it could have been much worse.

Dodge’s new brand, SRT unveiled the 2013 SRT Viper at the New York Auto Show powered by an 8.4L V10 motor with 640 horsepower and 600 ft-lbs of torque.  Take a look at a video of the new Viper below:

Edmunds Inside Line put a McLaren MP4-12C on the Dyno to see how much power the super car is really making.  The McLaren was a bit troublesome to dyno at the beginning due to the electronic limiters on the car not liking how the rear wheels were spinning with the fronts stationary, but eventually they were able put the power down.   The McLaren’s 3.8L V8 Twin Turbo put down 512 horsepower and 415 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels through it’s double clutch transmission.  Using a 15% driveline loss that puts the car at around 604 horsepower which is a little higher than it’s 592 horsepower rating.

An earlier test by Inside Line had this McLaren running 0-60 MPH in just 3.2 seconds and running the 1/4 mile at 11.01 @ 131.5 MPH.

Stock 2012 Mclaren MP4-12C Dyno Sheet Details