Twin Turbo Ford GT

[geekwarrior]

and the winner is

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[Dubstar112]

yeah. The indy car has the power to weight won on that... plus more gears higher revving motor and not being a production vehicle in any means. But thats what it takes to beat a bike by hardly a half second. The bike wasnt turbo, but if it was the car wouldnt be close assuming it keeps the front end down. In that case the indy car i believe would still kick the crap outta that souped up gt!!!?

The boat makes me giggle.

[FactsOfLife]

throw some bars and a 10 inch on the bike, and car = 1st to lose.

[Pneumagger]

That indy car is far superior to the other two... sorry.

You gotta remember, the first gear of an indy car is geared for something like 100+ mph. They are freaking slow off the line - hence they start their races moving and they usually get push starts. Watch later in the video (around 1:20) when the indy car shifts into second and blows past everything like it's standing still. Not to mention, if I was driving and had to maneuver anything moving that fast, you can bet your buns I'd want to be in the formula car - cause the bike and boat handle like crap at excessive speeds when the indy could probably pull a 150mph U-turn.

You realize that active suspensions, ground effect aerodynamics, nitrous oxide, and turbochargers are illegal in formula 1 racing too? Add those to an F1 car and then put something up against it. Total pwnage.

Comparing the best drag bikes to a Formula 1 racer, although both formidable, isn't a fair fight anyways.
How about you compare the best drag bikes to the best Drag Racers
Even then I guess the Bike can be driven on the street - but still, the statement that "a bike is faster than a car" if false.

When a motorcyle hits 330mph in 4.4 seconds, drop me a PM.

[Dubstar112]

What I was getting at is the car is designed for one purpose only. The bike is production based. The car is the farthest from that. I think just the time spent on such a project makes it superior. Indy/forumula cars typically have unlimited budgets allowing for some crazy technology standards... stuff I couldnt dream of. Thats what makes the car superior.

It is what it is, the bike is made for road course, not drag racing. Same with the car. And until I see a time slip from that ford gt showing it can make a competent drag pass, Ill assume that a modded bike would beat it any day.(original discussion)

This is probably more of an apples to oranges discussion but. ya know. AO.org. Apples to Oranges

Um.. it wasnt long ago when turbo charging was allowed in formula racing btw. The rules are lowering effective hp numbers, yet the cars still set record lap times.

I will agree that formula cars do out perform everything on the roadcourse. I did a little formula research just to see the numbers and yeah... they are insane. The whole time in the back of my head I guess i was trying to argue cost vs speed and in that world i believed a bike would win.. irrelevant but atleast i will admit that i wasnt thinkin right.

[Carbon]

Its Still A Ford!

[billybob_81067]

Its Still A Ford!

And therefore is made of win!

[Carbon]

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[Thordic]

Fix Or Repair Daily?

/drives one.
//its very true.

[BeaverEater]

that indy car is about half a million dollars while the bike is 10k, 20k at most. Stick the same amount of money into that bike and the bike will win. Sad thing about the Ford GT is you can get the same numbers from a LS1 camero for a fraction of the cost.

[teufelhunden]

that indy car is about half a million dollars while the bike is 10k, 20k at most. Stick the same amount of money into that bike and the bike will win. Sad thing about the Ford GT is you can get the same numbers from a LS1 camero for a fraction of the cost.

F1 car costs WELL MORE than 500k.

[warbeak2099]

Imports FTW.

/hates domestics

[Pneumagger]

import is a relative term

[geekwarrior]

Imports FTW.

/hates domestics

this type of import?

[Pneumagger]

You know... somewhere, that (and every car) is a domestic.

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