0-60 times
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0-60 times
Anyone care to guess what the 0-60 time is on my 07 with auto trans., Vararam Snake Charmer intake, Corsa cat back exhaust, and DiabloSport inTune?
I would like to know your times and mods as well. Thanks.
I would like to know your times and mods as well. Thanks.
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This run was 2.607 as per my HP Tuners scan.
If you go to the track and get an 1/8 mile time you can use this calculator:
http://www.wallaceracing.com/0-60_equation.php
Or there are apps you can download to your phone to do it.
With street tires you'll be in the 4.5 second range I'm guessing, if you can get traction. That's going to be difficult.
Have fun trying though!
If you go to the track and get an 1/8 mile time you can use this calculator:
http://www.wallaceracing.com/0-60_equation.php
Or there are apps you can download to your phone to do it.
With street tires you'll be in the 4.5 second range I'm guessing, if you can get traction. That's going to be difficult.
Have fun trying though!
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According to that calculator mine is 1.89 but the best I've ever recorded using HP Tuners is 2.23 seconds.
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I was just looking at the NHRA site...and Courtnay Force in her Funny Car had a 60' time of .886 ..not sure of her 0-60 time but the "AVERAGE" Funny Car is doing approximately 100 mph at the 60' clock !! 
so her 0-60 time has to be less than .886 sec. !!!!
so her 0-60 time has to be less than .886 sec. !!!!
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I've never been able to relate exact track position to a scan. The closest I can come is the time that HP Tuners shows the mph changing from 0 to 1. Does that point happen before or after the track timer starts? The mph lights calculate an average speed over the last 66' of the 1/4 mile, so since you don't gain much in that distance you'd probably be within 1 mph. Of course, you'd need to plug in the correct tire size too.
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Floyd, my best one was 3.74, I couldn't believe it. After SEVERAL pulls with the current tune, most of them are 4.0-4.1. Several were low to mid 3.9's, but I will call my average a flat 4.0 I guess.
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I have a guy in a '12 5.0 6spd with cat back, cai, and a BAMAtune intune in town that people been talking about how fast he is, so I stopped him the other day and asked him when we were going to line 'em up. His response was "you don't want none of this. My BEST 0-60 time is 3.8 seconds. I have about 500hp." I said, "Oh yes, I want all of it."
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Oh I can not. All my times are done with TC on, with the trans. in D, launching at 1250-1400 RPM. I'm losing probably at LEAST .5 seconds at launch, just because there is a "hesitation" before it starts to really pull hard. I assume it's the TC. But that is the ONLY way I can keep the times fairly consistent on the street.
I have a guy in a '12 5.0 6spd with cat back, cai, and a BAMAtune intune in town that people been talking about how fast he is, so I stopped him the other day and asked him when we were going to line 'em up. His response was "you don't want none of this. My BEST 0-60 time is 3.8 seconds. I have about 500hp." I said, "Oh yes, I want all of it."
I have a guy in a '12 5.0 6spd with cat back, cai, and a BAMAtune intune in town that people been talking about how fast he is, so I stopped him the other day and asked him when we were going to line 'em up. His response was "you don't want none of this. My BEST 0-60 time is 3.8 seconds. I have about 500hp." I said, "Oh yes, I want all of it."
Sweet Jesus, this is sad.
Line them up, find out whose is faster. If he gets better traction than you, he may win. At the end of the day, that's what matters, not fake 0-60 times that you'll never recreate on a daily basis, and not fake engine peak power numbers.
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That is kind of the point. I told him I want to line them up. Not sure what a fake 0-60 time is exactly, my 0-60 times are all done with a real speedometer, and a real stopwatch. That's a hell of a lot better idea how fast the car is than a number with a HP at the end of it. As for not being able to recreate it, not sure where you get that, maybe our driving skill levels are different, but I stay very consistent with mine. Pretty much what drag racing boils down to in my opinion.
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I don't recall having EVER stated HP numbers for MY car. In any post, yet alone this one, or to him. I have never had the car on a dyno, so I have NO idea how many HP it has. Therefor I do not make any such claim. I never state HP numbers.
That is kind of the point. I told him I want to line them up. Not sure what a fake 0-60 time is exactly, my 0-60 times are all done with a real speedometer, and a real stopwatch. That's a hell of a lot better idea how fast the car is than a number with a HP at the end of it. As for not being able to recreate it, not sure where you get that, maybe our driving skill levels are different, but I stay very consistent with mine. Pretty much what drag racing boils down to in my opinion.
That is kind of the point. I told him I want to line them up. Not sure what a fake 0-60 time is exactly, my 0-60 times are all done with a real speedometer, and a real stopwatch. That's a hell of a lot better idea how fast the car is than a number with a HP at the end of it. As for not being able to recreate it, not sure where you get that, maybe our driving skill levels are different, but I stay very consistent with mine. Pretty much what drag racing boils down to in my opinion.
And is your speedometer calibrated? And you can consistently get the same 0-60 numbers when road conditions everywhere are different? With gravel, oil, etc on the road?
We aren't talking the track here, because you have yet to post a single time slip or speak of it. So why're you talking about drag racing? Have you ever raced at one? You'd be talking ET, trap speed, 60', etc.
And guess what? That still doesn't directly translate to the steet, because the street isn't prepped.
But wait, 0-60 is in magazines, so that's why you talk about it.
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I was talking about his fake numbers.
And is your speedometer calibrated? And you can consistently get the same 0-60 numbers when road conditions everywhere are different? With gravel, oil, etc on the road?
We aren't talking the track here, because you have yet to post a single time slip or speak of it. So why're you talking about drag racing? Have you ever raced at one? You'd be talking ET, trap speed, 60', etc.
And guess what? That still doesn't directly translate to the steet, because the street isn't prepped.
But wait, 0-60 is in magazines, so that's why you talk about it.
And is your speedometer calibrated? And you can consistently get the same 0-60 numbers when road conditions everywhere are different? With gravel, oil, etc on the road?
We aren't talking the track here, because you have yet to post a single time slip or speak of it. So why're you talking about drag racing? Have you ever raced at one? You'd be talking ET, trap speed, 60', etc.
And guess what? That still doesn't directly translate to the steet, because the street isn't prepped.
But wait, 0-60 is in magazines, so that's why you talk about it.