Hope this isnt a repost.

GTs mods-
- SCT Tuned - MMR Cold Air Intake - FRPP Boss 302 Intake Manifold - FRPP 4.10 Gears - Flowmaster Hushpower Mufflers - Steeda Ultralites - Steeda Tri-Ax Short Shifter - Steeda Upper 3rd Link (Upper Control Arm) - BMR Lower Control Arms - M/T ET Streets 275 40 17 @ 11 PSI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdCO5...eature=related

 

I wonder if that Boss used launch control and/or the Red Key.

Good video!

 

Is there a difference of 2 MPH Boss vs. GT - 118.4x - 116.4x?

It's really difficult to read the display.

 

Launch control is part of trackey and trackey won't be available until early summer.

 

Late summer now.

 

Great vid. SOme of he people posting comments are saying he'd beat the boss (high 11s) with a new CAI. Interesting. Thoughts?

 

Lol the 11 should've taken that thing with those mods.

 

Only power mods I see are cai and tune. The results make sense to me. Was the boss on dr too? It appeared to be. I thought the consensus was that the cai didn't particularly matter on 5.0s it was more the tune. Is that correct.

 

Maybe the 4.10 made a difference?

 

yeah, i guess. i was once told that the difference between a 4.10 and a 3.73 wasnt that great, not sure how true it is. what i meant was the results looked appropriate to me in that race considering the mods the 11 had.

 

The Boss intake manifold seems to make a big difference power wise also.

 

Looks to me like that race was won on the launch. You can see the 11 bog a little at the start.

 

Yeah, why are people overlooking this major modification?

If we're just talking raw HP, there's no reason a motivated drag racer can't make an '11 beat a stock Boss. Big whoop - doesn't make it a Boss at a car show or on a track. The forged pistons and lightweight valvetrain of the Boss will still win after each is modded to the max.

 

yeah i was thinking power mods over the boss when i wrote my original post. no one is arguing that a 5.0 cant be made to beat a boss, at the strip or the track. it's pretty impressive that the boss beat the car bone stock though.

 

I don't think the 4.10s helped make the 11 faster. May have cost an extra shift.

 

That all depends on rear tire size. With tall (bigger diameter) DR's, the 4.10's would probably help.....

 

do we know if the boss was stock? =]

 

Nope. It had the window sticker mod.

 

From a power stand point they probably increased torque by about 9-10% +/- , you can get a an idea of how much road force this generates IIRC by multiplying torque x trans ratio x final drive / OD radius of rear tire. You can also figure out what sort of HP is at work there by taking the final road force number and pluging it into the standard HP formula.

Besides offering greater traction while accelerating , a taller tire also reduces torque because your applying force from the wrong end of the lever.

But you have to factor this in which may or may not be as big an issue depending on what technique (ie speed/power shifting) the driver uses and how fast the driver can shift as Cusp mentioned.