Getting a new Car!

[Mr.Tweak]

12.5????


Are you sure?

You might want to check those figures

You were in the car when we timed it! :hammer:

[Slamo]

We were timing 0-100 i thought. Or maybe that was a different time.

I'm just having trouble believing a 12.5 second quarter mile when your car does 0-100 in 10s

[JediAgent]

0-100

Whe we say "100" do we mean km or miles.

[Moose]

Whe we say "100" do we mean km or miles.

It's Australia, so it will be Kph.

12.5 doesn't sound right.

A stock VT will run around 15 -16.

So yours should do low 15s or at best high 14s

[djvanders]

Doing 0-100kph a manual would be faster?
In my nissan it does it in about 7.5 seconds and its an auto. A Manual seems like i could get through the shifts quicker.
Just wondering.

[JediAgent]

Depends, my first to second gear syncro is going out, so i've almost gotta jam it into second. But i've been doing less and less since i think it's bad for the car.

Stick can be faster, but you gotta know how.

[djvanders]

Spose it depends on how close the gear box is to

[Moose]

It depends on the driver.

A standard auto will probably be quicker from 0-60Kph. But a Manual would be quicker from 0-100Kph.

Manuals are quicker at high speed due to less drive train power loss. Also passenger car autos are made for comfort, and not performance.

[djvanders]

lol mine isnt made for comfort thats for sure..hehe

[JediAgent]

Manuals are quicker at high speed due to less drive train power loss.

Learned something new.

[Mr.Tweak]

Learned something new.

Now Moose might care to explain exactly what that means, because I have no idea :)

[Mr.Tweak]

lol mine isnt made for comfort thats for sure..hehe

Or carrying computers.... :snip:

[djvanders]

hey cam sold it sunday morning got an EF station wagon now..... Fit Sh*t Loads in now.

Heres a pick of the nissan

[Mr.Tweak]

hey cam sold it sunday morning got an EF station wagon now..... Fit Sh*t Loads in now.

Got a shot of the new car?

[JediAgent]

It depends on the driver.

A standard auto will probably be quicker from 0-60Kph. But a Manual would be quicker from 0-100Kph.

Manuals are quicker at high speed due to less drive train power loss. Also passenger car autos are made for comfort, and not performance.

Tweak, he's saying that a good auto will be programmed for the best shift points and will always flawlessly shift there, thus getting it to 60 faster. But a stick has less powerloss at high speed because there is less to deal with inside the trans, and with less to deal with the things inside that spin can spin faster with lews weight on them (don't fully understand because ive never seen a schematic) making a stick better to 100.