Take a look at this Infiniti G37 loaner car that was taken to the drag strip and ended up running the best time ever for a stock Infiniti G37. Powered by a 328HP 3.7L V6 the base model sedan ran an impressive 13.09 @ 106.38 MPH. The VBOX recorded a 0-60MPH time of just 4.78 seconds.  Not bad for a car you can lease for less than $400/month.  Weather was optimal with a DA of -149 feet at Palm Beach International Raceway.

Take a look at the video, pictures and timeslip below:

2013 Infiniti G37 Timeslip

The DFC club was out for a breakfast cruise when one of it’s members in his Lamborghini Aventador proceeds to pull off some pretty wicked AWD donuts in a mall parking lot.   Take a look at this $450k, 700HP V12 smoke machine burn through some expensive tires!

Here is a great video of a 2012 McLaren MP4-12c running heads up against a Ford GT with a pulley, tune and throttle body upgrade in a 1 mile rolling start race.   The McLaren is bone stock and hasn’t had the 2013 factory upgrade done yet that adds another 30-40 horsepower.  We’ve had similar Ford GTs on the dyno putting down 635 horsepower to the rear wheels and we just reported on a non-updated McLaren putting down 517 horsepower to the rear wheels.

The power to weight ratio is pretty close between the two with the McLaren at 5.81 lbs per horsepower and the Ford GT at 5.35 lbs per horsepower.  Can the 7 speed dual clutch SSG transmission in the McLaren make up the difference?  Take a look and see…

A turbo Ford Mustang at South Georgia Motorsports Park gets totally airborne half way down the drag strip.   Take a look at this amazing video and how he recovered without hitting the wall or anything else.

The winner of the GoPro HERO2 Motorsports Edition is Brad driving a Ford Escort ZX2 running high 13′s at Muncie Dragway, IN.

November 30th, 2013
The winner of the GoPro HERO2 Motorsports Edition is Andrew driving a Dodge Neon SRT-4 running low 12′s at Famoso Raceway, CA.

September 21st, 2012
The winner of the Racelogic PeformanceBox is BuraQ with his 2011 BMW 335is running very low 12′s at Palm Beach International Raceway.

We had some time to test out the brand new Tesla Model S Performance at the StreetCarDrags.com event this weekend at Palm Beach International Raceway.    The Tesla Model S Performance is a zero emissions all electric car with an AC induction motor pushing out 416HP and 443 ft-lbs of torque from 0-5,100 RPM.

The Tesla Model S Performance ended up running a best time of 12.371 @ 110.84 MPH with 0-60 MPH coming up in just 3.9 seconds.  The National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) was on site running their Winter EV Nationals and verified the Tesla runs to have set a new world record for the quickest production electric vehicle in the 1/4 mile.

We started out with a full charge on the Tesla which indicated a range of 314 miles, after a 78 mile trip to Palm Beach International Raceway at 70 MPH the Tesla showed a range of 205 miles left.  We made a few passes in the car shortly after arriving and the car was amazingly consistent running two back to back 12.678 passes @ 108 MPH.   We then drove the car over to the RV parking area at the track and plugged into their 240v 40AMP charging station.

After 3 hours the car was fully charged and we made another pass running 12.371 @ 110.84 MPH which was backed up by a few 12.4x passes.   We’re not sure if the increase in performance is due a full battery or having the car cooled down, comments from electron buffs on this?

Our test car was equipped with the 21″ wheel and tire package which weigh more than the standard 19″ wheels.  We’re going to try and get our hands on some of the 19″ wheels to do some more testing to see what kind of performance gain they might have.  We also put the Model S on the scales where it weighed in at 4,690 pounds.

It’s very impressive how a single motor the size of an office trash can propel this 4,690 pound car (4,870 with driver) to 60 MPH in under 4 seconds and runs low 12′s in the 1/4 mile in a rear wheel drive configuration.   Imagine if Tesla put another one of those motors in the front.  An all wheel drive, 832 horsepower electric sedan?  Build it and we’ll be first in line!

We have a lot of video to go through, but here is a teaser of the Tesla Model S racing heads up against a 2005 Dodge Viper SRT10 with exhaust and air filters.

Tesla Model S Performance Drag Racing 1/4 Mile Timeslips

Tesla Model S Performance 0-60 MPH in 3.9 Seconds (VBOX)

Video: Tesla Model S Performance vs Dodge Viper SRT10

Video: Tesla Model S Performance: 12.3 @ 110.8 MPH

Video: Tesla Model S Performance vs Chevrolet Volt

We have some video and dyno results of the first Tesla Model S Performance on a DynoJet in Texas.   With no RPMs to record,  no transmission and instant torque it’s interesting to see how electric cars demonstrate their power on the dyno.  The DynoJet recorded a max power output of 368 horsepower at the wheels at around 55 MPH but from looking at the video they started the dyno run from a pretty good roll.  We think it would have probably made more power if they started earlier.  The power slowly decreases as the Tesla’s speed increases to it’s max speed of 130 MPH and the owner noted all sorts of error lights on the Tesla while on the dyno so it might have been pulling some power back.

We also noted a correction factor of .98 was applied which isn’t necessary since weather/DA should not play a role in the Tesla’s power output.   Adding the 2% back in brings the power to 375HP at the wheels, very impressive from electric motor the size of a small office trash bin.   Tesla specs the power outoput at 416HP and 443 ft-lbs of torque and we’ve seen the Tesla put down 0-60 MPH in just 3.9 seconds and a 1/4 mile time of 12.2 @ 112 MPH.

Take a look at the dyno graph and video below:

Tesla Model S P85 Dyno

Video:

The new SRT Viper was tested by Motor Trend against the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 in a heads up performance comparison down the 1/4 mile and at Laguna Seca Raceway. Powered by a 640 horsepower 8.4L V10 the SRT Viper ran a 11.4 @ 128.7 MPH, which tied the ZR1. The ZR1 edged out the Viper at Laguna Seca Raceway running 1:33.99 vs the Viper at 1:35.77. For $141,990 as well as all of the hype we expected quite a bit better from the reincarnated Viper. The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 with 662 horsepower is just a few clicks slower for under $60,000. We’re hoping to see some better real world numbers for the SRT Viper soon.

Here is a heads up race between a 2005 Ford GT and a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 at the recent StreetCarDrags Event at Palm Beach International Raceway.   The Ford GT has a pulley and tune upgrade by Heffner Performance and the ZR1 is stock.  Both were running on street tires and struggling a bit off the line with the best run of the day for the Ford GT at 11.09 @ 131 MPH and 11.3 @ 128 MPH for the ZR1.  We also weighed both cars with the Ford GT coming in at 3,430 pounds and the ZR1 3,299 pounds.

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