Ulimate Street Car Challenge - The Results

As the second part of the dyno test, wev devised a new method of calculating power delivery. In previous years, the area under the curve was calculated from 40 percent of each cars' redline rpm, which rewarded cars with a higher rev limit. The drawback was that big power cars with laggy turbos still made big points. The points spread typically reflected the same order as the peak power number scores. To keep the dyno queens from earning double points, we changed how we calculated the area under the curve. Instead of using the last 60 percent of the powerband like before, we used the first 60, starting at 1,500 rpm. Even though a wider rpm range still helps, it was significantly offset by cars with massive low-end grunt; exactly what the competition was meant to reward. -Jay Chen