ET vs. MPH
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ET vs. MPH I have a question. I've seen a lot of cars here and other boards that post their et's and speed on the 1/4 mile. I just read one with an et of 11.84 and speed of 114. Another runs a 12.6 with a speed of 107. My best time is 13.05 and 111.61 mph. Can someone explain to me the variances in these et's vs. mph. I know the mph is an average of a few feet at the end of the 1/4, but I would think there would be some correlation to these and there isn't really. What do these variations mean?
Re: ET vs. MPH Very shortly:
MPH is a function of horsepower and how strong your car really is.
ET is a function of your traction, and mainly your traction in the 60' <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
The car that you said runs a 12.6 with a speed of 107.. prob an a4 with a high stall and stickies right? He prob got an awesome 60 ft, thereby getting him a very low et however, his car ran out of steam after the great launch and only pulled 107 through the traps. Converters usually throw all correlations off when u talk about autos. <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Sean <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ December 24, 2001: Message edited by: LS1UltraZ ]</p>
MPH is a function of horsepower and how strong your car really is.
ET is a function of your traction, and mainly your traction in the 60' <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
The car that you said runs a 12.6 with a speed of 107.. prob an a4 with a high stall and stickies right? He prob got an awesome 60 ft, thereby getting him a very low et however, his car ran out of steam after the great launch and only pulled 107 through the traps. Converters usually throw all correlations off when u talk about autos. <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Sean <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ December 24, 2001: Message edited by: LS1UltraZ ]</p>
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Re: ET vs. MPH [quote]Originally posted by LS1UltraZ:
<strong>Very shortly:
MPH is a function of horsepower and how strong your car really is.
ET is a function of your traction, and mainly your traction in the 60' <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
The car that you said runs a 12.6 with a speed of 107.. prob an a4 with a high stall and stickies right? He prob got an awesome 60 ft, thereby getting him a very low et however, his car ran out of steam after the great launch and only pulled 107 through the traps. Converters usually throw all correlations off when u talk about autos. <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Sean <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ December 24, 2001: Message edited by: LS1UltraZ ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Now this makes sense, I've always thought that speed was a function of horsepower. I thank you for your response. All of you have a merry christmas!!!!
Bill
<strong>Very shortly:
MPH is a function of horsepower and how strong your car really is.
ET is a function of your traction, and mainly your traction in the 60' <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
The car that you said runs a 12.6 with a speed of 107.. prob an a4 with a high stall and stickies right? He prob got an awesome 60 ft, thereby getting him a very low et however, his car ran out of steam after the great launch and only pulled 107 through the traps. Converters usually throw all correlations off when u talk about autos. <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Sean <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ December 24, 2001: Message edited by: LS1UltraZ ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Now this makes sense, I've always thought that speed was a function of horsepower. I thank you for your response. All of you have a merry christmas!!!!
Bill
