1000HP Dragster vs Gutted Tesla Plaid 1/4 Mile! Fastest We’ve Ever Raced?!? 4K UHD Dragstrip Action!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

3 other Dragsters we’ve raced! kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@Aaron_b_c]

Now you know how all those 10-second cars feel

[@a-sword417]

And that’s a baby Dragster! 😊

[@deanmcmanis9398]

That is a treat to watch! There is no shame in losing to a well prepped dragster. You have certainly had your share of similar races in your Teslas against normal performance cars. Leaving them in your dust as if they weren't even trying.

[@bluejays6223]

I love how every tesla driver thinks they are a race car driver. Combustion engines still win in long and short run

[@5racing]

​@@bluejays6223 yea for small cars an electric can when but high rims for these rockets a electric could never

[@wootuser]

Normal performance cars. WTF does that even mean. there is no normal in performance cars.

[@GeffDover]

bro shut up

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

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[@dathyr1]

Tesla Plaid maybe an awesome EV, But even with that said, it can't beat everything it goes up against. That dragster looked like it was on super glue off the start line. thanks for the video.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍Yep! Drag racers know: “There’s always something faster” 😃

[@buck2.050]

Lollllllllllllllll sad child

[@justsomeguy6474]

You weren't gapped, you were half tracked!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 Sure seemed like it, but we actually hit half track at 6.01, whereas he crossed 1320 at 8.19. (He hit the 1/4mi 1.09 seconds ahead of our 9.28, or about 10-11 car lengths, after he already cut power around 700 feet!)

[@Oliver-ft2fq]

😂😂

[@henrydawson6960]

​@@TeslaPlaidChannelI don't like Tesla's or Elong Tusk but I appreciate your honesty man!👍

[@reggiewest8975]

Where we say (in another county) 😅

[@metalted6128]

You , Andrew are nuts!! Racing that rail!! And I love it!! Exactly why I love your channel!! Great video once again, Andrew!!

[@joeanderson444]

That dragster has a lot more than a 1,000 HP. The 10,000 HP ones run a quarter in 4 seconds. With full steam that one could have run in the low 7s. I'm guessing closer to 2,000 HP, if not, a little more!

[@sarunassurvila7857]

I agree. Here in my country same looking dragster on methanol ran (best) 7,7s and it has about 2000hp. Pretty bad drag strip we have here though. That one in the video is even faster, so at least 2000hp

[@giovannebeistline2575]

Mine has around 1400hp and runs similar numbers. So I believe he has around that number

[@eurika7655]

No that was a baby dragster. Top speed of a top fuel dragster is 338 mph

[@ejohnson3837]

nope. it would of ran a 7.60 and at that weight it is indeed 1,000 hp.

[@speedracerjeff]

Top Fuel and Funny Cars are making 11,000 HP now and run 3s in the 1/4. The fastest Street Outlaws guys in No Prep Kings are running 3.70-3.80 in the 1/8th at 180-200mph, and 5-6s in the 1/4.

[@speedracerjeff]

That dragster race was awesome. Not every day you run up against something like that.

[@jb.2986]

That was AWESOME Andrew! Great to see a Plaid up against this monster. The big question is can he drive his to the grocery store and take his wife out to the movies in that daily driver beast. 😉

[@charlesdwilson2112]

Ask Cleatus with the beast of a ride "Mullet" Elco and he will answer with a smile. Electric is cool but beware for what you ask for. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZCbgIaFfpdnsKc Long haul with drag weeks 1000% proven. Electric is cool yet petro driven is proven.

[@rokitman5753]

Lolz

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

I just imagine you drive with your Plaid with raw eggs and milk in the frunk, dog in the trunk and wife on the seat beside trying to apply the newest most shiniest lipgloss and you encounter a top fuel dragster on the lane besides you. Both stomp on the gas. 😂🤣

[@pinarellocampagnolo3875]

its a dragster you know

[@jb.2986]

@@pinarellocampagnolo3875 yes, exactly my point. 👍🏻

[@mpmassacre91]

I'm not convinced he is going as hard as that dragster can go.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Yet 4.8 seconds in the 1/8th mile at 141MPH is pretty convincing to most of us (for the driver's 2nd pass ever in the dragster that is)

[@pyramusk3264]

Some of them reach 300 miles per hour ​@@TeslaPlaidChannel

[@paulpark1170]

That’s a nice looking sounding and running dragster

[@Tuck_Frump]

That was awesome. Keep up the great races, Andrew.

[@billienomates1606]

That rail was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo quick.

[@charles6084]

Andrew, Damn that dragster was fast. I agree with JB on making runs to the grocery store and I don't think he has a place to put a baby seat in that thing. Great to see you will race any car.

[@haroldleroy5283]

And that's a baby one

[@AnthonyJMendoza-f7i]

That wasn't surprising. Thanks.

[@Steve.Cutler]

That dragster is a beast!! Really says Merica'!!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 And did you see us race the “We The People” dragster? That one has the Stars and Stripes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pouboXyabcZ-jNE

[@alwaysprepared]

Curious if you have something like a hp to weight ratio on both vehicles...

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

This particular Plaid is about 4.5 lbs/HP. (4600/1020HP) This particular dragster (owner said 1000HP and around 1700 lbs) works out to just 1.7 lbs/HP, or roughly a third!

[@alwaysprepared]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Thanx for the info!

[@notJahh]

Even though you exprienced the Plaids mad g Forces over 100 times does it still hit you?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Actually over 500 dragstrip runs in our Plaids, and I'd say I'm "prepared for it" now. When I last punched it in our (mid-10-second) 2019 Tesla S Performance (Raven), it was like "Wow this is SLOW! Where's the power?"

[@acts2211]

Love the reaction time

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

And we love the road to Damascus! The Dragster driver wasn’t giving us anything on the tree this time, after we got the best of him when we raced him in his other dragster: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noapiXSPZqh7nrcsi=AHQvAhshW7UAdEea

[@slartybartfarst9737]

That is great competition, superb slick rail, respect to that build, we know the Plaid is on a looser but hell that gives a good race.

[@iowa_don]

1:57 - Right On!! 👍👍 🤣🤣

[@bb7549]

Great camera perspective!

[@jfro5867]

Pretty awesome. That Tesla is quick.

[@jonfklein]

I love the gear-head talk, although I don't understand half of it.

[@CK-jd7wo-test]

2:31 is the moment that sound triggered a smell memory of racing fuel

[@Rodger16]

You know it’s powerful when it makes a plaid look slow

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Bloody awesome results from a family hack vs a strip car.. Love electric.

[@jiyushugi1085]

Dang, no turbo, no supercharger and it still went like stink.

[@junbead9614]

Andrew I have a question. The rail dragster had a blue digital display above it's engine that read 056. can you tell me what those numbers mean? Thank you for another awesome video!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Every car gets assigned a number at the dragstrip that matches up with the Tech Card that we all must fill out and sign. For most of us, that number is written on the back driver side window. The Dragster doesn’t have a window like that. So they use that digital display for their car number.

[@rokitman5753]

150 in a grocery getter!!! Thats damn near to kool boys

[@Lse380]

Have you considered lighter wheels? Whats the wheight of your current ones? Thanks

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We’ve used a variety of wheels: 19”, 20”, 21”. All weights are shown in this video post: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3Kclaicg6mGopo

[@motortoys9942]

This is what I want to run with the RC car! I got a new one for him lol

[@ndnballin]

Stupid question time. I’m completely ignorant to any race track. But, the strip looks wet. Is it? If not, why the shine?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

That’s the “glue” that they spray onto the track for increased traction 👍. It appears shiny, but is so sticky it will pull your shoes right off if you try to walk on it 😃

[@ndnballin]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Thank you!

[@silcott__]

perfect content to watch while i am on lunch break! Awesome to see some higher hp cars that don’t the a hit as well! These are some of the best ones imo!

[@endosrc]

looked like a super comp car. might've been closer if he had the throttle stop on.

[@joejarone1842]

Andrew, I need to get it out of my system. I have a Plaid and would like to go to the track and try it. I know you need a helmet; what else?.....Thanks, Joe

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Other than a Helmet, all NHRA tracks will list these items that apply to a Plaid running 9s: - Fire jacket, pants and gloves mandatory 9.99 and quicker or exceeding 135 mph. Neck collar mandatory in all cars running 9.99 or quicker or exceeding 135 mph. - Valid NHRA competition license mandatory for cars running 9.99 (*6.39) or quicker. Additionally, to avoid needing a roll cage, all OEM Safety equipment must remain unmodified: Airbags, seatbelts, brakes, etc. [Enforcement may vary, these are the posted rules. I choose to follow every NHRA rule.] See the Bradenton rules at: www.racebmp.com/rules/tnt/

[@pat8988]

Why did the dragster shut down at the ⅛ mile??

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Gearing. If it hits redline in top gear just past the 1/8th mile marker, it will blow its engine if it keeps going to 1320 feet. Most rail dragsters are geared for somewhere between 660 and 1000 feet only, as that gives them maximum quickness (trade off for top speed that they don’t need for the class the are racing in, whether 1/8th mile or 1000 feet)

[@richystar2001]

This race might be different if in the future when someone develops a "Mr Fusion" power adder to electric cars instead of using batteries to get that 1.2 Giggawatts. 😉😘 Until then more power can be squeezed from the mass of petrol than any battery to date.

[@ollikkikk3741]

A fair race would actually be dragster vs Spacex falcon 9 rocket.

[@leetoler9289]

Which also runs on combustible fuel

[@TheMarpalm]

Just for a bit of perspective- top fuel dragsters produce 11,000 horsepower and do 1/4 mile in under 4 seconds (3.7 seconds). Still the Plaid is doing great for a street legal electric car.

[@davidpavlich8939]

Plaid with $20,000 performance pack does a 7’25” lap at the ‘Ring sporting 1000+ HP. Porsche GT3 RS does a 6’49” lap sporting 518 HP. Just pointing out that racing sometimes requires turning and braking. 😉

[@stevenmshawzy]

Hey Andrew, I love watching you race. Keep up the good work. Go Tesla Plaid!

[@stanspb763]

That rail looked really well sorted out, very nice looking and running, normally asperated. I wonder when a pure drag class for electrics will be introduced. A high voltage motor, small light battery, good for 1/4 mile between charging, a 50-100 volt motors, 700 volts charging, shaving 3500lb from a Plaid, and a generator support truck to charge between rounds, or battery swap between races.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 Big Daddy Don Garlits has been racing an EV rail much like what you describe, since about 2014. It doesn't get much attention, likely because the entrenched "constituents" see it as some form of heresy? But who can claim to be more of a drag racing icon than Don? The Drag Racing Museum (just north of us) bears his name alone on the marquis! Yet I very much agree with you that a dedicated class (which the NHRA has been talking about for ~2 years now) could help. That way, the ICE cars can't cry "unfair!", which we see here in these Comments quite frequently, along with "instant torque is unfair" and "one-speed transmission is unfair". But the Powerglide in this Dragster has only 2 speeds for a single shift in the entire run! (Most cars we race running 9s and better use a Powerglide 2-speed)

[@johnny427]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I wouldn't think one speed transmission is unfair (the porsche turbo EV actually has 2 speed transmission) but comparing a four wheel drive 1000 hp car to a two wheel drive car which has half of the horses usually a bad sport. Anyways running against a dedicated and well built race car - even for a plaid - similarly unfair too. The problem with drag racing an EV I guess is what they do the best consistency and easy to drive them, so it they race against each others it is not so exciting as watching a car where every wrong move can lead to a disaster (or just to a lost race). I know tesla is fast but honestly after the first 60 feet you have time to make some photoes or drink coke, because you don't have much to do. It is great for safety but not so exciting watching a race. Recently I raced my Cobra in "Lachaza airport" where were 2 or 3 plaid (maybe one of them was only a raven) and all of them raced a lot, but after the first few passes basically noone watched them, but the visitors yelling and jumping up when an old ICE car made a nice run. I think they need a separate classES because between two different EV-s you always will know which one is winning, and it is just boring. I watch your channel from the beginning and wish you the best though I think it is great show when you run your car against oldschool cars, and it is the best when they can win, a great achievment for such an old machines. (against a rail dragster... it is not a fair competition, watching this just like watching the plaid as when it runs against an average street car)

[@geemy9675]

​@@johnny427plaid raced car with AWD and more rhan 1000hp

[@4literv6]

Have you ever seen anything running on pump fuel or e85. That is actually full interior, still st LEGAL and can actually run with a plaid? 🤔

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Good question! The only somewhat ‘street legal’ car that I can recall beating our Plaid (Brandon’s C7 Z06) was actually riding on Drag Radials that are not street safe (especially in Florida). And of course, he was running on E85. With street tires and pump gas, the Plaid would have taken that last race by many car lengths…

[@metalted6128]

@@frppower1 Andrew goes 150 mph in 1320 ft. T bucket, going 150??? Really??? Please share your videos.

[@metalted6128]

@@frppower1 very easy to post video to you tube , I’m not calling you a liar, but I gotta see to believe, that story!!!

[@discipleofra13]

Ignore the haters, nice race.

[@randomdamian]

Can some smart person explain me how the dragster finishes first being 30mph slower at the end? I thought faster acceleration = faster finish speed.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

The dragster cut the power at half track and coasted the rest of the way through the finish line. Most dragsters don’t have enough gearing to run the full 1320 feet.

[@bazzab1000]

I want to see the Mcmurtry vs this dragster car!!!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍We are down to line up with anyone that can keep it straight. Win or lose, we love to race 😃

[@randyteresi7284]

8 sec @160mph corvette. 1/4 mile. Doesn’t look like dragster either. Also like to see you race 1500hp GTR. Those cars pretty much kill every thing.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We’ve raced those GT-R many times, and win occasionally when they break. Here’s two of them in the same video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5WyioakjMqBmac

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Fastest newer Chevys we’ve raced are COPO Camaros; 8.0 at 168MPH: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaDUdombr7SJldU

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We’ve crossed paths a few times with one Godzilla that does 170MPH in a 1/4mile roll: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6LUlXlujsiAnqc

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We’ll line up with David’s 170MPH GT-R anytime: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJW5poqfrLGIjKc

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Fastest Vette we’ve ever raced (C7 Z06 with a Magnuson blower and a whole lot more): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roDVm2qVh7Vsl6c

[@claudesaint-urbain3323]

A baby dragster the weight is probably 1500 lbs vs a Tesla that is almost 4K lbs. and dragsters are geared up just to run 1/4 mile that’s it beyond that it will blow the engine.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 The 2021 Model S Plaid actually weighs 4775 lbs. (Ours is about 4650 with the back seats and some trim removed.)

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

And THIS particular dragster doesn’t have enough gearing to go the full 1320 feet (1/4 mile), which is why he cut the engine around 700 feet (right after the 1/8th mile marker) 👍

[@blam7]

Now a drag car is what Tesla should be racing or even a pro drag race cars. Tesla have instant torque and don’t have to hunt for gears and have the power all the way through.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We've raced several rail dragsters, and the result hasn't always been the same as this time. Here's the Dragster's vs Plaid Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@benalcorn9661]

The silence of the plaid was exhilarating 😂

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 As gearheads, we enjoy being able to hear a wide variety of engines next to us!

[@onsokumaru4663]

It was so silent it shattered my eardrums

[@akira28shima32]

Dang, that dragster needs to go to AA!!

[@jvsyoutube3298]

well, that dragrail got atleast 300hp to much to make that a even race it looked like, interesting anyhow. Would be interesting to compare the weight/hp ratio

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

At around 1600 pounds, that’s just 1.6/HP for the dragster. Meanwhile the Plaid is 4600 after removing the rear seats and more, for about 4.5/HP. Roughly a 3X difference 😳

[@clavo3352]

Was that Plaid a 4WD?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 All Plaids all AWD and 1020HP with 1050ft-lbs of torque. That’s 340HP from one front axle motor and two of those motors on the rear axle (680HP)

[@clavo3352]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel holy crap! Then that was one fast dragster! Interesting geometry problem. I better never get a Plaid. It'd be so much fun to drive, they'll find my body starved to death behind the wheel with a gruesome grin on my face !!

[@andrewb.9815]

I mean a dragster is made to do one thing only, be extremely fast on a quarter mile strip.

[@MadCarTK]

So how gutted is it?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Not especially gutted. Rear seats out (easy), plus rear carpet and some trim. Most everything is still *intact* including both original front seats, along with all door panels, all airbags, all mirrors, all 20 stereo speakers and subwoofer. We've only removed about 170 lbs, which explains the ~0.11 gain that we've seen as tested over the past ~900 dragstrip runs. (Our best ET going from 9.26 at full weight to 9.15 best ever)

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

But even with rear seats out, that rail dragster is *less than half* our weight. (Probably closer to 1/3rd!)

[@ramseycattn5941]

Honestly the view from behind wouldn’t have looked much different if he’d been driving a civic. That thing was just gone.

[@jorgerobles628]

Nice Video and great race!!!! That Dragster truly had grip and power, and the driver was awesome!!! And the Tesla did very well considering it is almost 8 times heavier than the dragster, and do not have the same aerodynamics!!! The more I watch this video, the more I love my Tesla!!!!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍We will line up against anyone. Win or lose, it’s about having fun! 😃

[@supercal333]

Electric dragsters next?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Big Daddy Don Garlits has been running electric dragsters for over a *decade*

[@Bricklinsv1970]

He should let you have the hit just to keep it interesting.

[@randygreen7871]

That was so cool! Love the Plaid, might be placing my order very soon, can't wait to get it!

[@WillyDrucker]

Is it common to nail a 0.000 start time?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Certainly not on a foot braked car. For guys that have a trans brake and delay box, it’s still not common, as they have to release the button at precisely the right moment. Certainly 0.01 and even 0.00x are seen on any given night, but the fact that some tracks will PAY you $50 when you hit 0.000 (when admission to run all night only costs $30), tells you how rare it is. Guys would be making money if they could…

[@ivegoneplaid]

That Dragster is probably low 6's in the 1/4 mile if he would make a full pass.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

It would need different rear-end gearing to make a 1320 foot pass. It is currently set up to be quick, and hits redline in top gear around 700-750 feet. A taller gear would slow it down just a bit, but my calculations suggest it would run a low-to-mid 7-second 1/4 mile. (For reference, the next fastest car we’ve ever raced did 5.1 in the 1/8th and 8.0 in the 1/4, so the dragster’s 4.8 is only 0.3 faster than that one to half track)

[@ivegoneplaid]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel luckily we don't have to worry about gearing in our Plaids.

[@eurika7655]

NHRA nothing like it anywhere in the world.

[@ropefreeze1660]

Electric vehicles don't need to lug around 300 miles of range on a drag strip; they can do fine with much less (10 miles?) and still obtain the same power output if designed that way. I feel that the next generation of dragsters will be electric, with small range.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 Fully agree! After a full night of racing, we always get home with over 50% charge remaining. And we live 80 miles away! Half the battery (at half the weight) would be a very welcome option, or maybe via the Aftermarket in the future. 😃

[@scottmcelhiney323]

It would be interesting to see someone swap a Plaid drivetrain into an AWD rail and just enough batteries to make a full pass.

[@noneoyabeesneez]

if your tesla beat that funny car id be convinced we live in a simulation.

[@shoobidyboop8634]

If you had charged up with 110 octane electricity you coulda taken him.

[@randypaige8091]

Yeah awesome a grocery getting 4 door car vs a built dragster. I can barely sit down. It only took how long for this..... OOOOOOH

[@ChosenMJ]

Obviously no one was expecting the Plaid to win but more so how bad would it lose. Bringing up it can't carry groceries and such is rather foolish. It's a dragster for the dragstrip not a road car.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Yet worth noting that we’ve raced several other ones with different results. Full Dragster Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@ChosenMJ]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I’ve seen them all Andrew however this one represents a better example of a top dragster while the others are from lower classes of dragsters. At any rate, the Plaid is still an anomaly by the mere fact it can compete in some cases with the lower classes of dragsters.

[@michaelmackey754]

The Tesla is fast!

[@donaldsmith1055]

1000HP? Where did you find a dragster with only 1000hp? Was he dragster only running on 3 cylinders?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

This 1000HP dragster is MUCH faster than the 1020HP Tesla Plaid because of its superior HORSEPOWER? No. (It has less HP.) This dragster is faster because of its light weight. Does a Prius have 3 cylinders? No? Oh, it has FOUR. The Dragster driver explains his 555 Cubic Inch V8 engine. 1000HP is right on par for that displacement. As anyone who has ever been to a dragstrip knows, dragsters come in all sizes down to 50CC juniors. (Those would still outrun that Prius) We’ve raced many different dragsters, winning some and losing others: kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@romeoward1794]

As long as a vehicle that Teslas go against does not have to shift a transmission.. they stand a chance as the dragster did with a centrifugal clutch. Going against a Chevy Corvette with a geared transmission.. A Tesla would win with ease.😮

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

First off, don't get me wrong, I'm definitely NOT an EV hater. I don't give a chit if it has pistons or not :) But with that said, isn't 1000hp very low for a rail ? I believe they have top fuel dragsters putting out 13,000 hp now.....

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

They come in many levels of power, as seen on our Playlist of Tesla vs Dragsters: kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel right on. Well I'm confident an EV will beat those 13K HP models at some point too 👍

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Big Daddy Don Garlits has been building EV dragsters for over a decade now, and has run some very impressive times 👍

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel no kidding ? Thank you 🙂 I might have to look for a few of those 🙂

[@andyvaldez212]

They should do an electric rocket vs jet fuel rocket 🚀 vs one to orbit wins

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

👍 Still perfecting that alien anti-gravity tech. Will it be electric powered?

[@Myrslokstok]

Legacy auto "Tesla beeten bigtime in a dragrace"!

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Yep! “Beat by a compact car” 🤣

[@carymiddleton2213]

650 Second dragster

[@grandmasmalibu]

Yep, that was definitely an ass-whippin'. Sometimes it's easy to forget just how fast a purpose-built dragster can be, even if it's not at a "mind bending" horsepower level.

[@jamesengland7461]

New rules- he who gets his time slip first wins.

[@3dwaffle553]

monster vs M O N S T E R

[@grabir01]

No Contest. Tesla is street legal though.

[@Bob-ph9bi]

Cry harder tesla

[@jamesengland7461]

You won! O wait...

[@konstantinmironov4444]

Put Carbon wheels on Tesla plaid

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

It might help by 0.05 for drag racing, not much considering what they cost 💰💰💰💰

[@2018wrxaddict]

Talk about an unfair race. 😂😂

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Both are street legal and seat five passengers and a large haul from Costco… …on second thought, maybe only one?

[@2018wrxaddict]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel he he he. I drive my dragster around town all the time.

[@logicomega7]

you destroyed a model S plaid just to get an extra .3 faster than the complete car? What was the point ???

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Actually only 0.11 (9.26 -> 9.15). It’s a dedicated drag car that only leaves the garage for the dragstrip. And when other plaids show up at the track, we now always win 👍 All the parts here in the attic. We can reassemble any time we like.

[@logicomega7]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I hear you. Was it worth it? What was the main goal?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

@@logicomega7 The main goal is to run competitively alongside the fastest street cars (and trailered cars) at our local Florida tracks. The cars we grew up building. We don’t run 8s, but we have beaten some cars that do (with a better RT)

[@logicomega7]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I get it but the Plaid is already insanely fast for a production sedan. Why on earth do we need to defeat primitive cars specifically built for drag racing? you won't beat all of those ....and why would you want to?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

@@logicomega7 It’s a fun sport. The challenge of beating “faster” cars by hitting a better reaction time. (We’ve beat 8.9 and 9.0 cars that way, very enjoyable.) Yet we won’t turn down any challenge, no matter how much we know we will get beat (half a dozen dragsters now, a whole Playlist on this Channel)

[@SeanHorton-ky6ds]

What's up electric?😂

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Dontcha mean “Watts up?” 🤔

[@ardentlions6636]

This is about ICE still king.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Maybe for the moment, but not for much longer…

[@gphilipc2031]

Only 1,000 HP?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

And about 1600 pounds (a third of the Tesla). That works out to THREE TIMES the power-to-weight ratio 👍

[@JohnQ-x8y]

Not even a competition

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

Its a fantastic car , but you can't race a frame with an engine.

[@sinuspl]

Yeah, but a dragster is optimized for 1/4 mile only! It is worthless practically everywhere else.

[@Triple88a]

So you made a purpose built drag racing vehicle and you're bragging that you beat a stock 4 door sedan? :D

[@joshuabaggio1982]

As soon as I saw it was a drag car I was like that tesla is way out of its league. Good try though

[@Richard-cq4kv]

A Plaid Motor powered dragster would win that race.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

We calculate that you are correct. 1020HP with instant torque and no gearshifts, and with only enough battery for 2-3 passes (10% of the Plaid battery) and should weigh less than that big block…

[@TonyStone3000]

That is the lower end of dragters. A real dragster would still win even if you put 10 Plaid motors in a dragster.

[@harmankardon478]

For all those silly kids out there that think electric is faster than fuel. and that dragster is mild.

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Big Daddy Don Garlits says otherwise. He’s been running electric dragsters for over a decade. And last we checked, he knows a lot more about this sport than most people. Maybe even more than you? 🤔

[@harmankardon478]

So what's the unlimited electric 1/4 record and what's the unlimited fuel 1/4 record? who's faster? DELUSIONAL FANBOY@@TeslaPlaidChannel

[@harmankardon478]

it's not a matter of opinion it is a matter of fact... Fuel is faster. Not even to mention the weak top ends of all the electrics, even against low teir street fuel cars.@@TeslaPlaidChannel

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Big Daddy still disagrees with you because he’s seen the rate of progress. Over a hundred years and ICE is still far less efficient than what electric has done in a fraction of those years. And Big Daddy still knows more about racing than you.

[@harmankardon478]

SORRY FANBOY when did we start talking about efficiency? What's big daddy's electric dragster record again, low 7? there are street fuel cars that do drag and drives in the high 5's. And we're not even talking about pure drag cars yet. There is no comparison between fuel and electric in pure speed and to claim that Don Garlits statement that electric is faster than fuel (which he probably never said because its false) overcomes the reality that a drag fuel car is literally seconds faster over 1/4 mile than the fastest electric dragster ever is just false and exposes your true fan boy status. @@TeslaPlaidChannel

[@HeavenGuy]

Show us your brakes 🙃

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

BTW, we've replaced all our brake pads last month...

[@motortoys9942]

All gas no brakes!

[@HeavenGuy]

@@TeslaPlaidChannel - How are the rotors holding up? Brakes are a big issue with so much power and weight.

[@Billyjack-Two-Crows]

Nothing warms my heart more than a gas engine beating an electric car

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

And it only took a rail to do it 😃 (While every gas powered production car in the history of production cars will lose every time, especially those overrated Dodge products that can’t get within a half second of their advertised times in real life at an actual dragstrip driven by an actual owner.)

[@kontakt7789]

You didn't think this Tesla or any Tesla would have a chance against a prepped drag car did you?

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

“Prepped Drag Car”? We’ve gapped *hundreds* of them now! Hundreds. Here’s one of our favorites vs an Alcohol-injected big-tire drag car: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4Oxc2NmrLxsjsk

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Heck, we’ve even beaten *some* of the rail dragsters we’ve raced: kzbin.info/aero/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

[@AntowQa]

what a gap. tnx

[@TeslaPlaidChannel]

Yep, roughly the same level of power but less than half the weight for that dragster 👍