1/4 Mile drags...

My big fat cat does a 1/4 in 13.2 (372BHP - 389Torqs) not bad saying with me in the car it weighs well over 1800KGs. That was my quickest time, the rest where just under/over 14seconds
 
Sub 14 seconds is respectable.

For every second you knock off your power requirements go up almost double. To give you an idea a Nova (groan) with 200BHP will see around 13 Seconds however to hit 11's you'll need 500BHP.

A friend has a Tigra that won the FWD class at Ten of the Best a couple of weeks ago. 505BHP without Nitrous.

11.69 At 137mph 1/4 Mile
and 169 MPH Over 1KM

Thats on road tyres and concrete.

Hats off to anyone with a sub 12 second car as it has to be something fairly special.
 
Hats off to anyone with a sub 12 second car as it has to be something fairly special.
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Not necessarily. Guy I know has an MGB with a second hand Rover 4.6, nothing special and a nigh on 150BHP shot of nitrous.

Runs an 11.56 @ 117.84mph.

He's looking to up the shot at the moment and get into the tens!
 
Lashout_UK said:
Not necessarily. Guy I know has an MGB with a second hand Rover 4.6, nothing special and a nigh on 150BHP shot of nitrous.

Runs an 11.56 @ 117.84mph.

He's looking to up the shot at the moment and get into the tens!
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So a MGB with a 4.6 and Nitrous is normal?

Fairly special to me.
 
Not like that - as in the combination of components is nothing special, unusual, nor expensive :)

Taken a fair bit of development to get that far but is a very hard hitting machine!
 
Lashout_UK said:
Not like that - as in the combination of components is nothing special, unusual, nor expensive :)

Taken a fair bit of development to get that far but is a very hard hitting machine!
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It's also going to be pretty bad at anything other than standing 1/4's if that's what it's been tuned specifically for...

Sub 12 secs in a standard road car definitely indicates something special.
 
Rhyzz said:
Where'd you find that figure?

Mine was running 209hp...timed the 0-60 at 4.5 secs but didn't think it *** crack into the 12's
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It's on that site earlier in the thread.

What did you do to get it to 209BHP? I thought the Lotus ECU just restricts power back down to 189BHP?
 
you have to remember the difference between fwd, rwd and 4wd.

Say a 4wd car running 14s will be quick to 60 but get blown away in rolling starts against a 14s fwd car.

So

14s 4wd - very average
14s fwd - pretty quick

But when you get down in the 12s a fwd car is going to be useless in any kind of damp conditions in real world situations and get blown away by a 13s 4wd car.
 
mr_x_plosion said:
you have to remember the difference between fwd, rwd and 4wd.

Say a 4wd car running 14s will be quick to 60 but get blown away in rolling starts against a 14s fwd car.

So

14s 4wd - very average
14s fwd - pretty quick

But when you get down in the 12s a fwd car is going to be useless in any kind of damp conditions in real world situations and get blown away by a 13s 4wd car.
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What 14s FWD car do you think could beat the S3 for rolling starts, just out of interest. The only one currently that possibly comes close is the Mazda 3 MPS at the moment (at least until the focus RS comes out, which might be able to do it).
 
Dolph said:
What 14s FWD car do you think could beat the S3 for rolling starts, just out of interest. The only one currently that possibly comes close is the Mazda 3 MPS at the moment (at least until the focus RS comes out, which might be able to do it).
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but then the s3 is funkey haldex 4WD, so it'll get the launch of a 4WD and then drop back into 2WD for most of the rest of the run (assuming decent conditions) as apposed to say a scooby which (afaik) will keep power going to the Rear the whole time...
 
Dolph said:
What 14s FWD car do you think could beat the S3 for rolling starts, just out of interest. The only one currently that possibly comes close is the Mazda 3 MPS at the moment (at least until the focus RS comes out, which might be able to do it).
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My Astra :)

14+ seconds 1/4 car. Can't grip for **** off the line but once moving would give you a good run for your money.

I'm saving for an LSD :)
 
Siliconslave said:
but then the s3 is funkey haldex 4WD, so it'll get the launch of a 4WD and then drop back into 2WD for most of the rest of the run (assuming decent conditions) as apposed to say a scooby which (afaik) will keep power going to the Rear the whole time...
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Well, except haldex doesn't actually work like that, because slip != wheelspin.

Even cruising Haldex will keep at least some power going to the rears, because the simple act of putting power to the front wheels creates slip...

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showpost.php?p=306089&postcount=11
 
Orange Peel said:
Totally agree mate. Mine has the 0-60 ability of a disabled snail lol
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They don't help that much with the 0-60, apart from stopping one wheel spinning all the power away. (You just get both wheels doing it instead, which does mean slightly more power can get down unless the surface is really bad), but for corner exits and roundabouts they are awesome, take a bit of getting used to, but make everything so much better.
 
Dolph said:
What 14s FWD car do you think could beat the S3 for rolling starts, just out of interest. The only one currently that possibly comes close is the Mazda 3 MPS at the moment (at least until the focus RS comes out, which might be able to do it).
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I would assume the Megane R26-R would keep close to your S3 despite lacking outright power.

I wonder what my Trophy would be. I can only assume around 14-14.5 stock? (225bhp, 0-60 of 6.4 seconds).
 
my old civic did a 14.9 with a full interior, sound system, and 10" sub, on crappy falken ziex 205 wide tires.

Just a mildly modified B16A in a EJ2 chassis

not fast by any means but certainly a respectable time for the car.
 
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