You autos never drive a stick before? ya have no idea hat turbo lag is until you drive a bigger then stock tubo on a manual truck. and I know hte VGT turbo's are keeping ya ford folks spoiled.
It's no traction. not at all. it's spool. manuals, with anything bigger then a STOCK turbo have ZERO BOOST at the line. with a stock charger, you can get 2, maybe 3psi at 2500rpm.
It's all motor for the fist 60 feet!!!
Next time at the track, when the light goes green, just hit the go peddle. the next time, do a boost launch and tell me your difference in 60 foot time. and then compare the rest of the numbers.
outlaw6oh, that depends on when they are shifting, if they pull to 3500, or even 4000 with the latest tunes, they are not making good power (stock cam, head), they are prolly not paying attention to their dyno charts... I have 4000rpms. I make like 200hp at 4000rpm.
I make good power from 2300 to 3000. I do not lose enough boost to cry about between shifts. Infact, most folks that see me run, are shocked to see a stick, cuz it sounds like an auto. For me at least. others shift better, most prolly don't.
Power Stroke, I ran almost 12mph faster then that. cuz I spend .6 of every hole shot waiting for that turbo to light.
on a 30mph roll. I'd be 4+ trucks in front of ya before ya know it and letting out at 130mph at 3500rpm. That's about when my truck stops pulling.
The real test of power is what MPH you run. Auto, manual, it typically comes very close to evening out if you look at the mph number. That is what show how powerful you built the motor.
AS far as ET, tha's the test of skills ya have, or how much money you dumped into you auto to hold a 20psi launch.