for a mini wieghing in at 750kg and on street tyres, you will need atleast 130hp @ wheels for a 13.9 1/4
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| Author: | dansedgli [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:59 pm ] |
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Just a general question for those of you have taken your mini's to the strip. What horsepower does your engine have- blown or NA- and what time did you run including your trap speed please? ie. my EB falcon with 202rwkw/ 270rwhp ran a 13.67 at 105mph. Im just after a rough guide for curiosity's sake. Thanks a bunch, Dan |
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| Author: | Angusdog [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:08 pm ] |
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Kinda related but I think interesting. This guy Brian lives down the street from me, and built a VW-based special. He's definitely a techie, as this page shows. Basically, you videotape your speedo as you accelerate as fast as your car can. You then plot the acceleration on a spreadsheet and calculate the power from that, based on the weight and few other factors. It's a bit fiddley but the right price. Incidentally, Brian's just dropped in a 2.2 litre VW motor, which when it's only shifting 705kg, and has a wheelbase about as long as its width means a lot of fun. Wish he'd let me drive it... |
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| Author: | 13secmini [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:15 pm ] |
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for a mini wieghing in at 750kg and on street tyres, you will need atleast 130hp @ wheels for a 13.9 1/4
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| Author: | kazjim [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:13 pm ] |
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Angus, I've also heard that method used when RECORDING the SOUND of the engine.... Personally I think the video method would work well..... You know the time taken, you know the weight, factoring a few Hp into it for traction, you would get very close... Do a search for Moroso power / weight calculator on Google..... J |
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| Author: | dansedgli [ Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:34 pm ] |
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13secmini wrote: for a mini wieghing in at 750kg and on street tyres, you will need atleast 130hp @ wheels for a 13.9 1/4
Thats not too bad. I thought it would take more HP than that to run a 13. Maybe I will be able to take my mini to the next ford heathcote day and take out the V8 and the 6 cylinder class if the mini holds up of course. Turbos get put in the next category up. That would be awesome for a mini to win the 6 class. |
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| Author: | low n blown [ Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:49 pm ] |
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13 sec am surprised your car weighs so much, is there no way you can shed some pounds. A few years ago I met a guy that ran a red 850 Licence QIK850 at willowbank and it ran a 12.6 quarter. I chatted to him after the run and he said it was putting out about 180hp at the fly from a turbo A series, in street trim but with slicks on front. Should be interesting to see what low'n blown runs when he is finished, my goal is 650kg in street trim as I have alloy doors, single skin bonnet, and boot , amongst a few other lightened bits. |
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| Author: | 13secmini [ Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:31 pm ] |
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yeh brakes, wheels, seats, all steel panels, engine etc has made it very heavy now, with me in it with fuel its over 850kg 
Im up over 200hp at the engine now on 12psi, hoping for a mid to low 13 pass next time out in full street trim. |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:44 pm ] |
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I predicked 13.4 |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:24 pm ] |
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Let your tyres down a bit, & don't use 1st gear.. it just digs holes in the road! 
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