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Old 05-13-2013, 12:36 PM   #498
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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
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You're right, it misses a LOT of information when your comparing cars that differ by less than 1/10th of a second but it's not a terrible ballpark considering most stock cars end up with similar values for the gear shifts, traction, drag etc.
Yea. I mean i could see the calc working to compare a stock frs vs one that was stock w about 400lbs weight reduction

But in this case its fwd/rwd, different tire size and compound, different gear ratios (possibly more shifts for one car) different aero/drag, different power bands, and thats just the ones that stand out in my mind. I dunno, just seems like way too many factors that are obviously different between these cars to do "weight and hp = 0-60"
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