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The front end on that 69 Camaro 582 lifted way up all the way down the track. What a beast lol.

That 69 Camaro isn't just fast. It looks awesome! Gotta love 1st Gen Camaros.

Geez what a run. That big block is insane

10:25 I appreciate that you sacrificed the run to get a great shot. Thank you, Andrew. 👍

That Camaro is BADAZZ !!

That Camaro squatted and got the hell on

Interesting as regards your thoughts on the battery charging. Love the channel and your presentation. Thanks

Don’t change anything, love your videos.

Awesome video Awesome Race!! Man that Camaro was dialed in and moving! 🏁Not use to seeing to seeing you get beat😰😱It's nice to always see most everyone is so friendly out there!

Classy interaction. Great video.

Fun races. Chuck's 69 Camaro looks like a great example of a dialed-in drag racer. Many of the tweaked hot rods that I've seen at the track can be unreliable and unstable. But the seasoned racers know how to build and tune their drag cars to be consistently fast. I thought it was funny that Chuck said that he was sleeping at the light with a .023, but he has clear gotten accustomed to quicker lights than that with the box. As an aside, it was interesting to see some of the first racing tests of the $250K Lucid Sapphire, where it ran an 8.95 at 154MPH, but most runs were right around 9 flat. So running a 9.16 puts your Plaid in pretty close enough company. Enough so that you could win a drag race against the Sapphire with a good R/T.

Out of curiosity Good Sir Andrew, what is the current battery health on your Plaid after all these races?

I like EVERYTHING that's fast and EVs are fun to play with. I'll never give up my '68 Camaro but if I find something fast I wanna try it. Remember that these electric motors are the top of the line available to push a car down a track so you match them with the top of the line gas motors to be fair. Race On!

Great racing!!! Andrew!! Great coverage as always!! Impressive how nasty that bb Camaro is, what it takes to beat you!! Always great sportsmanship you have!! Thank you for that!!

What a beast

Thanks

Like to see what it will run rear wheel only I stead of AWD.

Hallo, I have a question. Do you get any updates from Tesla every month or every few months like smartphones? Maybe if you get them than thats the reason you get faster.

A twin turbo Camaro convertible, with no cage. That is insane

Car seems to like the way we've been charging it 😅

Fun night, some beautiful cars. Love how the Plaid is always ready to go. Have you replaced the spark plugs yet (LOL)? Chucks 69 was awesome. Wonder what he is going to replace it with. Seems like a guy who has built something like that will always have a cool project. That Camaro will be a challenge to match. I have a soft spot for the 1st gens. Keep up the great vids man.

This just blow me away.

Thats crazy that it takes THAT much time, money and blood sweat/tears building a 582CID, not to mention the car its sitting in to outrun a Plaid, something bought off the showroom floor and barely a wrench even put on it. I rode in a Plaid at a car show once. I to go get Rolaids afterwards. Im waiting on an opportunity for my wife to be able to experience a Tesla like I did,

Random question. What are the rules and regulations for driving a plaid down the strip? I’ve heard if it’s under 10 or 9 seconds, you’d have to wear gloves and suit, on top of helmet. And then a special certification.

you got it!

Like to see a more aggressive wider looking Tesla Plaid with 4 motors. Call it the R edition.

How humble and nice race folks are! One can say something else about facebook users in terms of EVs vs ICE.

How does it do if you come directly back to the line and run it again, and again?

Ah ole BMP, been a while. Last time there, I saw an old 86 5.0 snatch it up and pull three tires off the tarmac, some said there was air under the fourth tire,as well.

How is the car holding up, anything broken so far?

Another fastest run, congrats mate.

How many races can you get and still drive home?

That 582 big block chevy gotcha😆

You went red a ton, got passed and gapped. But that Plaid is badass

The man walked into quite a few car dealerships looking to buy a fast car. Mercedes, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren had some very fast cars, but they were all priced way beyond his budget. He finally compromised and bought a powerful, but family friendly 4 door sedan. It has a useable trunk, room for a baby seat, his dog and even his wife to ride in, all very comfortably. Even though it doesn’t make much noise, smoke or stink like he the fast cars he wanted, it does do 9 second 1/4 mile times. The clearly disappointed man still said, “Thank You Tesla”.

Never charge to 100% Charge to 85 -90% & charge before or get to 30% & store at 60-65%. Thats how I double the life out of my ebike battery's & it seems to actually be peppy but i dont have a way precise enough to measure performance parameters. I do the same with my RC lipo batteries. I would think the cells in a Telsa would be similar in their properties.

I think the technology is super cool for things like this, fun. I was a long time RC car advocate, I ran nitro forever, but I one day switch to electric, and it was freaking amazing. Luckily I had waited until Lipo’s were a thing but man the power no mess. Quit charging 45 minute run times. It was amazing but still gasoline. Turbo supercharged. Nitro engines are way better in the fun factor aspect when it comes to a real car

That first comero got its doors blown off

Looks like Tucson. 👍

The 5th Gen Camaros just weren't runny right. My all motor car runs mid 10s.

Interesting… everyone has their flavor of car, which is cool. Quiet electric is just not for me. So much of the car hobby is about the sound and smells of the machine. TESLA is quick no doubt about it.

Fun to watch EV's kick ICE ass. 👍👍

good day A 2 nd person to like ur videos happy racing, A

LOL, the guy with the Camaro says "We're still tuning it"...... yeah, you blew away a Tesla Plaid, I think your tuning is just fine LOL

That second Camaro hauls ass the crazy part is its doing rimac nevera numbers

1:22 1:25 1:26

Big block ftw!!

I don't care what anyone says. American muscle chopping it up and then picking the front end up when being launched will always be cool as hell. There is no replacement for displacement.

What car ....Camaro i mean.

ICE cars are dead. You can keep one for fun, I have my Mini Cooper in the garage. I am keeping it. But my 2023 Niro, which slow 0-60, beats most most cars to 40 mph. So around town......

You bring that Tesla here I'll show ya what my 1999 Silverado does in the 1/4 mile...

Entertaining, but obvious the Plaid has to give concessions with almost every car..........

At a new track for you I'd be a bit suspicious of the track timing if you just set a new record. I listened to the 582 Camaro and heard the low to direct gear shift of the 2-speed Powerglide a bit past the 60-ft mark. It then sounded like it held a high RPM the rest of the way down the track, which indicates it is getting most of its low and mid range gear ratio from a very high stall speed torque converter. He'd likely tell you the stall speed on the torque converter. My guess is it's about 5,000 rpm stall speed. Some readers are likely confused by the use of 2-speed transmissions for drag racing. This setup is minimally using the transmission for low gearing, it's making use of the wide variable gear ratio provided by a drag racing high stall speed torque converter for low and mid range gear ratios. Below its likely 5,000 rpm stall speed the torque converter between the engine and the transmission is creating gear reduction and torque multiplication while the engine output RPM and the transmission input RPM are widely different. A torque converter is very inefficient, turning a lot of energy into heat when providing variable gear ratio, but it can provide very high ratios of gear reduction to provide incredible amounts of low end toque. When at its stall RMP a torque converter is considered to be running a 1:1 gear ratio. It always slips a bit and that is why there are clutched torque converters that lock-up solid so there is no slippage and very little energy loss. This high energy waste makes high speed stall torque converter about 1/2 second slower than an optimally set up manual transmission, clutch and driver on a drag strip. There are no 1,000+ HP rated street derived production manual transmissions. If somebody knows of one I'd like to know of it. That includes upgrade paths for a manual Tremec used in the GM Corvettes, Camaros, Ford Mustangs etc. There are pure race made manual transmissions at over $10,000 people occasionally have used on the street. They have noisy gear lash and are most intended for the 1/4 mile drag racing. Nascar Cup cars use a 4-speed manual race transmission that is likely 1,000 hp rated and more. There was a 24 hour of Lemans experimental car entry that was greatly a Nascar Cup car fitted out Camaro and did have transmission issues. www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/06/11/nascars-garage-56-entry-completes-24-hours-of-le-mans/ Its difficult to get street derived manual transmissions over 600 hp, while street automatic transmissions such as the 2-speed GM Poweglide in race trim can easily reliably handle well over 1,000 hp. The 3-speed GM Turbo 400 in drag race trim is good to about 3,000 hp. A GM turbo 350 is a bit lighter weight than the Turbo 400, but it's far inferior and a pain to live with. We went through five rebuilds of a Turbo 350 on our '73 LeMans station wagon only to find its possible to have Turbo 400 installed in the car. The drag race high stall torque converters are much easier on the drive train than a manual and clutch which includes the engine's crank shaft. Having mechanical gear ratios and starting torque gets increasingly difficult at higher horsepower and is why many higher power machines such as train locomotives use electric transmissions such as Diesel electric locomotive. The 2-speed GM PowerGlide automatic transmission is an absolute dog on the street, but it came into its own as a support system for a high stall RPM drag race toque converter at the drag strip good for over 1,000 hp. There have been Poweglide high hp drag racers with out 1st gear having to run direct gear from the start and they only loose 1/2 second.

Another great Plaid video, Andrew! Don't know if anyone mentioned it but the Unplugged Plaid broke the EV record at Pikes Peak this year with a 7:57 second run, and was about 2 seconds slower than the all time fastest run, and that by a purpose built racer, super light weight! The Plaid used completely stock motors and still weighted over 4700 pounds! The video of that run is on KZfaq, if interested. Now all the Plaids need is a more powerful battery pack, as the Plaids powerplants are capable of over 1400HP just the way they are! Any chance of you getting together with other guys who race their Plaids and perhaps once a month have a ALL PLAID dragrace! Quite interested in seeing what other owners do to their cars both performance wise and also customized bodies! Did I see correctly that a new Plaid is available at less than $90 thousand? For that kind of performance it is probably the best STEAL in the GO FAST MARKET!

Wow, money bought you a device, im so impressed. The six speed missed a shift, It does take a small amount of driving talent to do a six speed, but to push a pedal down is very impressive.....

Yeah...but electric cars are boring...they have no sound no thunder no soul.

*How does it feel, knowing virtually no one can beat you?* I see you looking for drivers under 10, but there were none in your class, that takes the fun out of racing. I own a '21 Tesla Mod3. *My wife won't let me buy a Plaid, but when my 500 shares of TSLA get to $1,000+ a share, I'm doing it.*

That 69 is nice 💪🏾 combination over everything!!!

I seen some sand bagging going on.

Just wait till its cold outside.

at least thay have class

Got spanked by that camero. Left early and still gapped by multiple lengths

Run the slowest car at every meeting, for contrast.

The camaro is faster. He needs wheelie bars... he'd be nudging 7's.

I once drove a friends dual motor tesla 3 down the 1/4 mile. It was very quick but BORING! No exhaust noise, no shifting of gears..... literally felt like driving a golf cart. Being quick isn't everything. I'd rather have a car that's slower but actually fun to drive.... a car that feels like you are actually driving a car.

I’m sorry I don’t care how fast the plaid is . Just no emotion in it yeah it pulls but put someone in a built zr1 6m with 1000hp and I promise u they will enjoy it and want that over a plaid

I have a vacuum cleaner too. I don't drive it though.

Old school every day. At the refuel on a long race, Tesla has to sit for 20 minutes on refuel while the old school is gone 18 minutes ago.

But which one stirs the soul??? Not the quiet one for sure!

I guess the 100 thousand dollar golf cart,didn’t have anything for old school bad ass Camaro.

15 minute video to watch a 4-second race

Electric cars are hot, in fact, in some cases, for no apparent reason, about 1000° Fahrenheit.

Next i wanna see a tesla off road camping pulling a 20ft gooseneck camper 11,000 ft elev

You should be 1 of the 8 to go debate UTG along with Electrocuted Vikling. Good luck. Hope your stuff doesnt explode, 3K° F is a real bastard and especially for non koolaid drinkers within 200'. Lol

You are entitled to your opinion but it doesn't change mine

Wait until you try and replace your battery

Keep the tesla of the drag strip.

The only good thing about electric cars is that they are quick as hell... And we humans love acceleration... After that they offer nothing but silence and road noise.... Electric cars if anything... Are proving that how fast a car isn't important... I would take the slow car that makes all the noise... Because it offers a better experience.. but that's my feelings.

New Tag: Tesla Plaid can't run with the Big Dogs!

Any idiot can buy a Plaid and step on the pedal, the cars here someone built are cool!

Till the battery catches on fire!!!

You can always make a gas car go faster, electric you got what you got.

Which is faster or quicker? They are not the same. My money is on the Tesla being quicker and the Camaro being faster. Edit: I was wrong. It was both faster and quicker than the Plaid.

Camaros do burn outs, Teslas do burn down

Electric it's okay but it's not for me I like to be able to pull up to the pump fill up and take off I don't want to be charging for hours what a stupid idea

U need 3 motors vs 1 gas engine just to go fast in your golfcart

Sorry just can't get behind the Plaid. The Plaid seems to bring on to the owner a little arrogance.

Learn to read, nobody said anything about generalizations. You are the one trying to defend TESLA . I said they don't have the same character as the Camaro. If you think differently that is your opinion.

cmon man the guy in the Camaro did not know how to drive this is not a very good example get against a car and driver that is tuned to your home track where you have the advantage obviously, I AM FROM THE 303

The electric car might be faster, but it don't got the distance, and in cold weather it fails miserably. It's like a muscle bound guy that gets tired quickly because of carrying all that extra bulk, no stamina.

By,by Tesla

Always picking out the 10 second cars because yours runs 9's. Your claim is there's never any 9 or 8 second cars on the property. lol. Zr1's that race hard run 8's. I'm sure they could turn it down to beat you where you could handle it. lol.

Ok, the turbo car wasn't even in the boost when it staged and took off from all but idle for God sake stop it. Speaking of staged.

Nothing ever will beat old school car. Just electric cars will loose value after 5 years for sure. No matter what EV batteries don't last forever plus there super expensive.

Tesla plaid got gapped😁

My opinion , you lost all the way having a Tesla car 🕶

You’re in a Tesla…. You’re not really driving 😂. Get a real car fella

You cheated and the Camaro still beat you.

Tesla garbage again. Sooo lame.