How fat is the guy testing 0-60 MPH?

Is he like average weight?.... I noticed my moms Pontiac vibe drives much differently even when just 1 extra person is sitting in it...

So would the fact that im only 110 lbs (shut up...) help my car get a better 0-60?... even if its fractional. Like 0.1 seconds or 0.08 seconds.

110 ? you skinny, im 16 an 5'9" an im 137...

Im 16 and 6'9 too... heh heh. Doh!

you must be well skinny, im not fat or anything, like waist 30"...

The rule of thumb drag racers use is 100 pounds equals a tenth of a second in the quarter mile. Just another reason to stay in shape! :iceslolan

eh. any car that you drive would be slightly faster yes. but very little. but i can agree that when, say, my mom is in my car, it is painfully slow. add the fact that she HAS to run the AC on 5 all the time and..yeah.

i heard or read somewhere that 100 lbs is worth about 15hp. not sure if this is true and if it is im sure 100lbs for a 2000lb car is different than 100lbs for a 3000lb car. if anyone can confirm or deny this that would be great.

i heard or read somewhere that 100 lbs is worth about 15hp. not sure if this is true and if it is im sure 100lbs for a 2000lb car is different than 100lbs for a 3000lb car. if anyone can confirm or deny this that would be great.

Well it's not a straight line formula, and there are several published formula for determining this. So here are a couple:

Per Super Chevy Mag's formula :
A 2000 lb car with a trap speed of 100 in the 1/4 mile would require 155 hp.
A 2100 lb car with a trap speed of 100 in the 1/4 mile would require 162 hp.

Same exercise with a 3000 lb car = 232 hp
again, with a 3100 lb car = 239 hp.

There are several other estimates and formulae, but this one is close. BTW, This assumes wheel HP.

So your estimate isn't correct for a 1/4 mile run, but I suspect it would be close on a road circuit course of maybe 1.5 miles.

Jim
SR