Thread: 1/4 Mile Results are in(no traction :-/ )**(redemption run June 21st)**

Originally Posted by stealthee

True or false 5000 rpm in 3rd gear is a faster mph than 4500 rpm in 3rd gear?

There is no theory there. There is fact.

BTW, do you race a lot in OD? Change the 3rd back to 4th like it originally was.

What are you talking about? I asked a question, you refuse to answer it because it disproves your theory.

Originally Posted by stealthee

What are you talking about? I asked a question, you refuse to answer it because it disproves your theory.

It doesn't address my theory, which happens to be physical. Can you read? If you can let's continue in PMs so as not to **** on the thread.

You're not getting it. 95% of the other people here get it. No point in arguing. I have done it, I have seen it, I know it.

I'll lay one more scenario out there for you to try to explain it.

Take an RC car with a top speed of 60 mph. Set up cones 10 feet apart.

Run 1: Launch from a stand still.
Run 2: Hold the wheels off the ground and hold the throttle wide open for a second then let it down.

Run 2 is going to hit top speed in a shorter distance because it got a running start. The same situation happens on a poor launch in a 1/4 mile run.

Higher RPM's equal higher MPH.

Originally Posted by stealthee

You're not getting it. 95% of the other people here get it. No point in arguing. I have done it, I have seen it, I know it.

I'll lay one more scenario out there for you to try to explain it.

Take an RC car with a top speed of 60 mph. Set up cones 10 feet apart.

Run 1: Launch from a stand still.
Run 2: Hold the wheels off the ground and hold the throttle wide open for a second then let it down.

Run 2 is going to hit top speed in a shorter distance because it got a running start. The same situation happens on a poor launch in a 1/4 mile run.

Higher RPM's equal higher MPH.

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

You can't? Last I checked you could do a burnout standing still.

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

My "silly" example proves why you will have a higher trap when you spin. Wheel spin equals inertia. You will hit a higher rpm at an earlier point in the run. Higher RPM equals higher MPH.

Amusing how this thread has taken off...

Why is it such a difficult concept to realize?

Traction is the variable and changes for temp, tire, car, foot, feel, tranny, gears, etc...

If your wheels are spinning and your engine is revvvvving, you might go fast, but the other guy is getting there first as your wheels ran the length of the race 2x to his once!

well, seems i hosted a jerry springer show.

here are my 3 passes. i am LEFT car. first slip i went WOT way to quick and white smoked half way down the track, tires were oil so i just left off.

2nd pass was my best with a 60' 2.4 and 3rd pass is when i gave up. with a 60' of 2.7

i get stealthee, it makes sense but these slips do not really match it. 2.4 60' i had 101.99mph the 2.7 60' i had 101.94 and my 1/8 mile mph was lower.

true. like i said i couldnt get any kind of launch down that would let me get a decent 60'

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

Dude, you really should have stopped while you were ahead.

wow even my 60' was better lols.
get some tires, try again!

2.466 60 foot in my bone stock, auto crapbalt.

lawlwalwlawlwalwalwololololollollulllelelellll.

Nick your cobalt is faster than my el Camino was in the 1/8th lol. I used to think that car was fast in high school haha

I ended up going 16.24 @ 84.8 later that day...go figure, lol...faster than I thought it was gonna be. Swore it was gonna run 17.50's with only 90 base model HP like Flake says it has

I ran a 11.0 @ 62 in my El camino haha

Originally Posted by Grimsin

wow even my 60' was better lols.
get some tires, try again!

you also dont have to worry about an instant 300+ wtq when you smash on the pedal.

but yes, TIRES!!! i need them bad and new rear shocks and springs