30-70 mph times

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granville

18,764 posts

260 months

Monday 29th July 2002
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There's only one thing for it and it involves an athlete's stopwatch and some furtive scanning of the local dragstrips, sorry, B-roads.

Pinkney

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1,010 posts

263 months

Monday 29th July 2002
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Cerbera 4.5 (0.60,3.9 and 0-100,8.3)
therefore 60-100 would be 4.4sec.

996TT (0-60,4.2 and 0-100,9.2)
therefore 60-100 would be 5sec

Macca (0-60,3.2 and 0-100,6.3)
therefore 60-100 would be 2 sec!

Will have to grab my copy of Autocar at home to compile some more.

>> Edited by Pinkney on Monday 29th July 17:54

SJobson

12,958 posts

263 months

Monday 29th July 2002
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I have to confess to measuring my Civic's 60-100 mph time on the public road, in rush hour (not going with the flow of traffic, I hasten to add) - slightly uphill on a curving motorway sliproad, using the speedometer and a Casio watch strapped round the steering wheel, it managed 9.88s (hey, the accuracy's important when you've got up to 10mph over-reading on the speedo and a reaction time to take into account too...)

I want a GPS speedo thing, I suppose, but it would just encourage me to do it again...

kevinday

11,553 posts

279 months

Tuesday 30th July 2002
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Macca (0-60,3.2 and 0-100,6.3)
therefore 60-100 would be 2 sec!




I make it 3.1 not 2.0

Pinkney

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1,010 posts

263 months

Tuesday 30th July 2002
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Macca (0-60,3.2 and 0-100,6.3)
therefore 60-100 would be 2 sec!


I make it 3.1 not 2.0


Doh!

d3vine

699 posts

267 months

Tuesday 13th August 2002
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What the heck is a Macca? I have read one of the Ultima GTR articles and it mentioned Mike Tyson own a Macca that is incredibly fast, equal to the Mclaren F1.

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Tuesday 13th August 2002
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What the heck is a Macca? I have read one of the Ultima GTR articles and it mentioned Mike Tyson own a Macca that is incredibly fast, equal to the Mclaren F1.
Errrr, Macca = McLaren F1. 'Macca' is to McLaren as 'Tiv' is to TVR and 'Maser' is to Maserati.

A.K.A. 'Big Mac'

So its hardly surprising that the 'Macca' is as fast as the McLaren F1 really.

>> Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 13th August 09:36

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 13th August 2002
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pretty sure the 250 gearbox kart i was trying not to soil myself in on the weekend was doing it in a little less than two!.......

MoJocvh

16,837 posts

261 months

Tuesday 13th August 2002
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"Having been a bit of a car nut in his heyday, my usually reserved and chilled dad shouted over the engine "fcuking hell, I had no idea cars could do that!".

A few confirmation blats up and down various motorway slip roads and I returned home having slapped a permanent hazy grin on his face - much to the amusement of my mum."

--life's for living!!

fid

2,428 posts

239 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2004
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Pinkney said:
Managed to get my hands on an Autocar Mag and here are a few other examples.

Aston Martin Vanquish - 3.7
BMW M5 - 5.0
Caterham R500 - 2.6
etc.


2.6 seconds? Phwooar!!

Mr E

21,580 posts

258 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2004
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Some seriously fast metal.

The Four posts a very quick 0-60 time (benefits of 4wd). I suspect 30-70 is in the 5-6 second region once on boost.

60-100 is probably around 8 seconds. Power loss due to the complex drivetrain slows the car by this point. The 4wd becomes a parasitic loss and additional mass by this point.

Time for more boost then.



Oh, and I've done something similar to my old mum. Rolled out of town, long straight road, clearway sign. 25mph in second, went WOT. Lifted at 100 leptons. She screamed all the way there.

andrew-3nxgb

2 posts

52 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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ive got a leon 5f 2.0 diesel, its been remapped now has 230hp and 465nm, it can do 30-70 in third gear in 5 seconds.

cheddar

4,637 posts

173 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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andrew-3nxgb said:
ive got a leon 5f 2.0 diesel, its been remapped now has 230hp and 465nm, it can do 30-70 in third gear in 5 seconds.
I'm sure it's quick but It can't do that and didn't do it, pleased that the thread was resurrected though smile

Edited by cheddar on Wednesday 22 July 06:57

andrew-3nxgb

2 posts

52 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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i can assure you it can do that, proved on the rollers at amd in essex

xu5

618 posts

156 months

Sunday 10th March
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There used to be a thread for 30-70 mph times but it has been archived now so probably doesn't get much views, so I thought I might start a new one.

I find this kind of metric quite interesting and more relatable than 0-60.

Lets try and keep it light hearted and for comparison rather than proving who is the ultimate top dog. Times don't need to be impressive.

Accurate times using Dragy or similar timing device would be preferable, personally when using Dragy I try and discount anything on a slope greater -0.5 degrees to negate to much gravity assistance.

Obviously all rules of the road to be obeyed when conducting runs, and runs can be done through the gears starting below 30.

I'll kick things off with my car...

2019 Suzuki Swift Sport ZC33S 6.4s
2019 Suzuki Swift Sport ZC33S stage 1 map 5.7s
I reckon I could better this as I did one run by stamping the accelerator at 28mph in 3rd. Also the sun was in my eyes whistle
I'll try again when I get my Dragy back from my mate.

autumnsum

351 posts

30 months

Sunday 10th March
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TVR Tuscan S - 3.0 sec
Porsche 911 GT2 - 3.0 sec
Mitsubishi Evi VII - 4.5 sec
Renault Clio Sport - 7.6 sec
Merc A class - 12.1 sec

Well here we are ~20 years later and an electric MG family car will beat the Porsche. How times change.

Whistle

1,392 posts

132 months

Sunday 10th March
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Just checked this out and according to Google my Tesla 3 will do 0 to 70 in 4.2 seconds.
It’s just a family company car.


s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Sunday 10th March
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Whistle said:
Just checked this out and according to Google my Tesla 3 will do 0 to 70 in 4.2 seconds.
It’s just a family company car.
Tesla Model S timed at 1.7 seconds for 30-70 increment

RATATTAK

10,584 posts

188 months

Sunday 10th March
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I think my car does 0 - 100 in 6.64 ... not sure about 30 - 70.

Clockwork Cupcake

74,389 posts

271 months

Sunday 10th March
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Wow. Extreme necro-thread!

Unsubscribing. And, no, I won't let the door hit my arse on the way out.