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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 05:34 AM
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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Thats nifty, is it any where close to a "real" time?
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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Well I punched in a buddys time and power and it was lower by almost 1 second. The guy has an 89 Daytona with approx 500whp, car weights 3400lbs and so far hes only managed an 11.9. Granted thats not at sea level and its a fwd car.
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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Pshh, it says my car should do a 13 flat but the best I could squeeze out yesterday was a 13.8... Granted I was on heavy 16" wheels with bald tires that were discontinued years ago (read: aged and slick) so my launches suffered terribly... But still!
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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yeah doesnt seem to accurate....
Old Jul 21, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by roman
Pshh, it says my car should do a 13 flat but the best I could squeeze out yesterday was a 13.8... Granted I was on heavy 16" wheels with bald tires that were discontinued years ago (read: aged and slick) so my launches suffered terribly... But still!
well launches are everything! maybe thats why ???

but yeah there is too much thats goes into getting a good run to trust some calculator on the internet, still kinda cool to play with.......like 600 hp on 100lbs car. lol. but like i said too much comes into play: wheel/tire size, tire pressure, fwd or rwd, altitude, yada yada blah blah etc etc........
Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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It errs on the side of being faster thats all.
Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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for my car, I have done lots g-tech runs and (when it was n/a) and ran 15.6 on the street and it says that I should have 110whp...Possible on a 1.8 with intake exhaust I suppose.
Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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seams decently accuate to me, i did a couple friends cars and it was all correct assuming PERECT conditions/driver
Old Jul 28, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dc2696
for my car, I have done lots g-tech runs and (when it was n/a) and ran 15.6 on the street and it says that I should have 110whp...Possible on a 1.8 with intake exhaust I suppose.
sounds reasonable to me
Old Aug 9, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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The thing with the g-tech is you have to launch properlly, no wheel spin/hop has to be smooth.
Old Aug 25, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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oh thats why it seemed unrealistic when my friend used one, he always dumped the clutch. i didnt know that. hehe
Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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yea its says my car will do 11.9 lol. Yea after 6 trannies and rear ends lol
Old Sep 10, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ienjoydrifting
yea its says my car will do 11.9 lol. Yea after 6 trannies and rear ends lol
I learned after my second diff to go bigger, no trannies yet though.
Old Sep 11, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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Yea i have a RX7 ats deftforce 2 way now. No more breakage
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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try this instead:

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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 12:58 AM
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i have to much wheelspin when i dump the clutch it is kinda funny
Old Sep 26, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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you can have it optimize the launch. It seems to take a lot into factoring times. not sure if it's any more accurate...
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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if i had a better reference for friction coeficient i could optimize it to the grip of my tires but this still doesnt take into acount wheel hop i get if i realy lay into it from a start.i obviusly havent done this to often as the dif still works knock on wood but once or twice just to see what she would do
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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yeah i need to get a torsen and test that software agianst real life.
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