Why are 60 fts so important

[AllKiller]

reaction dont matter, unless your heads up racing, in the same class,
with those 60's, you ve not enough power to get near Kev

[Pete]

This a copy of my last run at the nats.reaction.4048,,,,,,,,60ft 2.0831,,,,,,,330ft 5.9462,,,,,,,,,1/8 8.8562,,,,,,,,,1/8 mph 86.53mph,,,,,,,,,1000 et 11.1961,,,,,,,et 13.2612 mph 113.70. I would guess if i had not had a cup of tea and a biscuit on the line that could have been a chuffing good time poss fastest a bod.

Julies Dart ran 11.6 @ 112mph at the Nats.
Went 11.4 @ 117mph at Shakey with a 1.5 60 foot time.

A bit to go yet, Pete

When Dave & Mags Bailey are running we are not even in the Ballpark..........

[AllKiller]

My 60 was 1.755 ET 12.008 @ 115.510

[Kev]

1.58 on me 11.72 run

[Anonymous]

I will get there Pete just got to make enough power to drag my massive wheels of the line

Pete , why are you running on those mahoosive wheels , genuine question , not tryin to be funny , cos I'm sure you'd get better results with another combo.

[Kev]

Very true Adam! But would you chop up an original 60's race car???? Work with what you have, Pete (and what gears are you running!!!!!!! Again!!!!!! )

[Anonymous]

Yea , thought it must of been summat to do with it.

Can always experiment with different wheels though , when he beats you & Pete he can put the mahoosives back on.

[AllKiller]

3.55 ?

[Dave999]

here is the maths that will work if a few things are constant

in reality your acceleration isn't but for back of fag packet calc to see if 1 second on 60 foot time = 2 seconds extra at the line

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equations_of_motion

the classic equations are easier to understand

A level stuff unless you did O'levels

GCSEs just involve drawing a picture of the thing in motion so if ya 35 or under you are screwed...

I know, i taught it (in english to children who couldn't speak english, i was supposed to i wasn't being spiteful).

I think if you use classic equations 1 and 4

where u is the speed at 60 foot V is the speed at the line

use equation 1 to work out average acceleration

R or S is the distance traveled 1/4 mile - 6o foot in this case
use meters, meters/second and meters per second squared for acceleration its easier

convert back to mph later

can't be arsed to do one.... i had to erase everything i learned to fit in idiocy, humour, how to rebuild a VW flat 4 and how to make things go bang

let me know if it works, i probably got it wrong...sbeen a long time

James!!!

integration diferentiation and stuff it scares me and I've lost me notes

dave

[Anonymous]

Thanks Dave.. ..............................................

[Dave999]

yeah it seemed like such a good idea then i thought.....i really can't be arsed too much like hard work

acceleration is the key

and maintaining it for the full 1/4

first 8th its accelerating a big lump of car as fast as poss
second 8th its overcoming the wind resistance that goes up exponentially with every mph. which is why a ford pop aint the best car to go drag racing in

to do it right and miantain the same acceleration for the full 1/4 you would need a very wide torque curve and a lotta gears

a variator gearbox like on a modern scooter would be the go.

dave

[Kev]

When Dave & Mags Bailey are running we are not even in the Ballpark..........

Yeah! But they are hardly street driven to and from the track,eh? Oh! I forgot! Mr TrailerQueen!!!!!!
Reckon I could go 11.4 if I trailered my car!!
Should we have a "Trash Talk" section???