We’ve seen dozens of new 2014 Corvette Stingray’s hitting the 1/4 mile since they started hitting the streets a few weeks ago with the first few going low 12′s.   It was just a matter of time until someone brought one to ATCO Raceway which is well known for it’s great weather, excellent track prep and very quick 1/4 mile times.

Take a look at this Crystal Red Tintcoat C7 with the 6 speed automatic transmission running well into the 11′s in stock form down to the factory provided tires.   The best pass was 11.67 @ 119 6 MPH.   There was a VBOX on board that recorded 0-60 MPH in 3.7 seconds and a 60-130 time of 10.6 seconds.

On a Mustang Dyno, this car made 379 horsepower and 380 ft lbs of torque to the rear wheels.

Take a look at the videos, timeslips, dyno graphs and pictures below.

Stock 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Automatic 1/4 Mile Data

AMS Performance out of Chicago set a world record for the quickest and fastest Nissan GT-R with their Alpha Omega shop car.   With a specially built 4.0L motor, monster size turbos pushing 42 psi along with a host of other AMS parts, this monster GT-R with 1,800+ horsepower became the first GT-R to dip in the 7′s with a 7.984 @ 186.14 MPH.

Some other stats from the pass were 0-60 MPH in just 1.72 seconds and a 60-130 time if 2.67 seconds.   Check out the timeslip, pictures and video below.  If your ready to join this exclusive fraternity head on over to AMS Performance with your GT-R and a large checkbook to start the pledge process!

AMS Alpha Omega GT-R Data

While we’ve done quite a few tests with the 2012 and 2013 Tesla Model S 85 Performance, we recently had some seat time in Tesla’s base model, the Model S 60 kWh.  The base Model S with the 60 kWh battery is rated at 302 HP (225 kW) and 317 ft-lbs of torque.   Tesla claims a 0-60 MPH time of 5.9 seconds and a 1/4 mile of 14.2 but as we’ve seen in the past with the high end Model S 85 performance, Tesla seems under rate their cars, so we decided to bring out the VBOX and test it out.

This Model S was equipped with the 19″ wheels, technology package,  no panoramic roof and was painted in what we think is not the best color for the Model S, BROWN.  We charged up the Model S 60 to it’s full capacity (208 EPA rated miles) and headed out for a few runs.   The Model S 60 was amazing consistent running 3 consecutive 0-60 MPH runs in just 5.1 seconds with 0-100 MPH coming in at 12.8 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 13.7 @ 102.8 MPH.  This is significantly  quicker and faster than what Tesla quotes and actually beats Tesla’s numbers for the Tesla Model S 85 Non-Performance. View our world record run for the Model S Performance.

We noticed that the while on full throttle, the Tesla Model S 60 was showing a peak power of 240 kW on the digital dash display, this is a little higher than what Tesla lists on their website, 225 kW.   So maybe they are sending out these base models with a bit more power.   The Model S 85 is rated at 270 kW (362HP) and the 85 Performance at 310 kW (416 HP).

We put together two videos, one of just the Model S 60 and another that shows the Model S 60 vs the 85 Performance digital dashes side by side from 0-114 MPH.   Both runs were done on the same road but at different times, enjoy!

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We did some more testing with the McLaren MP4-12C in an attempt to get the best 0-60 MPH time we could on the street with street tires.   The McLaren’s launch control system along with it’s 7 speed SSG transmission does a great job putting down the 3.8L V8 Twin Turbo’s 616HP to the ground.

With just a slight hint of wheel spin from the stop, the McLaren rockets ahead hitting 60 MPH in 2.8 seconds and 100 MPH in just 6 seconds flat as per the in car VBOX.   Tires on the McLaren were street legal Toyo R888′s which are the same compound and tread wear rating as the Pirelli Corsa’s that are available on the McLaren from the factory.

This 0-60 MPH time matches the 2012 Nissan GT-R we tested with it’s advanced AWD systems and brutal 4,100 RPM launch control.  Having tested both cars, the MP4-12C’s launch control feels much easier and less abusive than the GT-R.   By looking at the VBOX graph below you can see why, the Nissan GT-R comes off the line super hard with a peak of 1.13 G, while the McLaren MP4-12C comes out softer at .98 G.   About 2 seconds into the run you can see the tides turn with the McLaren’s G forces staying higher while the Nissan’s drop.

The lines intersect at 60MPH and from there on the McLaren continues on hitting 100 MPH a full second before the Nissan.  It should be noted that this graph does not account for the normal 1 foot roll out, which is why the 0-60 times in the graph are at 3 seconds instead of 2.8 seconds.  There is a new player in off the line acceleration even without AWD, Aventadors, 911 Turbos and GT-Rs beware.  Check out the graph and videos below!

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The team at SRT sent us a 2013 SRT Viper in Bright White to test out at the StreetCarDrags event at Palm Beach International Raceway on April 7th, 2013.   The all new SRT Viper is powered by an 8.4L V10 with 640 horsepower and 600 ft-lbs of torque  with a 6 speed manual transmission.

Our test car came in with 2,500 miles on the clock and was equipped with a set of Mickey Thompson drag radials to help out with traction at the drag strip.  However, the tires were taller than the stock SRT Viper sizes making the SRT Viper’s already long gearing, especially 1st gear even longer which plagued us with a bog after the initial launch that we just couldn’t get away from.   We tested launching Viper manually as well as with the all new launch control system.  Results between the two launching methods were similar although our best run of the day  11.1 @ 127.4 MPH was using the launch control system.  VBOX data shows 0-60 MPH time of  3.1 seconds, 0-100 MPH in 7.1 seconds with a 60-130 MPH time of 8.08 seconds.

To launch the new SRT Viper using launch control we staged the car with the traction control system off and pressed the launch button on the steering wheel.   A message in the digital gauge cluster indicates to launch when ready.  With the clutch pedal depressed and the car in 1st gear we then applied 100% throttle.  The Viper would then rev and hold at 5,5k RPM at which time we released the clutch at a moderate tempo.  Having done a burnout beforehand the tires were sticky and the car would come off nicely with no wheel spin.  However as you can see in the videos, the long 1st gear would give us a decent bog near the end of the 60′ mark which would really slow us down thereby keeping us just out of the 10′s.

Weather was also not optimal being hot and humid with a Density Altitude (DA) over 1,200 feet.   With the right weather and a shorter drag radial or even stock tires (Pilot Cup Sports or similar), we’re confident the new SRT Viper will be into the 10′s.

We didn’t get a chance to get the car on the Dyno, but Edmunds had a pre-production car on the their dyno where it put down 558 HP and 528 ft-lbs of torque at the wheels.  Using a 14% driveline loss that puts the SRT Viper at around 648 HP.

Take a look at the pictures, videos, timesilps and vbox data below:

2013 SRT Viper Data Sheet

2013 SRT Viper Video

2013 SRT Viper Pictures

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VBOX: 60-130 MPH Time: 8.08 Seconds

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

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

We had some time with the brand new 2013 Nissan GT-R and ran it through some dyno and drag racing tests to get some real world data Nissan’s latest version of it’s flagship car.   For 2013 the Nissan GT-R was updated a host of minor enhancements.  Power from the 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo was increased 15HP and 15 ft-lbs of torque over the 2012 model with a total of 545 HP and 463 ft-lbs of torque.  Additional features for the 2013 model year include upgrades to the DCT transmission as well as suspension.  While the list of 2013 changes is small the bump in price was huge, increasing over $6,000 from the 2012.  Our test car was the Solid Red Premium Model with a MSRP of $98,100.

First stop was over at at HP Logic in West Palm Beach, FL to get some baseline dyno numbers for the 2013 Nissan GT-R and compare it against the 2012 we tested last year.  The 2013 Nissan GT-R showed a very modest increase in power with 480 horsepower and 430 ft-lbs of torque at all 4 wheels.  This is a peak of 6 horsepower and 10 ft-lbs of torque increase over the 2012 GT-R we tested on the same dyno last year.  There are larger increases in power and torque for the 2013 over the 2012 in the lower RPM’s as shown in the graph which contribute to the 2013′s harder launches and quicker 0-60 MPH times shown later.

After the dyno session we headed a few miles north to Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR) for their Test and Tune night where the weather was in the high 70′s with a Density Altitude (DA) hovering around 1,300 feet.   For the first run down the track we engaged the R-Start Mode (AKA Launch Control) and left the transmission in Auto Shifting Mode.   The car came off the line brutally hard with zero wheel spin and recorded a 60′ time of 1.61 seconds, but for some reason the car did not make the 1st to 2nd gear shift and the run was botched.   We immediately brought the car back to the line and used Manual Shifting Mode and the same thing happened, after pulling an even better 60′ time of 1.60, when we pulled the (+) paddle at 6,900 RPM, the car hesitated on the shift.

Not sure what to do next, we let the car cool down and power cycled it a few times before  trying again.  We then tried Auto Shifting Mode again, and this time, as well as the rest of the night, the car shifted perfectly in both Auto and Manual modes.  This run netted a slower 60′ time of 1.64 and finished the 1/4 mile at 11.01 @ 123.18 MPH.  As the night went on and more cars started running the track prep deteriorated and the car started to slightly spin on the launch, thereby slowing down the times a bit from 11.04 to 11.1 with the highest trap speed coming in at 123.94 MPH.  The 2012 we tested last year ran 11.07 @ 124.45 with a 1.64 60′ as well in slightly better weather with a DA of 1117 feet.

The Racelogic Performancebox (VBOX) recorded a 0-60 MPH time of just 2.78 seconds and a 60-130 MPH time of 9.3 seconds.  Last year the 2012 GT-R we tested ran 0-60 MPH in 2.9 seconds and a 60-130 MPH time of 9.4 seconds.

While we didn’t get the 2013 Nissan GT-R to break into the 10′s we’re very confident that car will dip into the high 10′s with better weather or one those hard launches we had at the beginning of the night with the car shifting properly.  We’ll be trying again soon so keep checking back.

UPDATE (4-26-2012):  We ran the car again running a 10.87 @ 125.2 MPH.

Browse through the timeslips, pictures, dyno graphs and videos below.

• Complete 2013 Nissan GT-R Data

2013 vs 2012 Nissan GT-R Dyno Comparison

2013 Nissan GT-R Dyno Video

2013 Nissan GT-R Drag Racing Video

2013 Nissan GT-R 60-130 Graph

While the 2012 Nissan GT-R has been on the streets for a couple months now, Cobb Tuning has been working hard on cracking and tuning the new GT-R’s updated ECU to allow for boost and power.  Cobb has succeeded and HP Logic in West Palm Beach, FL is one of the first tuning shops to start testing the new software upgrades.

We took the same 2012 Nissan GT-R we tested back on March over to Jack at HP Logic to see what the new software from Cobb can do.   We hooked up the Cobb AccessPort to the 2012 GT-R and after about 10 minutes the updated software was installed and we were ready to go.   The results were impressive on the dyno, the same 2012 GT-R that put down 474 horsepower and 420 ft-lbs of torque in stock form now produces 528 horsepower and 512 ft-lbs of torque at the wheels, a pick-up of 54 horsepower and 95 ft-lbs of torque.  Using the same 13% driveline loss as we used back in March this 2012 GT-R is now producing over 600 horsepower.   Even more impressive are the gains in mid-range powerband where the car picked up over 100 horsepower.

After the tuning and dyno sessions at HP Logic were finished up we headed over the Palm Beach International Raceway to see what the tuned up 2012 Nissan GT-R could do at the drag strip.  Our first run was the best, the car was an absolute monster off the line ripping off an amazing 60′ time of 1.58 and finishing the 1/4 mile at 10.74 @ 127.45 MPH.  We had a Racelogic VBOX in the car as well that recorded a 0-60 MPH time of just 2.7 seconds and peak G forces of 1.24 Gs.  We made a few more runs at the track but as the night went on the track prep deteriorated and the GT-R had some wheel spin off the line producing some more runs in the 10.8 range with a top trap speed of 127.95 MPH.

We expect some better times in the 10.60′s at 129-130 MPH with some better  weather as the Density Altitude (DA) was just over 2,000 feet with temps around 88 degrees for our testing.  It should also be noted that we are running the first revision of the 2012 Nissan GT-R software and additional power gains are expected in the next few weeks.  Take a look at the dyno graphs, timeslips and in car video below:

2012 Nissan GT-R Cobb AP HP Logic Tune Test Results

We’re giving away a Racelogic VBOX PeformanceBox valued at $499 to the DragTimes.com FaceBook fan that obtains the most number of “Likes” for their car. To participate in the contest simply email a picture of your car to facebook@dragtimes.com. Once your car is posted on our FaceBook contest gallery page share the photo/link to your friends and get as many “Likes” as possible. The picture with the most likes on July 4th, 2011 @ 12 PM EST will win the VBOX PeformanceBox.

The PerformanceBox is suited to:

• Straight-line performance: 0-60, 0-100, 60-130, 60-0, 0-100-0, ¼-mile etc.
• Horsepower calculation: calculate both wheel and flywheel HP.
• Lap Timing: using GPS, there is no need for an external lap timing beacon. Accurate to 1/10th of a second.
• Speed and Compass display: use it as a super-accurate speedometer, updating 10 times per second, to calibrate or verify your vehicle’s speedometer.

No matter how you use the PerformanceBox, it logs your speed, position, G-forces, and distance to its memory card ten times every second for detailed analysis in the included software.  View your performance and lap data on the PerformanceBox’s built-in display, and log all your data to the SD memory card. Saved data files can easily be stored and compared, to see the difference between cars, drivers, parts, or setups.

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