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Re: What does it take to run a 10? 500whp@DB, practice, or both? Neither?
10s are not a problem for normal street tires on an AWD car. 9s or faster are possible, but it starts getting much harder. You can run a 10 with 1.6s to 1.8s 60' times, which are normal for any street tire. Most guys in the 9s are usually pulling 1.5 60's or better, which usually takes some pretty good tires.
Having the power to run a 10 versus actually running a 10 is a gray area. It might only take in the high 300s awhp with a tiny quick spooling turbo and a very light car to run 10s. Or around 400awhp with a close to stock turbo spooling turbo. But the times might be 10.9@122mph for the tiny turbo car versus 10.9@132 for a bigger/laggier turbo. Both are a 10, but you are talking a good 100+whp difference in the same weight car and one would walk away from the other on the freeway. Some of the DSM automatics are running deep into the 9s trapping in the high 130s/low 140s, which would normally be 150+mph territory for the manual trans cars.
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