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It ran to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds and to the quarter-mile mark in 7.3 sec. Now, it was time for the real fireworks. I pressed the "B" button, meant only for optimum high-performance driving and slippery surfaces. In this mode, the gearbox upshifts automatically and the crampons wrap themselves around the tread of all four tires.
As soon as the Mach 5 leaves the line, you lose consciousness for a split second. Everything goes white, as the sudden onslaught of intense g-forces overwhelms the senses. You'll come to with your eyes open wide as you find yourself already halfway down the drag strip (this may explain why Speed's eyes were always so big and round). You hit 60 mph in just over a half-second. The quarter-mile mark comes and goes in 2.7 sec. at 197.1 mph. Compared to a top-fuel dragster, the Mach 5 is faster off the line — thanks to absolute grip — although the dragster closes the gap a bit once it gets going.
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that must be a hell of a NOS system yo...
so.. this "B" button, makes it capable for a car to hit 60 mph in roughly .6 seconds (which isn't impossible), but THEN accelerate to ONLY 197.1 mph, yet still be able to cross the 1/4 mile marker at 2.7 seconds..
Being that the first paragraph its 1/4 time is 7.3 seconds, then this miraculous physics defying B button is pressed, I doubt the 2.7 is a typo.. They're tryign to say that a top fueler is slower off the line. A nearly 2400 lb car with supposedly 1700 bhp and a hollywood budget has some how surpassed the R&D of John Force Racing and managed to break time records, yet still remain in the safety zone of sub-200 mph passes.
Yeah, thanks.. try again.