I'm still new to the CSVT world. Hell, new to FWD vehicles period. Been racing Mustangs for the past 10 years and only recently picked up my 99 CSVT so don't kill me here..
What I don't understand is how there can be SVT's with 3L swaps, turbo's, etc claiming 400 +/- fwp, yet, only lay down mph's of 103-107 mph in the 1/4? It doesn't add up. At the track, there are two general guidlines for judging cars that go down the track... E.T. and MPH. ET is an indication of how well a car us using the hp it is making. MPH is an indication of how much hp the car is making at a given vehicle weight (for the most part).
I understand a fwd vehicle is simply not going to 60' like a rwd vehicle would with weight tranfer. But, with all things being equal, the mph should still be there. Case in point..
My last Mustang went a best of 11.87 @ 113 mph with a 1.58 60' with a 5-speed and 5,500 rpm launches on M/T ET Street tires. It weight 3,080 lbs with me and put down 312 rwhp on the dyno (N/A 302 ci). I went to the track one day on regular street radials and spun all the way through 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd. Ended up running slipping and sliding 12.9 @ 112 mph with a 2.0 60'. Obviously ET was greatly effected with the absance of traction, but mph was reletively the same.
I have not weight my CSVT yet, but it seems they weigh around 3,000-3,300 lbs from what I have seen posted. Even spinning its butt off, a car making 400 hp at that weight should still see 110-115 mph MINIMUM at the track. Its GOT to hook at some point. That's when the hp should come into play. I can go to the track this weekend and see Hondas running 13.0's @ 120 mph.
So, someone explain to me why these motor swapped/turbo'd/nitrous CSVT's are going 103-107 mph?