wierd racing question please answer

[crabby760]

ok check this out say my friend and i race and he's ran his car at the track and he ran a 16.4 1/4 mile and we race on the street and i always beat him by a good 3 car lengths is there anyway to guess on what my time might be in a 1/4 mile?

[BullShifter]

No. Measure out a 1/4 mile & run against a stop watch to get an idea.

[SenseiAccord]

do u mean race 1/4 on the streets or semi longdistance races? cuz if it is long distance it doesnt really matter that u beat him in that because supras can easily beat an AWD 3000gt on the highways but on the 1/4 mile 3000gts would probably smoke a supra. Supras have major traction problems thats why but killer highway speeds. Off topic but havent u guys heard that question "what is the difference between a 500HP supra and an 800HP supra? Nothing because they will both run 11s in the 1/4!"

[pheurton-skeurto]

Originally Posted by SenseiAccord

do u mean race 1/4 on the streets or semi longdistance races? cuz if it is long distance it doesnt really matter that u beat him in that because supras can easily beat an AWD 3000gt on the highways but on the 1/4 mile 3000gts would probably smoke a supra. Supras have major traction problems thats why but killer highway speeds. Off topic but havent u guys heard that question "what is the difference between a 500HP supra and an 800HP supra? Nothing because they will both run 11s in the 1/4!"

ahhh-hegghmmm...dont know about all of that...

[bbyzfr6]

First of all my farm truck would run a 16 in the 1/4 mile, but a good estimate or from what I have heard at the track is about .3 seconds per car lenght. Of course that all depends on the speeds you are going at the end, but you get the gist .5-1 second faster in a 1/4. I think the stop watch idea is a great idea, a gtech, or 20 bucks at the track.

[got v-tec?]

Originally Posted by crabby760

ok check this out say my friend and i race and he's ran his car at the track and he ran a 16.4 1/4 mile and we race on the street and i always beat him by a good 3 car lengths is there anyway to guess on what my time might be in a 1/4 mile?

what kind of cars do you and your friend have??

[integra818]

How bout you try this : GO TO THE DAMN TRACK!!!

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by bbyzfr6

or 20 bucks at the track.

wtf? Costs $7 here for a full day/night of racing...

[pheurton-skeurto]

its $8 at trails on wednesday nights (not $7). also...ricochet, where were you on saturday? how can you have better competition if you dont show up??? sike, im sure youll find time to come out and get your ass stomped at some point. ha ha, messing.

[Ricochet]

Trails was always $7... I haven't gone on Wednesdays in a while because of work/school, I always show up Saturday mornings.

About this weekend, my friend's band was playing out west, and I didn't feel like freezing my ass off. I take it you went? Were there a lot of people?

[pheurton-skeurto]

yeah there were like two cars there for about 15 minutes, didnt bother talking to them. it was like a mustang and what looked like an old ass festiva or something. i left right after them at like 11:15. just thought that id give you a hard time about it either way.

[got v-tec?]

at my local track you can only race every other friday from 11 to 2am.
for $10 a night but its always so packed you get to run about 2 times an hour sometimes less. plus its only open from may to sept. plus high elevation! it sucks.

[knorwj]

shit at least you guys have a track... When i lived by nyc i would drive to englishtown for a track but now i live 4 hours north or nyc and i can't find a track anywhere. damn i wish there was a track close to oneonta.

[afroeman]

You guys have some cheap ass tracks if they only cost like $10 or less. Over here (East Texas) the track is $20... the track sucks ass too. It's old and kinda rundown. It's about 30-45 mins from where I live and the $20 will get you MAYBE 3 runs on a good night. It's only open from 11-1 am on Sunday nights.

About 1/4 estimation... I heard that at 100 miles per hour 1 car length is .2 seconds difference... so if you figure that at a 16.4 you'd be going about 75-80 in which case that's probably .3 or so. The best way to measure though is to either run your car at the track, get a stopwatch ($5 at Wal-Mart, or a sporting goods store), or get a GTech Unit for your car (about $150 I think)... Other than that I have no clue...

[Ricochet]

Gtech... lmfao
btw u spelled your name wrong, it's "afroman"