Originally posted by phoenixpower+Oct 20 2004, 21:02 --></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (phoenixpower @ Oct 20 2004, 21:02 )</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-DRiftAGster@Oct 20 2004, 18:34
wat topui says makes sense..... :P
it is all about setup, you can have 1000 bhp (like what we have from the borneo skylines) but end up running only 11 secs. :P
from what i remember/know, i saw with my own eyes a street car GTR32 dynoed 450++bhp on wheel and then at the same nite clocked 10.49sec in this year's sepang drag battle...... so don't tell me it doesn't make sense/impossible for a car with power below 600bhp to run below 11 sec.
zamans98, sometimes you don't really need 1000bhp to clock below 11sec, i've seen a street setup GTR33 that weighs 1600kgs clocked 10.9 sec with my own eyes (again) in malaysia.
** Maybe my eyes got problem :unsure: la.... and see wrongly....
DRiftAGster,
I have no comment on the borneo skylines even though it was said they're making lots of power.
To be fair, It would be nice if those cars that raced in Miri come over to KL and race and show their real potential on the same battlefield as they're timed with the same timing devices unlike the ones in Miri(no offence Mirians) :)
I definitely agree that overall setup makes up the time at the finishing line but 9 sec flat is one seriously quick time and I can tell you that you need some kind of
crazy horsepower/power-to-weight ratio to do that.
Lets take some numbers from a GTR that ran just a tad below 9secs.
Im sure some of you know Mario "the GTR professor" 's GTR700. That car ran an 8.96secs and backed it with an 8.99secs @ 160mph(FYI, it ran an 8.2sec in WSID sometime ago,currently ranked 3rd fastest GTR in the world, behind Garage Avance and HKS).
His car weighs at around 1350kg(wet). Let's assume that his car is running 1100hp(FYI, it was running insane boost levels).
We're already getting around 810++bhp/tonne to run 8.99secs.
Base from the information provided , that thailand car weighs at 1000kg.
In order to reach 9secs it must produce at least 650bhp/tonne. Im putting this as a
minimum just in case his 60ft is a near perfect 1-1.1secs!(as he's using drag slicks). :)
From the findings above, 480hp is nowhere near the 650bhp/tonne mark
unless it's running much less weight.
Just my two cents. [/b][/quote]
well, if that is your formula, then maybe you are right la, anyway, i don't believe in "how many bhp = how many sec q/mile run" coz there are too many factors that will affect the result -- 1 of the most important - driver!!
anyway, just hope to see more fast cars in malaysia..... :P
