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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 09 April 2014, 10:46:02
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We all know what the manufacturer claims for this delightful old 'dowager'. Let's explore the reality.
LOCATION.........Perfectly flat 'private facility'. Santa Pod.
CONDITIONS......Virtually windless. Fourteen stone driver and half a tank of fuel.
TEST EQUIPMENT....Racelogic Performance box.........accurate to within 0.1 MPH (SPEED)
0.1 SEC (TIME)
4 CM over 400 metres (DISTANCE)
So..............10 MPH.....0.71 sec........1.88 metres
20 MPH.....1.77 sec..........9.13 metres
30 MPH.....3.12 sec.........24.27 metres
40 MPH.....4.52 sec.........46.17 metres
50 MPH.....6.36 sec..........83.36 metres
60 MPH ....8.53 sec..........136.90 metres
70 MPH.....11.00 sec.........208.94 metres
80 MPH......14.42 sec.........323.86 metres
90 MPH......18.38 sec.........474.62 metres
100 MPH......23.23 sec.........680.99 metres
Standing quarter mile 16.54 sec at 85.54 MPH.
All of these figures are very similar to a 2.8 injection Capri from the 1980's. :y
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That's a very tidy 0-60 time for a 2.6 auto,slight downhill perchance ??? ::) ::)
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0-60mph looks quicker than book figures. Isn't it 9 or 9.5 for the 2.6?
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Stock 2.0l Capris run 17.1 seconds at about 75mph all day at Santa Pod.
Mildly tweaked mk1 3.0l just breaks into the 15s. Sometimes!
A friend's road legal Fiat 126 is now running very low 9s!
Those Omega stats are pretty good figures for a heavy, smallish engined car
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0-60mph looks quicker than book figures. Isn't it 9 or 9.5 for the 2.6?
Most magazine's test 'two up' with a full tank of fuel, adding perhaps a further 100/150 Kg to the weight. This could make the difference. :y
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Stock 2.0l Capris run 17.1 seconds at about 75mph all day at Santa Pod.
Mildly tweaked mk1 3.0l just breaks into the 15s. Sometimes!
A friend's road legal Fiat 126 is now running very low 9s!
Those Omega stats are pretty good figures for a heavy, smallish engined car
They cheat by using the 'one foot rollout' facility.... :P :P
This knocks about 0.3sec off the elapsed time. :y
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Never needed to; just held it at 3000rpm and fed in the clutch on the green light. 6500 rpm changes into 2nd and 3rd gears, change into 4th at 7000 as you cross the finish line, brake hard and take the first return road. My mate's technique of dropping the clutch at 6000rpm yielded the same times, but I couldn't see the point of being so brutal.
Repeat as often as you can. We put 21.runs on my daily driver one Sunday.
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Must get my AP22 out and head over to my "private test track" to see what the 3.2 will do in comparison.
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By comparison my CLS 500 manged 14.2 sec for the quarter at 101.8 MPH.
5.6 to sixty and 14 dead to 100 MPH*.
* denotes private test facility. :)
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If you drive it, it will break. Better to just look at it.
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If you drive it, it will break. Better to just look at it.
You're only jealous. ;D ;D
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Stock 2.0l Capris run 17.1 seconds at about 75mph all day at Santa Pod.
Mildly tweaked mk1 3.0l just breaks into the 15s. Sometimes!
A friend's road legal Fiat 126 is now running very low 9s!
Those Omega stats are pretty good figures for a heavy, smallish engined car
Low nines.... :o :o :o Strewth !!!.... that is quicker than a Hayabusa or ZZR 1400. I'm guessing that this particular Fiat 126 doesn't have it's original twin cylinder air-cooled 30 BHP engine. :D ;D ;D ;D
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Any 1 got figures for standard Vxr8 if you call that :y
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Must get my AP22 out and head over to my "private test track" to see what the 3.2 will do in comparison.
Or maybe I should loan it to TheBoy to check out the battle bus first. ;D
;)
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Must get my AP22 out and head over to my "private test track" to see what the 3.2 will do in comparison.
Or maybe I should loan it to TheBoy to check out the battle bus first. ;D
;)
The battery might go flat...
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Must get my AP22 out and head over to my "private test track" to see what the 3.2 will do in comparison.
Or maybe I should loan it to TheBoy to check out the battle bus first. ;D
;)
60 MPH in........ZZZzzzzz (snore) I hear it's shit slow. :D :D ;D
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Must get my AP22 out and head over to my "private test track" to see what the 3.2 will do in comparison.
Or maybe I should loan it to TheBoy to check out the battle bus first. ;D
;)
60 MPH in........ZZZzzzzz (snore) I hear it's shit slow. :D :D ;D
You're misinformed. Its shit and slow ;D
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Stock 2.0l Capris run 17.1 seconds at about 75mph all day at Santa Pod.
Mildly tweaked mk1 3.0l just breaks into the 15s. Sometimes!
A friend's road legal Fiat 126 is now running very low 9s!
Those Omega stats are pretty good figures for a heavy, smallish engined car
Low nines.... :o :o :o Strewth !!!.... that is quicker than a Hayabusa or ZZR 1400. I'm guessing that this particular Fiat 126 doesn't have it's original twin cylinder air-cooled 30 BHP engine. :D ;D ;D ;D
Tuned 400ci smallblock with nitrous. Chris reckons that it's gets a bit twitchy when he backs off at over 130mph.
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Stock 2.0l Capris run 17.1 seconds at about 75mph all day at Santa Pod.
Mildly tweaked mk1 3.0l just breaks into the 15s. Sometimes!
A friend's road legal Fiat 126 is now running very low 9s!
Those Omega stats are pretty good figures for a heavy, smallish engined car
Low nines.... :o :o :o Strewth !!!.... that is quicker than a Hayabusa or ZZR 1400. I'm guessing that this particular Fiat 126 doesn't have it's original twin cylinder air-cooled 30 BHP engine. :D ;D ;D ;D
Tuned 400ci smallblock with nitrous. Chris reckons that it's gets a bit twitchy when he backs off at over 130mph.
wasnt there 2 of those fiats? a red one and a yellow one?
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The red one is what I mentioned. His brother also has a Chevy engine in his blue car, and the yellow one uses a 1600 MR2 engine/gearbox/suspension and was built for his daughter.
The other Tax Racing cars are pretty hardcore; Brian's bigblock, nitrous tubeframed Anglia is seriously impressive.
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I prefer rats and gassers myself- got a buick 300 in my rover -that does what i need and building up a small block for the consul--when not doin triumph heralds and miggys--its all money though -or lack of at times-still am getting there-
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
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By comparison my CLS 500 manged 14.2 sec for the quarter at 101.8 MPH.
5.6 to sixty and 14 dead to 100 MPH*.
* denotes private test facility. :)
I know it's gone now but that's very respectable figures for a big heavy car. :y All of those figures are very similar to the 3.0d engine and that's certainly no slouch. ;)
Bet that shocked a few people off the lights. :y
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
TB. At an indicated 60 MPH in my MV6 the performance box is showing 57.2 MPH.....roughly 5% optimistic.
The speedo an the Merc was even more inaccurate.
I imagine that speedo accuracy varies from car to car. :y
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
TB. At an indicated 60 MPH in my MV6 the performance box is showing 57.2 MPH.....roughly 5% optimistic.
The speedo an the Merc was even more inaccurate.
I imagine that speedo accuracy varies from car to car. :y
The electronics/mechanics of modern speedos are usually aimed to be around 2mph optimistic, before taking into account new/old tyres etc.
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
TB. At an indicated 60 MPH in my MV6 the performance box is showing 57.2 MPH.....roughly 5% optimistic.
The speedo an the Merc was even more inaccurate.
I imagine that speedo accuracy varies from car to car. :y
The electronics/mechanics of modern speedos are usually aimed to be around 2mph optimistic, before taking into account new/old tyres etc.
I believe that they have to be within 10% by law. :y
Back in the late 1970's, (as an impressionable teenager) I read a road test on the georgeous Moto Guzzi Le Mans....an 850cc V-twin if memory serves.
At an 'indicated' 100 MPH the Guzzi was only really moving across the planet at a true 77 MPH........Italians, don't you just love them. ;D ;D :D.
....and yes, I still want one. :-* :-*
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The electronics/mechanics of modern speedos are usually aimed to be around 2mph optimistic, before taking into account new/old tyres etc.
Yep, they are not allowed to under-read by any degree, but are allowed to over-read by a decent margin, so the manufacturers have to aim high, depending on what the spread of readings will be from their design.
I remember my kit car was tested on a rolling road at SVA. It was allowed to read 70MPH at a true speed of 57 MPH - 70 MPH.
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
In car computer and the speedo
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So 0-55 then ::)
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
In car computer and the speedo
Okey dokey :y
Its not really accurate doing it that way. Which is, incidentally, how I did it (only used a stopwatch, as the CID lacks one).
Be interesting to see what mine gives on accurate equipment, so we know how accurate (or not!) the stopwatch method is.
I was consistently around 7.1-7.3, to 60 on the speedo, on petrol.
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That would put it at about the 8 second mark to an actual 60mph rather than the imaginary one :y
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I've never done 60 in mine.
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I've never done 60 in mine.
It won't do 60. :)
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Mine could get under 8 seconds. :'(
How was you measuring? I think Opti was using accurate equipment, which is why its an interesting (to me) thread.
Using a stopwatch and speedo, my MV6 managed 7.1s on the flat. I'd love to get it on accurate equipment to see how accurate/inaccurate that was...
In car computer and the speedo
Okey dokey :y
Its not really accurate doing it that way. Which is, incidentally, how I did it (only used a stopwatch, as the CID lacks one).
Be interesting to see what mine gives on accurate equipment, so we know how accurate (or not!) the stopwatch method is.
I was consistently around 7.1-7.3, to 60 on the speedo, on petrol.
I guess yours is correct .. mine did between 7.8 - 8.0 but also I cant be sure about roads inclination and thats 0-100 km/hr