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07-28-2010, 04:19 PM | #30 |
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Excellent read.
Can anyone say ROAD TRIP?
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07-28-2010, 04:39 PM | #31 |
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07-28-2010, 05:05 PM | #32 |
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why didnt they do just the new 5.0 gt vs the camaro ss. its fair that way
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07-28-2010, 05:08 PM | #33 | |
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Small differences in drag coefficient and reference area can mean big differences in top speed due to the fact that drag is a function drag coefficient, reference area and of velocity squared. That is, every time you double your velocity, your drag increases by a factor of 4. Top speed falls out pretty easily from: Top speed = cube root ( 2 *RWHP / A * rho * Cd) where A = reference area rho = air density Cd = drag coefficient If you can find A and Cd which auto manufacturers are not always forthcoming about. Which is probably more than anybody wanted to know anyway...
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07-28-2010, 05:18 PM | #34 |
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I really enjoyed this article
Main thing is that the writers were having fun and aknowledged the differences in the car - but as they said - to have a car in the $30K price bracket doing over 170 and doing it in an unfussed manner with stable handling and great brakes is pretty amazing Lets just take the article in the spirit in which it was intended - 2 guys taking 2 hot muscle cars onto the salt flats for some fun and tell us some stories about the trip along the way .... made me want to go on a loooong drive
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07-28-2010, 05:42 PM | #35 |
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07-28-2010, 05:49 PM | #36 |
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Wow. That was a great article. I'm ready to go play now.
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07-28-2010, 06:45 PM | #37 |
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Great read, I didn't pick up my beer once.
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07-28-2010, 06:59 PM | #38 |
Great read, it's amazing to think that with $32,000, and some money to tune out your governor, you can get to 174.4 mph!
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07-28-2010, 07:11 PM | #39 |
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I've gotta figure out how to get a job where they'll pay me to do things like this lol. VERY entertaining read.
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07-28-2010, 07:19 PM | #40 |
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good read
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07-28-2010, 07:37 PM | #41 |
I used to be Dragoneye...
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I intend to make a 'pilgrimage' to the salt-flats at least once in my life.
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07-28-2010, 07:50 PM | #42 |
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I agree a more fair comparison is the SS and 5.0 GT. The fastest 0-60 times recorded in magazine tests for the 2011 GT, set up just like mine (6spd manual, 3.73 gears, Brembo package) is 4.3 seconds v.s the 2010 GT 500 coming in at 4.1 seconds. I think the SS was 4.5-4.6. So, higher HP is not necessary equivalent to higher speed. I would love to take a shot at a GT 500 with just a few bolt ons just shut those morons up. They love to tout how great their cars are. I hope $15K-$20K is worth 2/10ths of a second for them a dn 4/10ths in the quarter (12.4 v.s 12.8). I'm quite certain the 5.0 can make up those differences for a lot less money, as can the SS.
I have to say I like the LS engines. I drove one today. My Mustang loves to rev and makes its power in a different power band than the SS. The SS has more "grunt" until a certain rpm. Reminds me of the 1998 T/A WS-6 I used to have. |
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