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i plugged in my 1.88 60 foot and 80mph 1/8 mile trap and it gave me 4.95 seconds. seems close to me.. i would figure somewhere in the bottom 5 second range. on slicks, i bet i could easily hit 4's.
the 305 0-60 was 4.43seconds....pretty decent i suppose...
looked at some of the other calcs and the new motor *should* put the car into the 11.7 range at 114mph...
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calculator says the 305 made 293hp...i assume that's rear wheels hp...
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You need to take those calculations with a grain of salt. They are only "rough linear back of the envolope calculations." They assume linear acceleration (we all know cars do not accelerate this way) and they do not take into count many many many factors. This is the same generic math that cops use that is so many times dead wrong.
Last edited by ShiftyCapone; 01-15-2006 at 11:06 PM.
yeah its assuming constant hp, but still, it seems close to me. 5.0 seconds for me at a prepped strip seems right, cuz first gear fly's by in a hurry, and the car gets up
i get to 80mph in 8.80 seconds... so i figure low 5s is about right for 60mph. which means i'm hittin about 65mph at 330 foot with 5.64 second times
The 0-60 with street tires seems to be fairly accurate anyways. According to my g-tech, which suprisingly is actually very close to actual in all my experiments with it, my GP does 0-60 in 5.3 seconds, that 0-60 calculator told me 5 seconds flat. Based on my experience knowing that my g-tech usually reads a little slow, I'd say that calculator is fairly close. Some of those are WAY off though.
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I wanted to get one of those G-techs to calculator my 0-60 time but never got around to it. I believe my 1/8 time was 8.5 at 80[have to double check], and I know for sure my 1/4 was 13.5 at 99. That calculator seemed to be way off when I pluged in those numbers. In the real world would those numbers go hand and hand with a low 5?
of a new Z06.... 7.488 at 98.58 mph 1/8 mile times
had a 1.88 60 foot
gave me 2.77 seconds... that seems abit off. but when they do 0-60 times, dont they do it on the street? so that rating of 3.6 seconds could be significantly quicker at the strip.
The 0-60 calculators will be more off than the 1/4 mile calculators. Besides assuming linear acceleration down the track they are not taking into effect tire slip. They are assuming 100% grip when in fact a vehicle is faster when a little tire slip is held for as long as possible. There isn't a single top fuel car that hits its fastest ET with 100% grip. The tires slip the whole way down the track. That is an extreme example but the same effect is seen on the slowest of cars come bracket night. This cannot be modeled with the simple linear calculators that the site provides. That is why many of you are seeing weird 60 foot calculations.
They are assuming 100% grip when in fact a vehicle is faster when a little tire slip is held for as long as possible. There isn't a single top fuel car that hits its fastest ET with 100% grip. The tires slip the whole way down the track. That is an extreme example but the same effect is seen on the slowest of cars come bracket night. This cannot be modeled with the simple linear calculators that the site provides. That is why many of you are seeing weird 60 foot calculations.
idk, my car runs best with no slip so far. when i cut 1.88-1.93 60's my ET is faster and trap is higher. those 60's are with no spin.
when i do like 2.0's, i spin tire or walk it off the line too much. but on the spin runs 2.0-2.10 60 foots results in a .2 difference and most cases .5 mph. but once the mph was down 1.x mph
Originally posted by Orr89RocZ idk, my car runs best with no slip so far. when i cut 1.88-1.93 60's my ET is faster and trap is higher. those 60's are with no spin.
I bet there is a little spin . You just can't detect it. You are correct that excessive spin will slow you down. I am only using the term "little spin" because you would have to run through the math exercises to determine how much spin your car would need to be its fastest.
Originally posted by 89IrocZ350TPI My car always feels faster on the street than at the strip for some reason.
The main reason your car feels slower on the track is because the lanes are wider than the lanes on the street. The same will hapen is you drive your camaro down a street and then get in a full size chevy van and go the same speed, it will seem like your flying.
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. You just can't detect it. You are correct that excessive spin will slow you down. I am only using the term "little spin" because you would have to run through the math exercises to determine how much spin your car would need to be its fastest. 
