Have you ever ever questioned whether or not a street automobile (albeit a extremely modified one) can sustain with a GT3 race automobile throughout a quarter-mile drag race and rolling race?
Effectively, marvel no extra. We’ve lined up a beastly 1200hp RAM 1500 TRX, which is each twin-turbocharged and supercharged, alongside a Ferrari 296 GT3 race automobile, which is presently doing obligation within the GT World Problem.
The RAM is tuned by Dontex Efficiency, whereas the Ferrari is being raced by the Come up Racing GT workforce.
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The automobiles
1200hp Ram TRX
Tuned by Dontex Efficiency, this RAM TRX just isn’t solely supercharged, however twin-turbocharged.
It makes round 1200hp (over 880kW of energy) and we’ve fitted the full-size pickup with drag radials to make sure it will get some type of traction. However whereas it makes round 1200hp, it’s each heavy and never very aerodynamic. So this shall be an in depth one!
With out the Dontex mods, the usual RAM TRX packs a supercharged 6.2-litre V8 producing 523kW of energy and 882Nm of torque.
Ferrari 296 GT3 race automobile
In contrast to the 296 GTB street automobile, the GT3 racer doesn’t use hybrid know-how for an acceleration enhance. As a substitute, it employs a twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 and sends torque to the rear wheels.
It pumps out 447kW of energy and 712Nm of torque, and weighs simply 1250kg — in comparison with round 3000kg for the RAM.
The outcomes
There’s no prize for guessing how the standing-start drag race went. The RAM comprehensively demolished the Ferrari.
| Automotive | 0-100km/h | 80-120km/h | 0-200km/h | 0-400m (quarter-mile) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200hp RAM TRX | 3.1s | 1.69s | 9.77s | 10.71s @ 208.18km/h |
| Ferrari 296 GT3 race automobile | 4.46s | 1.77s | 10.86s | 11.75s @ 209.81km/h |
In actual fact, the race sequence this specific automobile competes in solely has rolling begins, so the workforce wanted time to finetune the automobile to get its launch efficiency sorted. Even then there wasn’t sufficient traction to get it off the road cleanly.
It didn’t assist that the floor of our runway has some very free gravel and that the automobile was operating wets…
That each one modified with the rolling begin, although. That’s when the Ferrari got here into its personal and ended with a end that noticed it simply nostril forward of the mighty RAM.
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