Curiosity regarding 0-60 (FI guys help me out)
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Curiosity regarding 0-60 (FI guys help me out)
I've been just wondering how much faster a supercharger or turbocharger would make the Z. I would like some guys with different setups to say what they have and how fast their car is either in the 1/4 mile or better yet what they think they could go 0-60 in.
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0-60mph means NOTHING
A 350whp Z could be faster than a 700whp Z 0-60mph
Do you drag race? What are your 60ft's right now?
The truth is most at 450+whp have issues with 1st gear traction. And most 600+whp cars on this site dont even have the camber adjusted to help them hook up, they dont mind spinning 1-3rd gear and they either dont run down the 1/4 or run crap times.
0-60 is a bench racers time, it is utterly useless in real life. For 1/4 times go to the drag forum and look at the top lists under every category. Then find a setup you like, find an online 0-60 calculator, pop in the 60ft and 1/4 trap and it will give you an estimate. But like I said not ideal in measuring performance, wayyyyy to many variables.
Now with all of that being said, this has come up before in another thread, and mine was 2.6 seconds on slicks at around 500whp. But I dont go around telling people that...
A 350whp Z could be faster than a 700whp Z 0-60mph
Do you drag race? What are your 60ft's right now?
The truth is most at 450+whp have issues with 1st gear traction. And most 600+whp cars on this site dont even have the camber adjusted to help them hook up, they dont mind spinning 1-3rd gear and they either dont run down the 1/4 or run crap times.
0-60 is a bench racers time, it is utterly useless in real life. For 1/4 times go to the drag forum and look at the top lists under every category. Then find a setup you like, find an online 0-60 calculator, pop in the 60ft and 1/4 trap and it will give you an estimate. But like I said not ideal in measuring performance, wayyyyy to many variables.
Now with all of that being said, this has come up before in another thread, and mine was 2.6 seconds on slicks at around 500whp. But I dont go around telling people that...
Last edited by Alberto; 07-23-2009 at 08:15 AM.
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Spinning through 3rd was fun for about a week......
after getting real traction and being able to use 1st (mildly), 2nd and 3rd the car became a whole new animal.....
Seriously, what fun is it when the car doesn't hookup till triple digit speeds.
And I'm no drag racer......just gonna have to have Chris@SP drive the wheels off cause I ain't no John Force....The car is fast, but I'm no fast driver from a dig lol
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Spinning through 3rd was fun for about a week......
after getting real traction and being able to use 1st (mildly), 2nd and 3rd the car became a whole new animal.....
Seriously, what fun is it when the car doesn't hookup till triple digit speeds.
And I'm no drag racer......just gonna have to have Chris@SP drive the wheels off cause I ain't no John Force....The car is fast, but I'm no fast driver from a dig lol
tom
0-60mph means NOTHING
A 350whp Z could be faster than a 700whp Z 0-60mpg
Do you drag race? What are your 60ft's right now?
The truth is most at 450+whp have issues with 1st gear traction. And most 600+whp cars on this site dont even have the camber adjusted to help them hook up, they dont mind spinning 1-3rd gear and they either dont run down the 1/4 or run crap times.
0-60 is a bench racers time, it is utterly useless in real life. For 1/4 times go to the drag forum and look at the top lists under every category. Then find a setup you like, find an online 0-60 calculator, pop in the 60ft and 1/4 trap and it will give you an estimate. But like I said not ideal in measuring performance, wayyyyy to many variables.
Now with all of that being said, this has come up before in another thread, and mine was 2.6 seconds on slicks at around 500whp. But I dont go around telling people that...
A 350whp Z could be faster than a 700whp Z 0-60mpg
Do you drag race? What are your 60ft's right now?
The truth is most at 450+whp have issues with 1st gear traction. And most 600+whp cars on this site dont even have the camber adjusted to help them hook up, they dont mind spinning 1-3rd gear and they either dont run down the 1/4 or run crap times.
0-60 is a bench racers time, it is utterly useless in real life. For 1/4 times go to the drag forum and look at the top lists under every category. Then find a setup you like, find an online 0-60 calculator, pop in the 60ft and 1/4 trap and it will give you an estimate. But like I said not ideal in measuring performance, wayyyyy to many variables.
Now with all of that being said, this has come up before in another thread, and mine was 2.6 seconds on slicks at around 500whp. But I dont go around telling people that...
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0-60 was a great barometer for a cars acceleration back in, say the 70's, but cars are so much better now, it really means nothing. Even if the Z could lay down a 3-second 0-60 time, I'd bet everything I own you couldn't match it, so you're just bragging about something your car can theoretically do then. 60-120 is a much better metric for a boosted Z's acceleration.
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With street tires and a stock block setup would you prolly run low 4's Here is my 330whp setup and its running about 4.5 according to this video. The guys are right on here because once you surpass about 350whp there are too many variables that can drastically change a 0-60 time.
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60-120 means a whole lot more than 0-60 in showing a cars power
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60-120 means a whole lot more than 0-60 in showing a cars power
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0-60 was a great barometer for a cars acceleration back in, say the 70's, but cars are so much better now, it really means nothing. Even if the Z could lay down a 3-second 0-60 time, I'd bet everything I own you couldn't match it, so you're just bragging about something your car can theoretically do then. 60-120 is a much better metric for a boosted Z's acceleration.
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Thats quite impressive. 0-120 in about 13 seconds
check out this vid of an auto NA Z. It takes about 21 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqvn...layer_embedded
check out this vid of an auto NA Z. It takes about 21 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqvn...layer_embedded
With street tires and a stock block setup would you prolly run low 4's Here is my 330whp setup and its running about 4.5 according to this video. The guys are right on here because once you surpass about 350whp there are too many variables that can drastically change a 0-60 time.
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Its not learn to handle.......
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
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Its not learn to handle.......
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
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Its not learn to handle.......
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
I have the born in fear of breaking drivetrain parts off the line....can't get my brain beyond it....Road course I am fine (I know makes no sense), just can't get passed destroying the drivetrain off the line for some reason. Its like a mental block (and man do I have a lot of mental blocks lol)
tom
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None thankfully.....but I want to keep it that way ;-) lol
more worried about wheel hop than anything....even with these DR's (only 35 series so will still hop).....
Broken drivetrain parts in other cars, just a hard thing to get passed for me....To me nothin worse than leaving the track on a trailer when you drove the car there.
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more worried about wheel hop than anything....even with these DR's (only 35 series so will still hop).....
Broken drivetrain parts in other cars, just a hard thing to get passed for me....To me nothin worse than leaving the track on a trailer when you drove the car there.
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Ha so true.
I just need to get in the car and drive it...turn off brain and drive like normal...
BUT NOOOOO!!!! I get to the line and there are 4000things going through my head of what to do, when to do it, what could go wrong, whats the guy next to me going to do, everyone's gonna laugh when you go 14.0 @ 130 lol
tom
I just need to get in the car and drive it...turn off brain and drive like normal...
BUT NOOOOO!!!! I get to the line and there are 4000things going through my head of what to do, when to do it, what could go wrong, whats the guy next to me going to do, everyone's gonna laugh when you go 14.0 @ 130 lol
tom
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Thats quite impressive. 0-120 in about 13 seconds
check out this vid of an auto NA Z. It takes about 21 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqvn...layer_embedded
check out this vid of an auto NA Z. It takes about 21 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqvn...layer_embedded