Reply to "At the strip"

Not the right game. IRS cars don't drag well unless you stiffen the rear suspension almost to solid. You dump the Pantera's clutch and the first action is a squat that splays the rear tires to toe-out and cambers onto the inner edges- both of which reduce traction & soaks up power. Then the chassis takes a set, the halfshafts deflect and finally, the thing starts to move. Rule of Thumb is, the identical engine in a live-axle Mustang of the same weight and driver would be .5 second quicker. But, in a bumpy 140 mph road-turn, the roles are reversed....