Plaid Drag Racing - Not such a great night

[HighPotential]

My best times are between 6.03 and 6.08 around 119 mph 95% SOC and 42 PSI cool pressure in the tires on prepped (drag strip) surfaces. Can't seem to crack into the 5's. All stock. Nothing removed. Maybe I need to lose a few pounds or wait for a tailwind.

 

[Sam1]

No, I focused on how you had no traction longer than I’ve seen any Plaid at the strip experience - as your argument.

You probably just don't realize it because it may not be making noise due to surface conditions. It doesn't magically go away when the noise isn't present.

 

[Sam1]

For the noodles where the NT05 or the 555r

275/40/19 nt555rii. I haven't ran radials on the front, only the rear.

 

[Kristoffer Helle]

This curve is after tesla removed power from the bottom. and raised the power to keep the same 0-60.
The plaid could easily be a faster car. Just try a P85D P90D. It's quicker from 0-20.
I remember how sad it was going from P85D to P100D. P100D had same slow starts and same slow throttle response as plaid.
But tesla didn't need to replace soo many drive units after doing this.
Same reason every tesla have the worst throttle response in trackmode. Doing the opposite of bmw Mercedes etc

 

[TIppy]

This curve is after tesla removed power from the bottom. and raised the power to keep the same 0-60.
The plaid could easily be a faster car. Just try a P85D P90D. It's quicker from 0-20.
I remember how sad it was going from P85D to P100D. P100D had same slow starts and same slow throttle response as plaid.
But tesla didn't need to replace soo many drive units after doing this.
Same reason every tesla have the worst throttle response in trackmode. Doing the opposite of bmw Mercedes etc

You have to keep in mind that the slopes of those curves at the beginning are the forces on the car in the constant torque region. The Plaid curve isn't quit as steep as the 2019 Raven so the force is less, but the Plaid also weighs less so requires less force to achieve the same acceleration.

 

[WilliamG]

You probably just don't realize it because it may not be making noise due to surface conditions. It doesn't magically go away when the noise isn't present.

I do actually realize this. I’m just saying that the quarter mile example you provided was… well… - terrible.

 

[cptnslo]

275/40/19 nt555rii. I haven't ran radials on the front, only the rear.

Did you actually notice a difference with traction? I’ve been curious about running a radial setup but wasn’t sure if it would be enough gain to make it “worth it”

 

[Sam1]

Did you actually notice a difference with traction? I’ve been curious about running a radial setup but wasn’t sure if it would be enough gain to make it “worth it”

1/4 was roughly the same et with a lower trap.

The difference was negligible. Not enough to stress over it.