[Casper]

Just an interesting site for all those who want to work out there theroretical 1/4 time.

http://www.web-cars.com/math/qtr_mile.html

Remember, add the weight of the car, driver and fuel in pounds and the engine hp (not Kw).

(weight calc is here: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm )

It seems relatively accruate however it has some errors as it says an AU XR6 VCT should be quicker than the HP, which of cours, it's not.

Mine came back with:

Car weight: 3681 lbs.
Horsepower: 230 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive

Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 15.917 seconds.
Terminal speed: 92.8658 mph.

 

[TIKFD6]

Well mines pretty close to what i had last week

Car weight: 3600 lbs.
Horsepower: 247 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


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Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 15.429 seconds.
Terminal speed: 95.8157 mph.

Times are near identical, but Mph is quicker.

 

[B-1B]

Well I wonder?

Car weight: 3703 lbs.
Horsepower: 313.56 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 14.384 seconds.
Terminal speed: 102.7692 mph.

This is what I got,EL XR8.

 

[galaxy xr8]

O,K so how much does an AU II XR8 weigh in at,can anybody help?.

 

[TIKFD6]

TO work out the weight, (Go to the Cars Manual, and get it from there), then times the KG weight by 2.2, to give you the pounds weight.

For HP, divide your flywheel(kw) figure by 0.75, and this will give you your FWHP(aprox).

 

[XRFPV8]

here is a link for kilowatt conversion to horsepower..

http://www.smasa.com.au/documents/fact_files/hp_to_kw.html

very close, friday nite i ran 14.87 @ 94mph i would love to get that 100 mph..
Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 14.725 seconds.
Terminal speed: 100.3811 mph.

 

[EFJase]

hmm i got

Car weight: 3595 lbs.
Horsepower: 210 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


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Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 16.279 seconds.
Terminal speed: 90.8057 mph.

Didnt know how much power to add for the exhaust, so thts just standard power

But i hope it would be quiker than that. Thought mid-high 15's??

 

[EFJase]

If i add 15hp fo rthe exhaust it drops to 15.908.

 

[Casper]

Just remember not to take it all to serious. Remember, it ignores things like transmission, gear ratios and final drive ratios so it's just a bit of fun and a very rough estimate.

 

[RATT]

Here's mine. I have a 3inch cat-back exhaust but don't know what that gains.

Car weight: 4147 lbs.
Horsepower: 300 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive

Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 15.159 seconds.
Terminal speed: 97.5247 mph

 

[RATT]

O,K so how much does an AU II XR8 weigh in at,can anybody help?.

Yours should be this. (Weight includes 80kg driver):

Car weight: 3710 lbs.
Horsepower: 300 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 14.606 seconds.
Terminal speed: 101.2005 mph.

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I thought I'll try a VYII SS weighing in at 1690 including 80kg driver:

Car weight: 3622 lbs.
Horsepower: 327 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 14.080 seconds.
Terminal speed: 104.9935 mph.

 

[Casper]

What about the Focus RATT???

Curious to see it's calc.

 

[XWGT]

There is another calculator around that lets you include tyre size, gear ratios etc.

http://www.tciauto.com/tech_info/calculators.htm

 

[laminge]

Car weight: 3910 lbs.
Horsepower: 1000 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 454.606 seconds. (coast across line)
Terminal speed: 190.2005 mph. (until the box blew right after you fried both rear tyres and dug a 2 foot hole in the ground)

 

[Casper]

Car weight: 3910 lbs.
Horsepower: 1000 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 454.606 seconds. (coast across line)
Terminal speed: 190.2005 mph. (until the box blew right after you fried both rear tyres and dug a 2 foot hole in the ground)

But if it makes it:
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 9.9508 seconds.
Terminal speed: 148.5562 mph.

 

[RATT]

Times for a Zetec focus.

Car weight: 2821 lbs.
Horsepower: 128 hp
Configuration: Front Wheel Drive


Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 17.892 seconds.
Terminal speed: 83.4784 mph.

 

[blueoval]

does anyone know how heavy an eb xr8 is?

I estimated it to be 1570kg = 3460lbs

engine hp = 232hp

and the result was 15.54 @ 95.06

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT AS AN ESTIMATE?

 

[FoMoCo4eva]

haha...go the EA mpfi!

Car weight: 3517.8 lbs.
Horsepower: 185.3 hp
Configuration: Rear Wheel Drive


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Results
Quarter Mile Acceleration: 16.849 seconds.
Terminal speed: 87.7389 mph

Little do they know its a 3 speed auto..hehe. But is that anywhere near the time I would get?

 

[FoMoCo4eva]

does anyone know how heavy an eb xr8 is?

I estimated it to be 1570kg = 3460lbs

engine hp = 232hp

and the result was 15.54 @ 95.06

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT AS AN ESTIMATE?

nah an xr8 would be a but more than that...mine is 1599 kg's. I got mine from eafalcon.com. And I went the heaviest option of the EA's....

 

[blueoval]

would you say the eb would be 1620kg's then or heavier still?