I do agree with you ..... but maybe for 1 cold pull.
I doubt a single production car is built for back to back pulls, besides maybe some select supercars. Some will definitely be better than others at it, but not a single one will have been engineered with this as something that needs to be accomplished.
yeah i agree with you. I doubt they are thinking about that either.
Inconsistent power delivery due to insufficient cooling are borderline infuriating to me, it was the single biggest gripe I had about my Mazdaspeeds and why I went to all the trouble to replace the top mounts with front mounts. Owners concerned about increased spool time shouldn't be, in my experience aftermarket coolers have more efficient airflow characteristics than OEM, so spool time isn't really affected, just check out the graph.
we tracked a 2013 m5 that had water to air intercoolers, wasnt a problem even for track events. is that a supercar?
I agree.. real airflow vs a 3000cfm fan is a big part of it.
Theres a video of a Porsche 911 Turbo S doing 50 back to back launch controls, always the same 0-60 time. Not a supercar
I was thinking the same thing - that car in that video had the ceramic brakes or something as well which is like a 10k option on the Porsche. So just likea Kia Soul really just with a bit more power and less seating. 404 error - no supercar found here <wink>
This is how I look at it. The NSX, a car widely accepted as a supercar and has pretty similar performance to the 911 turbo and turbo S variants. If you were to even do so little and just compare them by price and stats, the 911 turbo S is higher in both.
So is racecar, sportscar, pony car, muscle car, hypercar and so on.
I'd like to know what defines a supercar to you. I'm going to assume you exclude the Viper ACR and Z06 from supercar status if you'd so easily discount a 911 Turbo S.
My camaro zl1 had zero issues being supercharged running an air to water intercooler. I could easily do 5-6 pulls with no significant power loss. Only on a dyno would there be an issue. It was also 700hp and it made almost 15 psi which is a lot for a v8. My wife’s mercedes c300 can do 4-5 pulls without significant power loss. It’s a serious problem with type r. It’s not just from lack of cooling it’s also how the tune is made. I can have up to 150 iat without a lot of power loss now but i have intercooler custom tune and radiator. I didn’t have to change either in my zl1 to upgrade from 580 to 700hp. Most air to water intercoolers are far more consistent. It’s air to air that is inconsistent. The theory that no car is built for back to back pulls is subjective based upon expectations of the car. Too many people think the max output is a must hit not what the car is designed to make. There are some underrated and some overrated engines. Keep in mind the type r broke the fwd record around Nürburgring with that tiny intercoooer. It’s designed to be in constant motion not drag racing.
