Gutted Plaid vs Rail Dragster! Intense 1/4 Mile Action! Our Most Ambitious Race Ever! In 4K UHD!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- August 25th, 2022 at Bradenton Motorsports Park! (1/4 mile).
The Plaid is weight-reduced and running on the stock Pirelli P Zeros on 19” wheels.
(Backseats and most rear material removed. Both front seats are still IN PLACE, along with all door panels, airbags, speakers and subwoofer.)
VIDEO INDEX:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Bradenton Motorsports Park Aug 25, 2022
0:31 Enter the Dragster
1:25 Dragster Burnout
2:20 Plaid Trees the Dragster!
3:23 Thumbs Up
3:31 Time Slip
3:43 Closing Comments
4:04 Preview of Next Video
TIME SLIP: ET, MPH, 60-ft, Reaction, 1/8mi
Plaid: 9.21*, 150.61, 1.48, 0.006!, 5.98@119.53
Rail: 9.00**, 108.61, 1.22, 0.026, 5.33@132.66
* = Did not get all the way to “Launch Mode Ready”
** = Lifted before end of track
(Started at 89% Battery SOC, ended at 86%)
Thanks to the dragster driver (Eric) for this fun race!
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That 0.006 reaction time! Damn!
👍 We needed everything we could get without a red light! And if you like that RT, check out what we were able to do (3 times in a row!) to a faster car on this other race night: th-cam.com/video/rNBlgvR1R8o/w-d-xo.html
Man, that must be a hell of a thing to stand next to when it launches, let alone racing it. I don't personally know the different classes of dragster, or the power it's putting out, but it's great to watch. And it didn't disappear up the road as so much as slowly pull away from the Plaid. Love your content. :)
Slowly pull away?! Lol
It’s only making around 600 HP. It’s very slow by dragster standards.
@1:56 'Im gonna grab my bulb'
Hold onto your bulbs!!!!
Great editing on that outro with the guy in motion giving the thumbs up!
Your reaction time was very impressive congrats!!
Also 1/4 in 9.*2*!!!
That was a cool race!
Great times Bb! And the Yellow Fairmont (shown at end of video) was similarly intense! Video posting next Tuesday...
it makes me wonder what the potential would be if Telsa developed the plaid with a 4th motor.
It would be a 270 mph beast
Gotta leave something for the roadster.
Wow! I’ve never seen one of those! It reminds me of wood class back in middle school when we would build them and C02 race them! That thing moves!!
Stout, is when you’re not afraid to take on anyone or anything. No excuses!
I thought you were going to beat that dragster 😁
👍We’ve raced several dragsters, and the result was not always the same: th-cam.com/play/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT.html&si=UF_W_yecgqKOGTRr
Great light!!!
Thanks Jake! I knew his reaction was going to be good, so I put my best foot (leadfoot) forward 👍
I like the plaid but how would it do against top fuel, nitromethane, hemi, I believe 11,000 hp.
the rail was already running, it's engine's mass was already in motion, you had to start your motors from a dead stop. try building it so the motors run full time with a clutch, than rev them before the launch, the outcome will be different.
That was nuts! LOL
We will line up against ANYBODY 👍 (who is able to keep it in their own lane)
That dragster is a family car too. You can for all the in-laws in it. Trust me, it can be MADE to work.
Imagine the tesla roadster against the Rail Dragster that will be a race i'd love to see can't wait for the roadster
Be a blowout. 5.30s in the 1/8.
Roadster with SpaceX package.
Wonder if the Dragster shut off early because of the shut off area at the end of the dragstrip for him to stop. impressive race though.
Take care.
His gearing won’t let him run the full 1320 feet, as the engine would hit redline in top gear long before that 👍
Well, you know what the next competition tier looks like now. I enjoyed watching that! I mean it's a DRAGSTER!. Sure, he walked away from you. But if you were in your average fast car, he would have just been a dot at the end of the drag strip. The Plaid already creates a surreal racing experience compared to normal, or even fast cars. But this dragster is clearly at another level. 🏎☢
And worth noticing, if the Dragster did shut down right at the 1/8th mile (which is what is sounds like in the video), then his "top speed" on this pass was roughly 133-135MPH (time slip says 132.6MPH at the 1/8mi trap). Meanwhile the Plaid hit 150.6MPH at the 1/4mi trap and and 157 indicated after the trap. So while the *quickness* of this Dragster is beyond any doubt, what is its actual "top speed" capability with its current gearing? Perhaps a fair amount below the Plaid? We know these guys are very motivated to set their gearing to hit redline in top gear at the distance they are racing to (for maximum quickness). So maybe 135MPH might be all that this Dragster can do in its current configuration? I'm not saying the Plaid would run a 5.30ET in the 1/8mi if geared for a 135MPH top speed, but it would certainly run faster than the 5.90s that it currently runs (with the current Plaid gearing that supports well over 200MPH).
@@TeslaPlaidChannel I think it’s more likely he slowed down to not get booted from the drag strip.
@@logan594 Ha! He’s legal to a lot faster MPH than a car with no roll cage…
@@TeslaPlaidChannel There are parachute requirements if you go too fast, so he’s just checking his 1/8 mile. My neighbor does same thing when hes launch testing, he runs mid 7’s in 1/4 mile. You could be right that it’s gearing, but I doubt it.
@@logan594 The dragster has the chute, and note that even Top Fuel dragsters don’t run the full 1/4 anymore, they run 1000ft only. And at this track, all the fastest cars seem to run 1/8th mile only. We fully understand. For those of us that run thousands and thousands of passes, going 150+MPH that frequently is a *much* more serious safety risk for just a recreational hobby. It takes *4* times more energy to stop a car from those 1/4 mile speeds vs 1/8th (whether stopping it via the brakes or a jersey wall 😳)
looks like tesla needs 1000 hp more to beat this
Yeah, he's quick but can he pick up groceries at the corner store?
Based on the horsepower calculators that dragster is only making a little over 600 HP. Interesting matchup.
That’s why the dragster has a far superior power-to -weight ratio, as it weighs about 1400 pounds. Each HP is only pulling slightly more than 2 pounds, where the Plaid, even with the weight removed, is still over 4600 pounds, for well over 4 per HP.
I thought your gutting would at least get you into the 9.0x range, do you feel it was worth it? That Canadian firm that ran a 8.77 is supposed to be selling Something ( a new chip?) that may be available for a Plaid to run basically as a Plaid + mode. Have you explored that option? Believe it is Ingenext Auto in Quebec. Might be worthwhile to look at their website!....Also like to make note that the C8 Corvette twin turbo by LMR last weekend ran an 8.83 at 160 MPH, certainly like to see a PLAID BEAT that impressive mark!
👍 The specific weight that we removed was most definitely worth it. We are consistently faster than any of the stock Plaids at the dragstrip (we are running 9.15-9.25 while they run 9.35 and up, or slower with 21” wheels). Meanwhile, there’s no reduction in comfort at all. Both Tesla front seats remain (no one had ever ridden in our backseat in a full year). All airbags remain. All 20 stereo speakers remain. All mirrors (inside and out) remain. The center console remains. The dashboard remains. Both display screens remain. It remains more comfortable than a Corvette 👍
Meanwhile, my friend Miguel took gutting to the limit. Not remotely NHRA legal for about 5 different reasons (airbags, mirrors, modified brakes, no cage, no dashboard warning lights, maybe other reasons, seatbelts?). That’s all fine for him, but we prefer to stay NHRA legal so that our THREE local tracks that all very actively *restricted* us last year (BMP, OSW, Gainesville) don’t have a reason to restrict us again. If we did half of what Miguel did, then we’d only be able to run at our 1/8th mile track (Showtime).
👍And I’ll ask Miguel about that Plaid + modification next time I talk to him. (He’s the 8.7 Plaid in Canada)
@@TeslaPlaidChannel I think that the conversion rate puts 8.7 Canadian = 9.2 American.😏
@@deanmcmanis9398 🤣🤣🤣 Best comment of the day! 🤣🤣🤣
@@deanmcmanis9398
Haha
Dxy (Dixie) wins again!
Wow man that Tesla is so fast
You mean so slow lol
Hi, why do you not fold wing mirrors?
They don’t fold flat by a long shot. They are actually *less* aerodynamic when “folded”, because you get a large flat and blunt front edge instead of an aerodynamic front facing edge. The “folding” is only to reduce width for parking and such. If you Google an image of a folded Model S side mirror, you’ll see what we mean…
If the dragster didnt slow down his 1/4 mile would have been 8 seconds
Yep, 8s for sure - Too bad it didn't have enough gearing to go the full 1320 feet
Te va mejor del lado izquierdo
Translation of above: "It's better for you on the left side". My Reply: "Cierto algunas veces. Pero, cualquier carril en el que pueda obtener un tiempo de reacción de 0.00 es bueno para mí." (Translation: "True some of the time. But, any lane where I can get a 0.00 Reaction Time is good for me"
@@TeslaPlaidChannel ok. Cierto Pues vida..
Tesla could do the same if you just remove 600kg from that 2Ton master Lol
The full video was less than 5 minutes???? And left us hanging regarding a race with BMW
The races with the BMW M8 Competition and that yellow Big Tire Ford Fairmont will be posted in our next video soon 🎥
(We try to post a shorter one like this every once in awhile since most of our videos are 20-30 minutes, yet a few of our viewers have asked for some shorter ones that are easier to share)
In case you haven’t come across the full video yet with all the races, here it is: th-cam.com/video/_6CLVxWdqHc/w-d-xo.html
that thing slowed down to take a quick bathroom break before crossing the quarter 🤣 and Tesla was still 5 business's days away 😂
Super-quick for sure, but then it’s called “running out of gear”. His top speed is likely around 135MPH, so he hits red line after 1/8th mile. (Racers gear their cars to be as quick as possible within their racing distance only.) The Tesla went over 150MPH, even 157MPH after the traps. Maybe a good 20-30MPH higher top speed than the dragster. What would a longer race look like? 🤔
I raced a "gutted" civic years ago, actually wona phantasm shootoutrace at rockingham dragway once. Drove the car there and drove the car home. It weighed spot on 2,000 pounds with a cage and turbo. Taking the seats out of a car does not make it "gutted".
👍 I hear ya, yet "gutted" means different things to different people. Can't tell you how many people at the *dragstrip* walk past it and say "I can't believe you gutted it!". So according to your definition, I need to correct every one of these nice folks? Or maybe we could discuss whether "letting the other car go first" is called the "move", the "hit", or the "break"? Surely you have a preference but does that really mean it's the *only* way to say it?
Besides, have *you* walked past the car? It has a WHOLE LOT more than just the seats taken out. My office is full of the parts: All the flooring, sound deadening, side panels, everything inside the frunk, etc.
No turbo civic is beating a plaid idc if it has 2500 hp
@@LSDdreams808 do you have any idea what you are saying ? No. As an aside, my civic was only a 10 second car, but my neighbor had a civic that went went mid 8's as i recall at around 175. . Howard Shoaf is his name , and his videos are all over youtube ( rlz engineering) . I think it was around 900 h.p
Nice run
I hate dragsters
Don't see the point
The track officials let them hog the track here in Georgia
Literally wait 4 hours for maybe 2 passes while these jerkoff drag only cars have free reign
It's a good thing rail dragsters aren't street legal because they'd be a bitch to park in a parking ramp.😁
i thought the plaid was gutted out? 🤔
Yep, see Description for details of exactly what has been removed…
Cool race!!
He beat you, but did drive it to the track, and stop for milk on way home with his car?? Lol
He spent 30 minutes getting it all trailered up
Spent another 15 getting his ridiculous racing suit off
Still can't hear too good
A family car lost to a dragster. Shocking.
Different result last time: th-cam.com/video/jiAOkB3YPns/w-d-xo.html
And two more races here, did pretty well for a 4-door family car vs a short wheelbase dragster! th-cam.com/video/52m_bWe02cs/w-d-xo.html
Let's be honest, the Tesla Plaid is not a "family car" With a price tag in Canada at around 250k (enough money for 4 real family cars) you won't see mom running the kids out to soccer practice in this vehicle. What we no for sure - the Plaid is a purpose built performance vehicle that represents some of the best EV technology on the planet today. It's also worth noting that the dragster is far from the best technology available today in the ICE world but still really cool to watch!
@@danieltrudel Depends on where you live I guess. I see them around town sometimes and I'm sure there's a lot I don't notice because the badge isn't exactly all that obvious - I think all the ones I've noticed have been parked. In any case they're not really considered exotic or anything. But I see one fairly often at the gym, although he might be going into the Panda Express.
@@danieltrudel
Okay so it's a family car for a _rich_ family. It's still designed to be a family car, and the Plaid version is _barely_ redesigned on the outside.
Unless you 2,000+hp nothing is beating a plaid. Iv seen plaids embarrassing 1800 hp gtrs like they are standing still