How does your car Pull!

L0rdMike · 9 Sep 2006 at 21:40

Bear said:
Ive got a G tech meter but can never find a place where I can stop which is flat, where I dont get in the way of everyone whilst stopped and can get to a decent speed without speeding too much.

I believe the car is capable of 0-60s in the mid 5 secs range and 1/4 miles in the mid 13s

Only mid 5's? Your car has to be better than that I would imagine.

[TW]Fox · 9 Sep 2006 at 21:55

Bear said:
Ive got a G tech meter but can never find a place where I can stop which is flat, where I dont get in the way of everyone whilst stopped and can get to a decent speed without speeding too much.

Dual Carriageways - they have proper laybys for parking in every few miles. You can pull into one of these and then legally and safely do an accurate 0-60 run as you exit from the layby and rejoin the carriageway

Serj · 9 Sep 2006 at 21:59

[TW]Fox said:
Dual Carriageways - they have proper laybys for parking in every few miles. You can pull into one of these and then legally and safely do an accurate 0-60 run as you exit from the layby and rejoin the carriageway

From my interpretation of the law I don't think it's ever legal to do a timed 0-60 run on a public road. RTA 1988 S13 iirc. From memory, it mentions 'trials of speed' being illegal.

Rotty · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:01

would like to get tom do some proper timings on mine at some point

only reference I have is that it was noticably quicker than a Ferrari 348 the other night

[TW]Fox · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:04

Serj said:
From my interpretation of the law I don't think it's ever legal to do a timed 0-60 run on a public road. RTA 1988 S13 iirc. From memory, it mentions 'trials of speed' being illegal.

Does this not refer to racing/timed laps?

Serj · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:15

[TW]Fox said:
Does this not refer to racing/timed laps?

Had a quick (and also slightly tipsy) look at S12, that concerns racing between cars and trials of speed. S13 covers "competitions or trials" involving motor vehicles. It would be down to the individual judge tbh, i would have thought using a G-Tech Meter would be covered under the latter though.

Bear · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:28

[TW]Fox said:
Dual Carriageways - they have proper laybys for parking in every few miles. You can pull into one of these and then legally and safely do an accurate 0-60 run as you exit from the layby and rejoin the carriageway

Thats a point but most of the lay bys Ive ever been on are full of crud with loose roads chips etc, so getting a good launch without spinning the wheels might be a bit hard. I'll have a look tomorrow to see what I can find and get a vid on my phone.

TomO · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:56

jp7152 said:
Here's my E36 BMW at Brands Hatch.

Indicated 40-130 MPH

That's running at about 410 BHP.

http://media.putfile.com/M3-Evolution-Acceleration

what was done to it for 410bhp :eek:

William · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:58

Pulls a caravan pretty well.

paradigm · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:59

Damn Mark, here was me thinking it was actually a thread about how much female attention we got in the car today

Nozzer · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:08

Rotty said:
would like to get tom do some proper timings on mine at some point

only reference I have is that it was noticably quicker than a Ferrari 348 the other night

They're slow old things anyway

ramirez · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:10

ive got no idea what my soarer is like for the 0-60 dash, some people claim they're around 7 seconds but then others say 5.5. It's probably quite close to the supra given its the same(ish) engine.

bmh.01 · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:12

Old vid with the worlds slowest gearchanges, will have to do another one and see if I can improve.

Rotty · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:14

Nozzer said:
They're slow old things anyway

I know, didn't realise till I got home and looked the figures up, was quite pleased with myself till then

Dtab · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:14

Daihatsu 4trac 2.8tdi,pulls 3.5tonne no probs

<checks thread>

ah,waving the wrong willy :eek:

Puppetmaster · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:31

where can i get hold of a g meter or something to time my 0-60 without using a stop watch. is the g meter more accurate than a speedo.

also, how do you film your speedo, stick a camera somewhere

-Ad- · 9 Sep 2006 at 23:31

My 94 sunny SR did 0-60 in just over 10 (10.2~ timed by a mate), and that was a week after i passed my test. Now i run 98 fuel with a replacement k&n filter + a lot more experience. Sub 10 should be easy

Gibbo · 10 Sep 2006 at 00:22

Vicious said:
where can i get hold of a g meter or something to time my 0-60 without using a stop watch. is the g meter more accurate than a speedo.

also, how do you film your speedo, stick a camera somewhere

G-Meter's are very accurate. Remember a thread from ages ago and think somebody hooked one up in their car at Santa-Pod and the results the G-Meter gave with same as the timing stuff at Santa-Pod or within a 100-1000th of a second. So they are pretty damn accurate as long as you don't cheat and are on a level road and have it setup properly.

agw_01 · 10 Sep 2006 at 00:28

[TW]Fox said:
0-60 in 6.5 seconds from an MX5? You've done a turbo conversion, yea?

Looking at that video, it was more around 8 seconds.

Puppetmaster · 10 Sep 2006 at 01:13

Gibbo said:
G-Meter's are very accurate. Remember a thread from ages ago and think somebody hooked one up in their car at Santa-Pod and the results the G-Meter gave with same as the timing stuff at Santa-Pod or within a 100-1000th of a second. So they are pretty damn accurate as long as you don't cheat and are on a level road and have it setup properly.

ah ok, so where can i buy them from?