performance calculator..... BHP per ton etc

[shithotfast]

Being a bit bored, and seeing the "what's the lowest weight ultima" made me think about how much weight actually affects performance.

This site : http://www.letstorquebhp.com/calculator.asp

Not sure if it is accurate but....

EG: My spyder weighs 850kgs and was rolling roaded recently at 357.5 hp at the flywheel (zz4 carb SBC)

The calculator says:
Power at Flywheel (BHP) : 358
Weight without Driver (KG) : 850
Power to Weight Ratio (BHP Per Ton) : 427.94
0 - 60 (Secs) : 3.41
0 - 100 (Secs) : 8.00
60 - 100 (Secs) : 4.59
Quarter Mile (Secs) : 11.65
Terminal Speed (MPH) : 120.69
Drag Strip Quarter Mile (Secs) : 11.55
Drag Strip Terminal Speed (MPH) : 122.11

which is not far wrong. My best Qtr mile is 12 secs (slow reaction times etc?)

worth a play if your bored!

[andygtt]

put the details for my old canam in there and they were very close to the best times

[Gulf LS3]

Power at Flywheel (BHP) : 820
Weight without Driver (KG) : 1050
Power to Weight Ratio (BHP Per Ton) : 793.49
0 - 60 (Secs) : 2.76
0 - 100 (Secs) : 4.91
60 - 100 (Secs) : 2.15
Quarter Mile (Secs) : 10.31
Terminal Speed (MPH) : 148.32
Drag Strip Quarter Mile (Secs) : 10.21
Drag Strip Terminal Speed (MPH) : 150.00

not happy with that quarter mile time!! but hopefully we will see

[Mjpmark]

Kyle

A few of my mates have sub 10 second motors a few evo's a gembella turbo and a skyline. Dont think they have 850hp though, you sure thats right.?

Ill ask and see what they are running but seems a lot of hp for that time. Not my area of expertise i have to say.

[andygtt]

gona be tough to put that power down, but I hope to beat those times with less power than that

[crafty]

They have a page explaining thier calculation technique here.

http://www.letstorquebhp.com/%5Cexplained.asp


Basically, averaging from similar cars

The table of RWD cars is here

http://www.letstorquebhp.com/rwd.asp

There's a few Ultimas in there.....

[F.C.]

ET is a product of driver skill etc, so can only be a rough estimate.
Terminal speed is largely down to outright BHP and weight.

[shithotfast]

Ultima Maxximus G-Force 09 1600 1227 1324.93 2.68 3.30 0.62 qtr mile 7.97 186.03

cant be true???? a 7 sec qtr mile is dragster territory....