Our drag racing sequence has fired up once more and this time we’re bringing out the heavy hitters. Going up head-to-head this time round is a twin-turbo supercharged 1200hp RAM TRX up towards the go quick Aston Martin DBX707.
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The automobiles
1200hp RAM TRX
Tuned by Dontex Efficiencythis RAM TRX just isn’t solely supercharged, however twin-turbocharged. It makes round 1200hp (over 880kW of energy) and we’ve fitted the automobile with drag radials to make sure it will get some type of traction. However, whereas it makes round 1200hp, it’s each heavy and never very aero environment friendly. So this will likely be an in depth one!
Earlier than the Dontex mods, the RAM TRX makes use of a 6.2-litre supercharged V8 engine that produces 523kW of energy and 882Nm of torque.
Aston Martin DBX707
Within the reverse nook is the Aston Martin DBX707. That is the brand new tremendous quick model of the DBX. Whereas it’s nonetheless powered by the identical 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine from Mercedes-AMG, there are new ball-bearing turbochargers, revised engine calibration and wet-clutch automated transmission.
Outputs improve to 707PS (520kW of energy and 900Nm of torque), up by 116kW of energy and 200Nm of torque. With an official 0-100km/h time of simply over 3.0 seconds it must be sufficient to maintain tempo with the TRX.
The outcomes
The climate didn’t play ball with us for this drag race. We waited so long as we may for our regional airport runway to dry out however needed to pull the set off on the drag race whereas the runway floor was nonetheless a bit moist.
Our first run had the Aston Martin’s launch management system lavatory down massively, so it was a simple win for the TRX. Subsequent time round it connected correctly, however was nonetheless slaughtered by the TRX. Although the TRX has virtually double the facility, it weighs round 700kg greater than the Aston and turns into considerably extra inefficient the sooner it goes as a consequence of its frontal floor space.
It additionally sounds completely insane below full throttle. Whereas the Aston Martin DBX707 nonetheless sounds nice, that is on one other degree solely.
| Automotive | 0-100km/h | 80-120km/h | 0-200km/h | 1/4 mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200hp RAM TRX | 3.1s | 1.69s | 9.77s | 10.71s @ 208.18km/h |
| Aston Martin DBX707 | 3.46s | 2.05s | – | 11.32s @ 194.13km/h |
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