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OK so the 5.0 is running race tires at a race track, just to get it off the line. Big deal, it isnt like the stock tires are going to make this car slow or loose races on the street unless its from a dig. They only help the car in the 60ft after that they slow the car down due to its taller height.
Evo's is doing what every car mag should do when doing performance testing on high hp rear drive cars. Seriously what's the point of buying a magazine or reading a review on a Roush Stage 3 by Motortrend when their driver doesnt even know how to launch a car. Its actually pathetic that MT's best was 12.4 but MMFF was well into the 11's on stock rubber and 11.2 on sticky tires. Why test and rate performance levels on cars if the tires suck. I would of loved to see them re-test the Lingenfilter vs Roush stg3 with all out drag tires. That would give us all a true winner.
I think all the testers and mags should swap sticky tires when doing 0-60 and 1/4 mile testing on ALL performance cars that have traction problems. Why leave a companies multi-million dollar investment in the hands in people that may not know how to properly drive a 500hp car. Throw some sticky tires and take the driver out of the equation.
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