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Has it??? did the A15TT make it to the drag strip and I missed the post about it??? so what did it do? with the 75rwkw, I'm guessing a mid to low 15

Pager,

Back in 10 years ago, I had a 120Y with a stout A15. My mate had a VN SS commondore. At the Traffic light GP, the 120Y would have him until third gear, and then he would show me the way home.

The light weight of the 120Y got it off the line well but it didn't have the power to keep it going in the topend.

In traffic it used to be really embarassing for him.

Anyone watch "Top Gear" on SBS last night?

They took a Mk1 escort rally car and a stock ford focus, guess what, similar time around the track. . . that is 30 odd years of development for you.

As for the VN SS comparison, they made 185Kw, what the 6's are producing these days. . . The new commo's are heavier though. . .

Using a G-tech I had my 120Y running in the mid 7's 0-100km/hr Probably need ~$5K to do that today though. . .

to clarify that $5K would include the driveline, (H165 and Celica or 63A) I went through 12 56a's and 4 60a's. You could buy a pallet of the 'box's for $100 back then. . .

back when i had my P's my first engine I built for the car (when i was 16) had wade cam bad port job Su's with bad tune four speed and a 4.1:1 ute diff some cheap rear tyres and heaps of revs of the line 5000+ and a few dead uni's would see me beating auto 5ltr vn's but I do wiegh around 110kg

by the same token I fitted a turbo and could march past them in the top end but no longer match it off the line, same cheap rear tyres

I too couldn't get my A12 turbo off the line, tried all sorts of tires and rev combos. . . Usually resulting in wheelspin or broken engine mounts. My brother and his lack of mechanical sympathy used to do allright. Just sit it at 5 grand and ride the clutch through first. . .

going off topic here but matty what is your avatar??? Is it a mutilated hand? I hope it ain't your hand?

Damo

lol! You mean we're not off topic enough already?
I have had 2 PMs today already about my avatar. It's my left thumb 2 weeks after the skin graft was stitched on. Stay away from V slicers.......they hurt.

i havent been back to the drags with the turbo setup yet...

i have my beliefs you have yours.... cbf trying to change em

found this, pretty cool calculators of all sorts here

Drag time and various other stuff calculators

edit: you need to convert weight to pounds

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then stop talking about it and just do it already

I have no idea how many times it has been said before, but HP sells cars, while torque wins races.
1200RC's twin turbo may produce a paltry 75kw [paltry??] at the wheels [about 100hp] but boosted engines also produce bags of torque, & that's where the diference often lies, particularly if the torque kicks in down low.