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Originally Posted by Snowblind
What's needed for the M6 to beat the A8 ?
Great question; I think what you are trying to ascertain is how to equal the two instead, right?? They both have the same motor with the same output.
The M6 has 2 small advantages over the A8 going for it, a weight savings of about 40 lbs? and no slippage of a torque converter.
The disadvantages are also 2 things; humans can not shift as fast as a computer and the the gearing is not optimal.
Equipping the M6 car with a 4:30 differential will give you an effective first gear ratio close to the A8 to close the 60' gap and it will also let you run it out to 121@6500 in 4th gear (on stock tires).
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According to the 2018 playbook I happened to notice the a8 cars are only about 10 lbs heavier according to GM.
Still don't know why we don't have a proper bolt on m6 car with slicks and axles doing a 5k clutch dump. That's what needs to happen and they should be right on par. With a gear and a good driver maybe even faster. But the a8 is hard to beat...
The manual mustang crowd is right with the autos. Don't know what the problem is over here. In time...