tur Flight 6 Member 471 Member For: 21y 8m 12d Posted 25/01/05 07:32 AM Share Posted 25/01/05 07:32 AM Hey I was just wondering what the difference in car lengths would be if a one car ran a 12.7 and another ran a 12.9 down the 1/4 is there much in it? I was told that 0.1 was 1 car length is this true? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 4m 1d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 25/01/05 07:41 AM Share Posted 25/01/05 07:41 AM hard to make a generalization, but around 2 car lengths or so.. depending on the mph. Might be 2 car lengths, but the car behind might be closing in at 10mph or so, and it will 'overtake' the 'faster' one very quickly after the race..For example, a 12.6 rex or evo might only have a 100mph terminal. But a 12.9 'T' might have a mph of 109mph+... the 't' might be 'slower' but it's actually going faster...... As they say, there is a difference between going quick, and going fast.. so which car is 'faster'.. now I'm confused.................... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-212696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tur Flight 6 Member 471 Member For: 21y 8m 12d Posted 25/01/05 07:53 AM Author Share Posted 25/01/05 07:53 AM now I am more confused Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-212700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t ute Member 442 Member For: 20y 11m 30d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 25/01/05 07:56 AM Share Posted 25/01/05 07:56 AM Im no expert but I think it depends on the cars. At willowbank when geea was up I lined up against an xr8 and he beat me by .23 of a second but I thought it was pretty close maybe a coupl of car lengths.Shane. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-212701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
4runner Donating Members 215 Member For: 20y 8m 25d Location: Sydney Posted 25/01/05 07:31 PM Share Posted 25/01/05 07:31 PM For a well setup race car (slicks- suspension work etc) that would run in the mid to high 12's you would expect termianl speeds of approx 105mph (168kph). This equals 46 m/sec. So if both cars have the same terminal speed, the diffence in ET of 0.2sec would equal 9.3m which is roughly 2 sedan car lengths.If you apply the same maths to a top fuel car doing 500kph (310 + mph) then a 0.2 second difference would be equal to a 27.6m gap between the cars. This is roughly 3.5 car lengths (of a 300" Top Fueller).As stated above the mph of both cars can vary for similar ET's and don't forget that reaction times of both cars will affect the gap between cars at the finish line. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-212870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 22y 1m 22d Location: Toowoomba Posted 26/01/05 12:12 PM Share Posted 26/01/05 12:12 PM This is hard to answer, since there is to many variables, but my first run at willowbank I was beaten by a STI WRX, (I got him off the line ) he beat me by .2 of a sec yet had a 17MPH higher top end.Dazza. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-213081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tur Flight 6 Member 471 Member For: 21y 8m 12d Posted 27/01/05 05:43 AM Author Share Posted 27/01/05 05:43 AM OK in wheels mag dec 2004 edition there is the times for the ls2 and the typhoon and gtF614.6 @162km/hLS2 14.2 @169km/hGT 14.2 @166km/hwhat are the car length difference between the phoon and the ls2? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-213318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 4m 1d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 27/01/05 06:29 AM Share Posted 27/01/05 06:29 AM tur said: OK in wheels mag dec 2004 edition there is the times for the ls2 and the typhoon and gtF614.6 @162km/hLS2 14.2 @169km/hGT 14.2 @166km/hwhat are the car length difference between the phoon and the ls2?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Geez mate, it aint real hard is it??I aint doing the math, but 169km/hr, convert down to m/sec... then divide the meters, or lack of, into tenths of seconds, depending on how long each saloon is, divide that into your car lengths per tenth etc etc etc..Looking at the numbers, the GT will be pegging with the LS2, but the LS2 will be pulling away at end track, the F6 will be dissapearing into the rear view mirror of both cars.All cars will be with-in 3-5 car lengths at tracks end.. Nothing in it in the real world.But to answer your question, at a guess.. the Typhoon would be 'about' 4-5 car lengths behind at the end of the track and getting sh@t on very quickly after that until the LS2 is goooooooooooooooooneeee... with the GT coughing up a lung.Why do you want to know so bad?? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-213335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 22y 30d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 27/01/05 06:53 AM Share Posted 27/01/05 06:53 AM Get out your calculator turScotty Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-213353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tur Flight 6 Member 471 Member For: 21y 8m 12d Posted 27/01/05 06:56 AM Author Share Posted 27/01/05 06:56 AM just wanted to know how much difference 0.2 or 0.4 would be down the 1/4, looking at what you have said it makes a hell of a difference down the 1/4 thanks Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/15364-what-the-difference-of-0102-down-the-14mile/#findComment-213354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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