We always talk about out cars as being slow. I want to know where the line is between a fast car and a slow car? Do just consider the 1/4 mile times, 1/8 mile times, 60ft times, 0-60mph times. I think any car doing 13's in the quarter mile and 0-60mph in under 5.5 seconds is fast. My car does 0-60 in 7.5 seconds consistantly. Sometimes 7 seconds flat when its colder. How would you rate my 0-60 times in slowness.

 

I consider 13's and under quick, 10 and under fast. 0-60 5-6 ok-quick under 5 fast.
1/8's find pointless. any car with high gearing can whip out the 1/8, 1/4 is another story. We have a 1/8 track locally, and I have not even bothered to go. A freind of mine has and found it funny watching a late 80's stang pull an amazing high 11 1/8. Which should be a 15- low 16 1/4.

 

what mods do you have for 7 seconds 0-60's?

as for my consideration:

for a car driven on the street anything under 14.9's is pretty good

although i dont really cosider it fast

the way i kinda look at it is, if it can beat 90% of the cars you see on the road everyday, its decent

 

The mods I have to achieve 7- 7.5 seconds is home made aluminum air intake, K&N filter with the concave filter, 3" cat back with a Hi-Flow Cat. 180 degree thermostat, thicker vacuum hoses, which increased vacuum pressure, Accel Multiple Spark Discharge box, Accel coil, Accel module, rebuilt distributor, Bosch +4 platnum plugs. Plus the fact that my car weighs around 3060 lbs with me and the spare tire in the car. I'm not sure why it is this light.

My engine has 100,000 miles on it now, but it is running way better than when I got it at 79,000 miles. My mods may not add up to any measurable power for some of you guys, but it did something for my car. I have to really push my car to get that 7 second time though. I have not done the 1/4 yet, mainly because I know I will probably get 17s. After 60mph the power drops.

 

I rarely drive at WOT.

 

sorry but that makes no sense what so ever

if you clip 3 seconds of your 0-60 times..........what makes you think your quarter mile will stay the same?

0-60 for these cars is generally 10 seconds

1/4 mile is about 17.00 @ approx. 70 something MPH

just think about this

 

hell right now I would be lucky to drop a 17 sec 1/4... damn clutch. But then damn summit for sending me the WRONG DAMN CLUTCH TOO.... Well Jegs, here I come with a 260 buck clutch.... Better hold the damn engine too!... I think that CF2 I had lasted 16 months.... Need to cool off the Mods a little! LOL Too much power mean clutch has short lifespan...

 

Yea 1/8 miles is lame. I Laugh when I see ricers painting 1/8 mils times on there window to drive around town.
1/8 mile is gay homo lame.

 

I guess that doesn't make sense. It will stay the same because I take my foot off the gas when the tach reaches 5500 rpm and thats in an automatic. My engine sounds strange above 4000 rpm. I assumed my car was stock when I got it. They may have been trans and engine work, but I will not be sure until the engine gets opened up for a rebuild.

My 0-60 times were taken at an abonded runway strip at an airport when it was closed for repairs. A police speedometer (the kind that is placed along the road to show you how fast you are going) was used to accurately gauge the speed. We did 5 runs going to 60. I keep getting around 7.5 seconds or a little less. We also used 2 stop watches and round up.

 

Sounds to me like you might have some lower gears in there. That would help your 0-60 times, especially in first gear.

As to the 1/8th being lame... That is all the tracks we have around here (southern middle tennessee). I have about 3 of them within driving distance, and I don't know where the nearest 1/4 mile strip is. I think it is just whatever times you get used to talking about. A 10 second 1/8th car is about like a 15.5 or so second 1/4 mile car or something like that. I was planning on finally getting my car to the track in another week or so to see what it will run, both on the motor and with the nitrous. I don't feel like I will be wasting my time by doing it. I might feel different if there was a good 1/4 mile strip around here somewhere.

Oh yeah, in my definition, a fast car is about 1 second quicker than whatever I am driving at the time.

 

I see that as a great time to run the 1/4! You know (hopefully) that you can always get better. Timeslips can also show you where you're losing power. My timeslips showed a drop in power after the 1/8 mile. There's things like a 60 foot time (not 0-60 mph, 0-60 foot), 330 foot time, etc, that can help you out.

And I agree, 1/8 mile isn't too bad- but they've gotta SAY that it's an 1/8th mile time. If they try to pawn it off as a 1/4 time, then that's lame.

Hell, -way- back in the day (40's), they didn't measure time by a 1/4 mile! They went for top speed!! Whoever had the highest speed at the end of the abandoned airport's runway would win!

 

my 0-60 is around 7 seconds too...for some reason i want to believe that im in the 16s for a 1/4 mile...but something keeps telling me "dude your stupid as hell, everyone has told you its in the 17's" never took the car to the track tho...its not ready yet

 

for a 60* v-6, your not going to run 14's/13's without spending lots of money. i think that 16's is pretty respectable for a car that is daily driven with the little 6, i ,mean come on, 173ci is only so much to play with....