Frustrated with the cold weather and work, I decided I'm gonna take the seven out today, and for the first time, see what she can do from 0-60 in an unofficial test.

So I drove around until I found a spot on the highway, pulled over and let traffic pass, turned on data acquisition and took off when there was an opening.

I started the run directly from the shoulder, in 2nd gear. Tires had 5 minutes of normal driving on them, at 40 degree weather.

0-60 was pretty disappointing at 3.8 seconds

My data capture is below... Note % throttle

looking at the data, it confirms the way the car feels... if you go down the speed column, the change in speed every .2 seconds gets better as I pick up speed (except at 8 MPH, where it started to spin and I had to back off). It feels like it pulls just as hard from 60-100 as it does from 20-60.

Now this isn't an accurate test, b/c the wheels could be spinning at 60, but I looked at the data after I lifted off, and speed didn't drop.

 

I bet the shoulder was dirty which didnt help the traction any. what kind of tires you running?

 

Toyo Proxes RA1 225 50 R 15

 

LOL! no wonder. My 285's dont have a prayer starting in second.

 

I agree with above posts. I took my camaro out for a run last night and my 315's didnt have a prayer on the 1 to 2 shift, lol. 3.8 is pretty good considering the situation with the tires.

 

there were no shifts there... just started in 2nd @ 1500 rpm and 1/3 throttle

 

I didnt say that you did, I was just comparing mine to yours. If my tires break loose in 2nd then yours dont stand a chance, thats all. Get some bigger stickier tires and retest. Hope it works out for you. Josh

 

ah... my bad.

I'll try 325 drag radials and report back. I want to stick to 15" wheels. It ain't gonna be cheap

 

Its cool man. 325 drag radials? Thats alot of tire. I love it. Good luck man.