Fred's FE3 Truck Drag Racing Diary

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Fred's FE3 Truck Drag Racing Diary

Postby Fred » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:00 pm

Not very exciting just yet, as I never did a 400m pass, not once, not even with my G-Tech pro!

However, I know what it'll do, more or less, as is, and what it's capable of, more or less, as is but sorted out a bit better.

The one run I did do was 0 to 210kph and that took 17 seconds, and it was faster from 100 to 200 than from 0 to 100.

Right now I estimate that it makes about 400hp at the crank and weighs in at about 1250kg or so, both numbers could be a bit lower, or higher, +/- 50hp, +/- 100kg.

Irrespective of that, I know what a 14.0 second car feels like, and even as is, even with bad ratios, even with bad suspension, even with average tyres, it'd smash that.

So, right now, if I ran it, I reckon it'd do a shockingly slow 13.0 to 13.5 and not much better, and not much worse.

In future, with tyres, suspension, and gearing, but no weight difference and no power difference, I reckon it's capable of 11.0 - 12.5 seconds down the strip.

If I also put it on a small diet and increased the boost on the existing turbo, I reckon 9.8 to 11.0 is what's possible. It'd be pretty cool to have a genuine flat deck, still capable of carrying a big load, AND run tens :-)

If I use the calculators on the stealth316 site, my old NA skyline should do 15.5 - 16.5, and what I actually ran was 16.0, however I never had proper tyres or drag suspension, so likely 0.5 faster WAS possible. I also never ran that again once I stiffened up the car, failing to beat 16.5 or so after that. This is the difference setup can make on an otherwise good platform.

Comprehensive calcs page with stats: http://www.stealth316.com/2-calc-hp-et-mph.htm

Discussion and comments welcome.

Fred.
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Re: Fred's FE3 Truck Drag Racing Diary

Postby Fred » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:01 pm

Reserved for first G-Tech pro run!
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Re: Fred's FE3 Truck Drag Racing Diary

Postby Fred » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:01 pm

Reserved for first trip to strip!
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