Acceleration question
12-19-2003, 04:18 PM
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Acceleration question
So the other day I took my car out to get the dust off her and open her up a bit and something struck me as odd.
Why is it when entering a freeway I can top out at 100mph in 3rd (almost redline) yet on the track I am shifting much lower speeds and hitting the redline mark?
Has anyone else noticed this in their cars?
Why is it when entering a freeway I can top out at 100mph in 3rd (almost redline) yet on the track I am shifting much lower speeds and hitting the redline mark?
Has anyone else noticed this in their cars?
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12-19-2003, 04:27 PM
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Originally posted by RB
might deal with tire spin? The revs get higher faster when at the track due to loss of traction? :dunno:
might deal with tire spin? The revs get higher faster when at the track due to loss of traction? :dunno:
Now an onramp I get up to 100 and the onramp I did this on was less than a 1/4 mile
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12-19-2003, 04:38 PM
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maybe the car is making more power because it's colder? I know I could feel a little something something when I drove the M coupe last week. it was around 48F :happysad:
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12-19-2003, 04:39 PM
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Maybe but at the track I am on slicks so once I launch its pretty tough for me to spin...yet my end time is around 96mph.
Now an onramp I get up to 100 and the onramp I did this on was less than a 1/4 mile
Maybe but at the track I am on slicks so once I launch its pretty tough for me to spin...yet my end time is around 96mph.
Now an onramp I get up to 100 and the onramp I did this on was less than a 1/4 mile
onramps are usually downhill :dunno:
12-19-2003, 04:42 PM
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Originally posted by RB
onramps are usually downhill :dunno:
onramps are usually downhill :dunno:
onramps? really? in CA onramps are uphill. off ramps are downhill but I would never be accelerating at full throttle getting off the freeway.
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12-19-2003, 04:42 PM
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Originally posted by RB
onramps are usually downhill :dunno:
onramps are usually downhill :dunno:
You see what I am getting at here?
Its not so much the 100mph but the redline too.
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12-19-2003, 04:43 PM
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Originally posted by DakarM
onramps? really? in CA onramps are uphill. off ramps are downhill but I would never be accelerating at full throttle getting off the freeway.
onramps? really? in CA onramps are uphill. off ramps are downhill but I would never be accelerating at full throttle getting off the freeway.
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12-19-2003, 04:47 PM
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Originally posted by DakarM
onramps? really? in CA onramps are uphill. off ramps are downhill but I would never be accelerating at full throttle getting off the freeway.
onramps? really? in CA onramps are uphill. off ramps are downhill but I would never be accelerating at full throttle getting off the freeway.
that would be :eek3: