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Old 08-22-2009, 09:44 AM   #1
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1 foot rollout?

Hi gang, the GM guys talked to me some about 0-60 times and now it got me thinking some. I did a video today and I could not keep the car from breaking loose so the guys on the forums are telling me 5.4 to 5.8 on the times.

The GM guys said at the track, magazines and GM when they do testing you have the one foot rollout before the clock starts. If I am spinning my tires and getting 5.4-5.8 I may really be getting very low 5 or high 4's on my 0-60 times the way they test and a track test.

Am I right in my thinking? If so my car is rocking.
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:09 AM   #2
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Well, then, I guess your getting a nose bleed with all that speed.
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:11 AM   #3
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Scott, I don't think your car is fast enough, and I'd like to see you happy.....so I came up with an idea:

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Scott, I don't think your car is fast enough, and I'd like to see you happy.....so I came up with an idea:
I want one of those fitted to my car.
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:20 AM   #5
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The "one foot roll-out" is the distance within the "Pre-Staged" and "Staged" lites of the Christmas Tree used as a drag-race starting system. On the starting line, there are two lite beams, broken by the car's front tires. Break the first beam: "Pre-Staged"; break the second beam: "Staged".

DON'T ask about "Deep Staged", cuz THAT'S where the "magic" of Magazine times comes from...and then we'd have to kill you...foot or no foot!

Actually, the earlier (shorter within the lines) you "Stage", the better "run out" you'll get i.e. you're already moving at a slightly greater speed when you trip the "Start" lite beyond the second line (kind of a "head start"). "Deep Staged" helps reaction time, which is NOT important for a Magazine/Manufacturer's purposes, but IS important to winning the race, depending...

BTW, one foot within your 0-60 "distance" will NOT save much "time"...but for bragging rights, every nanosecond COUNTS!

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Old 08-22-2009, 10:26 AM   #6
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Looks to me your car is running as it should. You need to take it to a dragstrip like Montgomery Motorsports Park which is the closest 1/4mile track to your home town. This is the only true way that you will see the actual performance of the car. The video and gps tracking is simply not acurate enough and is not the way to check the performance.
Take it to Montgomery on a Friday night have some fun and you will soon see how well it is running and I gaurantee you will see other Gen 5 camaro's there to talk to, learn from and make new freinds.
Forget about the 60' times your there.
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