How do you measure your 0-100 time on the road?

[Nicholas]

oi!!! dun give suggestions lah...next he want me sit, to see my butt [laugh] feel

 

You sure put your butt on his seat still can reach 100km/h a not? [laugh]

[Ungtiong]

i am just wondering cause a lot of people are modding their cars for "more" HP or better pickup... unless we all drive at high speeds, HP is almost useless so its down to acceleration. The acceleration is a good way to know if their mods are useful or useless.

 

I find it hard to believe that a person can pay a lot of money for his turbo car, make is almost unbearable for passengers to sit in and dont care about acceleration.

 

Also for fuel economy, a person can get so technical (fuel type, tyre pressure, driving habit, etc) but use a inaccurate method for measurement (calculating how much you pump to full tank (previously full tank when reset distance) vs the distance traveled.

 

Both fuel efficiency and acceleration measurements currently used are outdated. New cars now have on board computers which use the ECU data. Using the ODBII sensor also uses the ECU data and can easily tell you everything u want.

 

fuel economy also posted online but many of us are VERY anal about it.

 

 

 

 

 

[Wormvirus]

turbo car has torque that go up so fast thats why the accel is better

[Wizardofzzz]

 

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There are dynos, and then there are Mustang Dynamometers. And believe you me, this is DA one.

 

Meet the MD-AWD-150. This is as bad-ass as it can be, and M**NS**r T**e is proud to be the first owner in Singapore.

 

What's the big deal you may ask? See the yellow thingy? That's the eddy-current system. It allows us to create a real-load inertia so that we get an actual reading on the wheels. Its as close as being on the road, without the hazards. Unlike other inertia based dynos in Singapore, only Mustang dynos have real loading based on the car's weight and other important parameters that we factor in.

 

There's also a weather station link-up to provide actual compensation. So no more fairy-tale readings. Some dyno operators will key-in inflated compensation numbers to give you a happy ending. A proper dyno with actual readings is what we are after. If you want fairy-tale numbers, Disneyland might suits you better. "

 

This dyno is also the ONLY one in Singapore that does:

 

1/4 Mile Timing

0-100km/h Timing

Brake Force Testing

Carbon Emissions Testing

 

 

Taken from website

 

 

 

 

[Ungtiong]

Dynos dont take in account wind resistance so it will give better results (plus a whole lot of other factors). Anyway the actual results is not as important to some people as the comparative results. If a Dyno is rigged to give good times, if testing different setups or mod, with the same rigged settings, one can see if there are any improvements.

 

One simple question, if the butt dyno (plus sensory pleasure) feels very good, but the times are very similar (or worst), then is it worth the mod?.....

 

 

[Blue850r]

Dynos dont take in account wind resistance so it will give better results (plus a whole lot of other factors). Anyway the actual results is not as important to some people as the comparative results. If a Dyno is rigged to give good times, if testing different setups or mod, with the same rigged settings, one can see if there are any improvements.

 

One simple question, if the butt dyno (plus sensory pleasure) feels very good, but the times are very similar (or worst), then is it worth the mod?.....

To me, not worth the mod. End up bluffing ourselves.

[Myxilplix]

i am just wondering cause a lot of people are modding their cars for "more" HP or better pickup... unless we all drive at high speeds, HP is almost useless so its down to acceleration. The acceleration is a good way to know if their mods are useful or useless.

 

I find it hard to believe that a person can pay a lot of money for his turbo car, make is almost unbearable for passengers to sit in and dont care about acceleration.

 

Why hard to believe? Not everyone sees traffic lights as drag strip christmas trees. Some people prefer setups for track work, others might want in-gear acceleration and some might just be going for top speed.

 

I personally can't be arsed with how fast my car does 0-100 because a) i don't race with people, b) my car is not-quite-stock and my gearbox is now the weakest point of the drivetrain so i don't like to stress it with the torque of the lower gears/hard launches/shifts and c) i am not an aggressive driver who needs to speed ahead of everyone when moving off from every traffic light.

 

But what i do care about is how my car pulls above 120 in 5th gear as more than 50% of my mileage is clocked on the NSH doing relatively fast cruising. I seldom go over 200 and have never tried my top speed. I just need the car to be get me back to cruising speed quickly under moderate throttle (no need to drop gears or mash the throttle) after clearing slower traffic, be stable at speed/under heavy braking, have strong brakes and be relatively comfortable. So that's how i have arrived at my engine build/turbo choice/tuning/suspension/brake setup.

 

Different strokes for different folks. Not everyone has the same goals.

[Maseratigood]

Depends on how kuku the driver is...........

Such a driver can zoom 0-95 in 6 sec, then take another 10 sec to reach 100... Coz his Leg cramped

[Darthx123]

tamiya cars abit hard to reach 100 =P

[Maseratigood]

tamiya cars abit hard to reach 100 =P

Try Hotwheel cars using their roller coaster type of looping track, can hit 100