power vs fastness? This should start some comments!

[shithotfast]

I noticed the recent thread on drag racing.... Seemed interesting in that some of the "high powered" cars are getting 12 secs qtr miles. My baby ZZ4 350bhp carb spyder does an easy 12.4 secs - and i need to use all five gears because I only have 5,500 revs max to play with. So it seems a bit strange that the large engine cars are not doing a lot faster times? I know the recent factory Ultima did 9.99999 - which is in a whole new league, but he was only using 2 gears (I think) so thats another second saved (one shift vs 4 - 3 gear shifts in one second would be fair?) which makes it (sort of)an 11 sec car vs 12.4 secs ....so a 1.4 sec faster car for an additional 500 bhp?? cant be right?

My spyder is lighter than a GTR though... (no glass or roof at all) but unless I am reading the figures wrong......... comments?

[shithotfast]

I found it was much better with the right conditions.... EG: Shakespear raceway (proper sticky track) and during a hot july day with hot tyres, try as i might, couldnt get the wheels to spin - even in 1st! just a slight screech and away. Must be all down to slow take ups (granny starts I think they are called)

Interesting that the "slow" granny starts give the best times, but look really boring vs all that tyre smoke and spins!

[shithotfast]

deadscoob said:

Doesn't the terminal give a pretty good idea of the actual power the car has? It should be fairly consistent, so if Mark terminals at 130, if he fluffs the start and does a 14sec run, or hooks up and does it in 11, the actual terminal speed won't vary much?

Shithotfast, what was your terminal, about 120?

yes, and did notice sometimes the terminal speed could be slightly higher, yet overall time higher? I think 125mph was the highest with a 12.8 but only 120 something (lost the slip) with 12.4 which was my highest......

[shithotfast]

mine is a g50/03 box, dyno shows peek torque of 387.8, and 328.4 hp. Spyder weighs 1970lb / 850 kg (the ultima specs say. MAX revs of 5800. So what other info do you need? Technical stuff like "it goes really wizzy??