0-60 in a mid 9 second car

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On my runs, I have logged MPH.

Question. Has anyone analyzed their ET MPH and tried to calculate when their car hit 60 MPH after the launch?

On mine, it appears to be around 1.8 seconds. Is this accurate?
 
yep .. i get 1.7 on the 86
http://www.wallaceracing.com/0-60_equation.php
i know when we were on directscan years ago would log initial speed at over 34 mph/sec
with a modest 1.4 60' your going about 48mph at the 60'.. thats 0- 48mph in 1.4 so to be 0-60mph in 1.7 is about right

if youre logging mph on your xfi you can check it
 
Yea, that's how I checked it. With the XFI. I counted frames one at a time. But I just wanted to know if it seemed correct. You see, most regular people don't know how fast a 9 second car is. So you have to put it in terms they can understand.
 
Mr.Spool said:
on a 9 sec hooking car yes very close
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When I try to explain my cars performance to the common folk, who don't understand the 1/4 mile numbers, and I say the 0-60 is about 1.8 seconds, they look at me like I'm the biggest bullshit artist they have ever met.

Oh well. Maybe I'm better off just saying it's kinda quick.
 
NY Twin Turbo said:
When I try to explain my cars performance to the common folk, who don't understand the 1/4 mile numbers, and I say the 0-60 is about 1.8 seconds, they look at me like I'm the biggest bullshit artist they have ever met.
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very few are going to relate to that,thats why there called common folk;)
 
doesn't seem accurate to me Joey. a Kawi H2 motorcycle will do the 1/4 mile in 9.62 @ 152 mph and does 0-60 mph in 2.60 seconds.

thats pretty close to wat ur car does in the 1/4 so IDN. I wud think my Turbo Bike wud be in the mid to low 1's but it has 6 second power.

did a little search and came up with this from another forum. I copied and pasted it here.... they were comparing it to a Ferrari or somthn...

"Busa turbo Figures taken from this weeks motor cycle news. Its 600bhp= 156bhp standard, thats %280 more powerful than standard. Get this 0-100 in 3.7 seconds compared to 5.7 seconds.0-60 in 1.8 seconds compared to 3.1 seconds. With a top speed of 240mph compared to 200mph. Standing 1/4 mile 8.2 seconds at 176mph, compared to 10.4 seconds at 137mph. Oh my goooood!!!!! I realy do need to get that kit for my BUSA!! Now were is that bloody Saleen.......0-100-0 ey, bring it on MO FO!!"

so I was a little off then. my Turbo bike wud be in the high 1's then. so unless ur car is going 176 mph in the 1/4 I question ur 0-60 numbers.
 
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GNBRETT said:
doesn't seem accurate to me Joey. a Kawi H2 motorcycle will do the 1/4 mile in 9.62 @ 152 mph and does 0-60 mph in 2.60 seconds.

thats pretty close to wat ur car does in the 1/4 so IDN. I wud think my Turbo Bike wud be in the mid to low 1's but it has 6 second power.

did a little search and came up with this from another forum. I copied and pasted it here.... they were comparing it to a Ferrari or somthn...

"Busa turbo Figures taken from this weeks motor cycle news. Its 600bhp= 156bhp standard, thats %280 more powerful than standard. Get this 0-100 in 3.7 seconds compared to 5.7 seconds.0-60 in 1.8 seconds compared to 3.1 seconds. With a top speed of 240mph compared to 200mph. Standing 1/4 mile 8.2 seconds at 176mph, compared to 10.4 seconds at 137mph. Oh my goooood!!!!! I realy do need to get that kit for my BUSA!! Now were is that bloody Saleen.......0-100-0 ey, bring it on MO FO!!"

so I was a little off then. my Turbo bike wud be in the high 1's then. so unless ur car is going 176 mph in the 1/4 I question ur 0-60 numbers.
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Bret, I may be mistaken, but I think Buicks 60 better than bikes of similar ET. Bikes seem to pick up a lot of MPH after the 400 foot mark. Like the Kawi H2 you mentioned. That 152 MPH on a car would be a solid 8 second time slip if it was a Buick. But it's ET is very close to mine.
 
another thing to consider is a 1.4 60' buick pulls away at nearly 2 g's ..

try to leave 2g on a bike and youll be face down on the line watching the bike fly away
even if you did build to higher hp for a launch bikes are tire limited and uld spin , if they did hook the power without a wheelie bar they would just lift the front and rollover so they have to be softer on launch
 
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pacecarta said:
another thing to consider is a 1.4 60' buick pulls away at nearly 2 g's ..

try to leave 2g on a bike and youll be face down on the line watching the bike fly away
even if you did build to higher hp for a launch bikes are tire limited and uld spin , if they did hook the power without a wheelie bar they would just lift the front and rollover so they have to be softer on launch
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Yes. Based on ET vs MPH on bikes, it's all happening way after the launch. A 10 second bike running the quarter at 137 MPH just shows it's a completely different ball game. Either way, the Buick running at the same MPH wins the race!!!!!!!!
 
I've ridden Yamaha R1s and Kawi zx1200r and other 1000 plus cc bikes. I weigh 240 and the high center of gravity with the short wheel base makes them apples and oranges from a dig vs a fast car with slicks. After 60-75 mph then it's a different story. A lighter rider can do a better job but still facing a wheelie problem.
 
I get 2.1 sec 0-60 on a 6.73 1/8th mile pass. But this is not 100% accurate because in my tune the roll out is set for a 26" tire and I'm on a 28" tire. The slip shows 105mph top speed but datalog shows a top speed of 101mph, 4 mph lower than actual.
 
Yes, your numbers make sense when compared to other quick cars. http://www.zeroto60times.com/fastest-cars-0-60-mph-times/

A street bike can't launch as hard as your car can. Plus the GN's are Torque, 60-foot and 1/8 monsters. Yours is a beast in the 1/4 too but I would bet some of the cars on the list I provided would get by you somewhere between the 1/4 and 1/2 mile or full mile. Not many GNs are setup for the Texas Mile, for example.

The Tesla (my boss just ordered one) is an obvious torque monster but I bet it dies after the 1/4 or 1/2.
 
thats not true at all. softer on the launch? no. bikes 1.4 60 foot all the time. in fact by buddy pulls a 1.20 with his consistently. no one uses a wheelie bar anymore these days other then pro mod, top gas etc.... there are plenty of bikes running 6's at 200+ mph with no wheelie bar.

of course the G-Forces are less on a bike. there is one small patch of pavement for the bike to contact but they also weigh 6-7 times less!

just like a car with big tires and the right suspension a bike will need a longer swingarm and the right shock and tire to 60 ft properly.

pacecarta said:
another thing to consider is a 1.4 60' buick pulls away at nearly 2 g's ..

try to leave 2g on a bike and youll be face down on the line watching the bike fly away
even if you did build to higher hp for a launch bikes are tire limited and uld spin , if they did hook the power without a wheelie bar they would just lift the front and rollover so they have to be softer on launch
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GNBRETT said:
thats not true at all. softer on the launch? no. bikes 1.4 60 foot all the time. in fact by buddy pulls a 1.20 with his consistently. no one uses a wheelie bar anymore these days other then pro mod, top gas etc.... there are plenty of bikes running 6's at 200+ mph with no wheelie bar.

of course the G-Forces are less on a bike. there is one small patch of pavement for the bike to contact but they also weigh 6-7 times less!

just like a car with big tires and the right suspension a bike will need a longer swingarm and the right shock and tire to 60 ft properly.
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Fair enough. Thank you. Constant learning for me. Love this stuff :)
 
GNBRETT said:
thats not true at all. softer on the launch? no. bikes 1.4 60 foot all the time. in fact by buddy pulls a 1.20 with his consistently. no one uses a wheelie bar anymore these days other then pro mod, top gas etc.... there are plenty of bikes running 6's at 200+ mph with no wheelie bar.

of course the G-Forces are less on a bike. there is one small patch of pavement for the bike to contact but they also weigh 6-7 times less!

just like a car with big tires and the right suspension a bike will need a longer swingarm and the right shock and tire to 60 ft properly.
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Bret, like I said earlier. It just doesn't add up. On the average, the bike is loosing acceleration somewhere. Even if the 60 foot time is similar. When both run the same MPH the bike looses. So it seems to me it's somewhere around the 0-60. It's just 2 different animals.

Anyway, I was more concerned with what my 0-60 was. Not so much anything else. I guess it's pretty good though.
 
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