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Having seen pictures of some cages guys use...I think I'd be trusting the OEM safety cell they designed to keep the driver etc safe in a modern car.
Lets not forget, lots of the old rules are based around ancient pieces of crap with no brakes, terrible chassis, and generally dangerous cars to start with.
There are bone stock cars that exist now, that can easily exceed the traps/ET's for lots of their silly rules...and you can be sure a lot of the NHRA safety features...would in no way make those cars safer for 99% of their usage.
I'd far sooner race against a car with no cage, but sensible wheels and tyres....as opposed to a car with big wobbly tyres and skinnies up front, which mean they wont handle, and wont brake....and will go out of control very easily.
And of even more importance is the ability of the drivers...which is never checked. And there are some crazy fools out there.
Some of the most dangerous cars on the strip are the older muscle, simply because they are the most likely to crash because of all the aforementioned reasons. And often they arent even that fast. And that's with all the approved so called safety features. They still dont make the vehicle safe from crashing going up the track.
but back onto the SC vs Turbo...although the graph of those 4 cars could have massively different setups etc...it does highlight one big misconception many have about a centri. Where many will say they do nothing at lower rpm's. Which is totally untrue. It's clear to see on those graphs that one isnt too far behind the Roots in terms of torque at lower rpm, despite seeing less boost.
And equally the twins graph....really not that impressive low down, but with no info on the setup....again, makes it sort of meaningless.
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