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Garry
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Post subject: Supergas - trap speed?  Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:51 pm |
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Just a quick question - what's the fastest trap speed I could expect from a SuperGas car on the quarter mile? Is it safe to say we won't be seeing anything faster than 200mph?
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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NovaRat
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 8:35 am |
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I doubt you will see anyone over here actually exceeding 150 mph. People that can run that fast will be running in a faster class. Even the high tech overkill S/G people in the US don't trap over 200 mph!!!
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NovaRat
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:11 am |
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Well, I think Bruce hit the 130 range, so ...  Tnx for the info ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Squirrelina
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 8:25 pm |
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The Index for Supergas is 9.90,
which is only a secondandhalf faster than Bruce.
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Silke
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NovaRat
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:32 am |
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Quote: Well, I think Bruce hit the 130 range, so ... Quote: which is only a secondandhalf faster than Bruce.
Oh don't I wish 20 mph or 1.5 seconds in the 1/4 were as easy to come by as you seem to think.
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:12 am |
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Even though, with Bruce' trap speed, he should be hitting 10s ... hey Bruce, will your wheels hook this year? 
Anyway, timing system is back to the original design, so as long as I don't get speeds in the 250 range, I shouldn't have a problem ... and if, I could still reduce some internal delays ... at the moment, I ignore events for 100ms after an event ... 200km/h means that the distance between trap and quarter takes about .36seconds, so I should be good well beyond 400mph
In fact, I'm thinking about calculating an aproximate mph from the time between front and rear wheels breaking the 60ft light ... if a car is running 50km/h, it drives ~14m per second, so with a resolution of 1/1000s, I will be well within acceptable accuracy
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Squirrelina
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:14 am |
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NovaRat wrote: Oh don't I wish 20 mph or 1.5 seconds in the 1/4 were as easy to come by as you seem to think.
Dennis, you are getting that wrong. We know getting below 13s we talk about money for every half second down...
The calculation is about miles per hour and timing system range in general...
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Silke
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Squirrelina
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:22 am |
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Garry wrote: Anyway, timing system is back to the original design, so as long as I don't get speeds in the 250 range, I shouldn't have a problem ... and if, I could still reduce some internal delays ... at the moment, I ignore events for 100ms after an event ... 200km/h means that the distance between trap and quarter takes about .36seconds, so I should be good well beyond 400mph In fact, I'm thinking about calculating an aproximate mph from the time between front and rear wheels breaking the 60ft light ... if a car is running 50km/h, it drives ~14m per second, so with a resolution of 1/1000s, I will be well within acceptable accuracy Stop talking long story theories and get that stuff to work right!
I tried to read that three times and still don't know what you are actually saying. All we want is a good timeslip. 
Sorry but I feel so old today... 
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Silke
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Hawk
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Post subject: Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 6:17 am |
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I think i will have traction this year. Watch out Dennis!!!
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