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06-24-2006, 12:16 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by D4u2s0t
ok... so what is wrong with my statement then... the 2.4 should be about a half second quicker in the 1/4 over the 2.2 with the same conditions, and same level of skill driver... we're not talking about a "fluke", like someone didn't shift gears properly, or spun off the line too much, we're talking about ideal conditions... what other factors are there? we already specified that the conditions are the same
I am saying that a vehicle with about the same weight but one having more power should be faster in the 1/4 mile but there are other things that can play effect to it in real life, I'm just trying to specify the difference between the 2.
06-24-2006, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by celicacobalt
ill put it this way, at the track the other day i put in a faster time than another cobalt ss s/c that was there so its all driving skill
06-24-2006, 01:04 AM
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Theoretical is never the same as actual. Theoreticly a 2.4 is around a half second faster then a 2.2 with all varibles constant. But constant varibles hardly happen in a 1/4 mile race so actually anything could happen. So there is a % of error due to unconstant and uncrontolable varibles. That means that while the .5 differnece is a good rule of thumb it could be anywhere from 1.5 second difference to even the 2.2 having a better time then the 2.4.
06-24-2006, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon97Z
Theoretical is never the same as actual. Theoreticly a 2.4 is around a half second faster then a 2.2 with all varibles constant. But constant varibles hardly happen in a 1/4 mile race so actually anything could happen. So there is a % of error due to unconstant and uncrontolable varibles. That means that while the .5 differnece is a good rule of thumb it could be anywhere from 1.5 second difference to even the 2.2 having a better time then the 2.4.
06-24-2006, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by artawesome
so is 1/2 sec really matter? does it make that much of a difference?
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