G- Meter Fun !

[Conanius]

Well, Just got back from meeting up with Stoom to give the g-meter a go in the puma.

well, in short, I need to learn how to launch a car

Had about 4 goes at 0-60, 2 goes at a 1/4 and 2 goes at doing that 60-0 brake test

0-60 8.3 seconds
60-0 155 feet (although I recon I can get this lower, wasnt keen on slamming on the brakes constantly as the road was a bit gritty !!)
and then a 1/4 of 16.97 @ 85.4

not terrible in my opinon, got to find a decent place to try it now !

 

[Conanius]

Slooooooooow.

in honesty, the 1/4 mile time means roughly nothing to me, just posted it up to see

0 - 60 (Secs) 8.75
1/4 Mile (Secs) 17.02
Term Speed (MPH) 82.29

Those figures are what Letstorquebhp quote, so its a little quicker than they say, tho I guess thats down to gtech inaccuracy?

 

[Conanius]

To give you an idea my cars 1/4 is around 13/14 secs.

ouch

 

[Conanius]

Hmm it's pretty slow dude. :/

What's the official 0-60 per Ford?

8.7 I think, but its mainly due to it only getting 60 right on the limiter of 2nd, it did miss it a few times.. so id imagine thats based on 3rd gear

 

[Conanius]

Okaaaay.

to me or fox, im a little confused at what I typed anyway! its been a long day

 

[Conanius]

To put it into perpective with my old Clio Turbo. I went to Pod and had a very dodgy driveshaft. Because of this I couldn't launch hard, so pulled away with 1200 RPM, then once I'd got into half way through 2nd gave it some beans. I was putting down 16.1's.

To be honest though, raw 1/4 miles and 0.60 isn't what the Puma is about. It's about chucking it around some back lanes and it bringing a smile to your face. Don't worry about it, seriously

dont worry, im not !

I read something quite interesting that my car is actually 133 kilos LIGHTER than the racing puma... crazy eh?

 

[Conanius]

I doubt you made that muchdifference ! I still had a boot full of stuff from emptying my gf's house from uni ! in reality id imagine you cost me .1 of a second.... .1 dammit !!!

As we proved, the almost total lack of roll round those corners is what its about

 

[Conanius]

i value my ability to boost in corners and stay alive.

see.. id imagine so long as mr2 turbo drivers dont have a 'digital' right foot, they cope just fine

 

[Conanius]

Seems close. A Racing Puma at Pod I ran against with exhaust/intake was running low 16's..

Yours is a "normal" puma?

it is indeed a normal puma just a 1.7 vct 120 something bhp

 

[Conanius]

What's your car to 60 mike?

Can G-Meters be used to measure 30-70?

the one I used was 0-60 60-0 and then 1/4 mile