the 06 eclipse gt is about 3500lbs
the 96 mustang gt is about 3400lbs

 

ok....then factor in the weight of the drivers, how much fuel each was carrying at the time, etc...and the weight could easily be the same, and if it was a small chick in the eclipse compared to a large guy in the stang, the stang could easily be heavier.

plus, the drivetrain loss is higher in the RWD, so if anything, it would be a drivers race

 

Drivetrain loss is higher in RWD? Really? That I did not know? I figured it would be higher in FWD because of the way it's laid out...

 

youre kidding right?

i can never tell around here...

 

Well, I mean the motor is in there all bass-ackwards and its closer to the wheels and there's less travel space to transmit it to the wheels [8D]

I'm just not a FWD fan. They're fun in economy cars that weigh nothing and have nice e-brakes for slides, but that's about it...

 

think about it this way...every ounce of weight added anywhere in the drivetrain causes increased effort by the motor just to turn the wheels, let alone move the car. if we just look at the weight behind the transmission of a RWD car...the ujoints, the driveshaft, the internal workings of the rear diff, the axles, and then the wheels. your engine has all of that weight to turn before it puts any power to the ground, and that lost power is fairly high considering all of that weight. now, consider what is turned by the engine and transmission on a FWD car. the differential and transmission are in th same place. everything is maringally smaller, so lighter, and there is no driveshaft...just based on the lack of a driveshaft alone, the FWD system is turn less weight if everything else is the same, which is obviously is not.

 

I believe that I had a full tank of gas but I only weight about 140 lbs. LIke I said, it was a quick hit so no big deal. I was just really happy about the GT kill. I have run w/ them before but never like this. The guy only had his stang for about a month and was running his mouth so I had to take him out. The cobalt was the chaser car and said that he spun real bad off the line but I thought that he wasnt ready which is why I got off the gas and shifted so early. Otherwise, I would have been Gone.