What SHOULD 525 RWHP run in the quarter mile?

Kdubslugga

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Car spun the rollers at a tune of 495.6 rwhp and 511tq. Tuner had to let off at 5500 to avoid detonation. So peak numbers are only at 5500 with the HP still climbing. Also this was done with a Cobra intake. Ive since switched to a Systemax and all the neccessary fuel upgrades to at least spin this thing to 6100 or 6200 rpm. My tuner is Danny Biggs at Anderson, he's pretty confident it will make around 525-530 rwhp. Now my previous best 1/4 was a 11.9 at 123 and that was basically coasting in after the 1000ft mark because i was bouncing off the rev limiter of 5500 set on the PMS. Also a slippin sliding 1.89 60ft, I had stock axles then, i now have Moser 31 splines. So provided a good launch lets say 1.5 or 1.6 60ft and an additional 25 or so HP running all the way through the traps, are 10's possible?

This is a street car, not a drag car, full interior, no ac, no smog, aluminum heads, etc. Does have Drag Springs and Lakewood struts and shocks
 
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should be able to pull off a some high 10's with the setup if you can get the launch down. but in a perfect world with that much hp you should be able to run around 10.4-10.6 at 130+
 
There is no accurate guess on this IMO. I had a friend going 10.50s with 450ish hp all motor, and then i had another friend only going 3 tenths faster with 535hp with a turbo setup. I've seen 500hp cars going high 9s also. Hp is only a small part of the equation....how hard can the car hook, how hard can it be launched, how much does it weigh etc. Still with this being a street car if the 60 foot is low i think somewhere in the 10s is very possible.
 
A friend of mine with an 04 Terminator made exactly 525RWHP and he ran 10.51@129MPH. Car is a tad lighter than stock, but not much. SRA car, light seats, no rear seat, no a/c, no wipers, that's it.
 
Cool im shooting for low 11's 1st time out, maybe get some skinnies, and do some weight reductions to pull of that 10.99999 im after. I get sick when i see cars go like 10.70 at 118 or somethin, im like son of a...
 
Cool im shooting for low 11's 1st time out, maybe get some skinnies, and do some weight reductions to pull of that 10.99999 im after. I get sick when i see cars go like 10.70 at 118 or somethin, im like son of a...

I get sick too when I see that. I remember this car running 11.90's at 110MPH at the track. I had a 95GT with a Procharger, HCI, and 3.08 gears with street tires running 13.31@113MPH, then my 96 Cobra running 12.50@114-116MPH. LOL!!! It's all about traction man. Them guys are runnin slicks, I was not.

My current car in sig only could muster low 12's but at 125MPH! LOL. The 60' time was pathetic and I don't have the PPRV delete so in between gears the car cuts off for a few tenth's of a second then it kicks back in. I heard when 03-04's are over 500RWHP you need to do the PPRV delete.