12-11-10-9-8 just for fun

[slow-poke]

 

[Doggggboy]

This you?

 

[slow-poke]

This you?

No, I'm a slow-poke, I quit when I made it into the 10's

 

[Tom O]

So fast not furious?

 

[slow-poke]

Fast is a relative word. For me my car is quick, when a car requires a parachute it's fast.
Funny cars and dragsters are really fast;-)

 

[Hollow-Grind]

Amazing times we live in now. You can buy 9’s with a chute off a domestic showroom. My truck with bolts ons can run 10’s. The only good thing from the modern world we have lol

 

[slow-poke]

Amazing times we live in now. You can buy 9’s with a chute off a domestic showroom. My truck with bolts ons can run 10’s. The only good thing from the modern world we have lol

What truck do you have? What bolt ons? Last time I was at the drags some sort of newer Dodge diesel was in the other lane for one pass, it emitted enough black smoke to rival a coal fired plant and was still about 20-30 car lengths behind my 10s car. Not sure what bolt ons he had but that behemoth appeared to be running more like 12s or 13s.

9's domestic showroom, please elaborate.

$1.7M Bugatti Veron does 10's
The lower cost $400k McClaren 750s also does 10's

 

[slow-poke]

This seems consistent with what I observed at the track......
They have physics working against them, 6400lbs that's a lot of mass to a accelerate regardless of horsepower. Most 10s cars weigh less than half of that and require > 500HP to get into the10s

 

[Chicken lights]

This seems consistent with what I observed at the track......
They have physics working against them, 6400lbs that's a lot of mass to an accelerate regardless of horsepower. Most 10s cars weigh less than half of that and require > 500HP to get into the10s
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My 9000 pound F350 played with a mustang north of Wilmington NC and the mustang backed out of it. And yes I was running a radar detector but we easily hit a dollar, mph. Not 1/4 mile sure but the pickups can move

 

[mickeyf]

I don't do this stuff, but .... I'm pretty sure my electric car can get up to those speeds much faster. There's a story somewhere about a lady (in Arizona?) with a Nissan Leaf that puts the hot-rodders and electric skeptics to shame regularly.

 

[slow-poke]

I don't do this stuff, but .... I'm pretty sure my electric car can get up to those speeds much faster. There's a story somewhere about a lady (in Arizona?) with a Nissan Leaf that puts the hot-rodders and electric skeptics to shame regularly.

I think for people that have never been in a truly quick car that take a ride in a 15s car will think or say wow this car is fast. Well perhaps compared to a grocery getter like a Corolla.

The rule of thumb at the track is every 0.1s is roughly a car length. So the "fast" leaf is roughly 50 car lengths behind a 10s car.

Almost any warmed over V8 in a decently light chassis will do 15s, 1/4 mile times.

 

[Susquatch]

I think for people that have never been in a truly quick car that take a ride in a 15s car will think or say wow this car is fast.

Very few people know the feeling of an 11 or 12 second car. VERY FEW. Even keeping the car in its own lane requires skill. For those who haven't had that experience, I'd have to agree that a 15 or even 17 second car would feel amazing! But compared to an 11 second car, it's still a slug.

I think a fair number of people also confuse 0-60 times with 1/4 mile times.

I do see that there are a few ultra expensive specialty cars that can do 9 seconds today and that includes a few electric cars. The exceptions prove the rule I guess!

 

[slow-poke]

Very few people know the feeling of an 11 or 12 second car. VERY FEW. Even keeping the car in its own lane requires skill.

Agreed my days of fooling around on the street are ancient history. It just too dangerous. I recall a situation where I fairly fast car challenged me, I was in 2nd gear and my car was drifting left and turning the very light feeling steering wheel was doing nothing because the wheels weren't touching time to lift gently. I had drifted out of my lane pure stupidity.