Just to put things into perspective...
08-12-2012, 06:13 PM
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On the Friday at least, it looked like it hit a wall down the straight. I mean a wall of resistance due to drag/downforce. Assumed that they'd wind in some boost to combat that. Certainly thought they ran more than 23psi during the weekend, but perhaps not? Duke, where did you read that?
08-12-2012, 10:08 PM
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I'd expect they have maximised the downforce for the track, but even if it was running 23 psi it would be making a lot more than 4xx. It just looked to me that there was a lot more left in it.
08-12-2012, 11:11 PM
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Thingo, the reason I say those numbers is for 2 reasons. I know the DSM's (evo motors) pretty well in varying states of Tune. (you should actually know this too looking at your sig) That psi (23psi) is a generality that points to 400's (extreme race set up) all exceptions aside.
I am also EXTREMELY familiar with 2300lbs and 406whp. This would be my car. extremely fast due to power to weight. A Large horsepower number had nothing to do with my quickness. I ran 124mph in the quarter with "ONLY" 406whp.
Using my Cars set up as an example; Drop 200lbs and add say 50hp. That is a HUGE difference due to percentages, NOT just face value of those numbers. 200lbs less than 2300 is almost 10% lighter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about that.. Truly huge. 10% faster just in weight..(Not to mention the Braking and Turning advantages) NOW add 50hp. MORE than 10% more hp than my (old set up) car!!!!!! - I would add more.."!" to make my point even more dramatic, but I'm sure you get it. That would make him about 20% faster than my car was.. That is insanely quick and you saw an insanely quick car. It all adds up.
Numbers work out like this. NEMO: 2200lbs (with driver) / 450whp.(guessing) = 4.89lbs / hp. 95ONE; 2500lbs (me driving)/405whp = 6.17lbs /hp.. Almost exactly 20% more power to weight. That is a VERY fast car with the power and weight numbers I stated in previous posts.
EDIT: Lets make this comparable to a real world car From the Factory. 2012 Mustang. Weighs around 3650lbs. It would have to have 745whp to match the acceleration of the NEMO with only 450hp.
I am also EXTREMELY familiar with 2300lbs and 406whp. This would be my car. extremely fast due to power to weight. A Large horsepower number had nothing to do with my quickness. I ran 124mph in the quarter with "ONLY" 406whp.
Using my Cars set up as an example; Drop 200lbs and add say 50hp. That is a HUGE difference due to percentages, NOT just face value of those numbers. 200lbs less than 2300 is almost 10% lighter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about that.. Truly huge. 10% faster just in weight..(Not to mention the Braking and Turning advantages) NOW add 50hp. MORE than 10% more hp than my (old set up) car!!!!!! - I would add more.."!" to make my point even more dramatic, but I'm sure you get it. That would make him about 20% faster than my car was.. That is insanely quick and you saw an insanely quick car. It all adds up.
Numbers work out like this. NEMO: 2200lbs (with driver) / 450whp.(guessing) = 4.89lbs / hp. 95ONE; 2500lbs (me driving)/405whp = 6.17lbs /hp.. Almost exactly 20% more power to weight. That is a VERY fast car with the power and weight numbers I stated in previous posts.
EDIT: Lets make this comparable to a real world car From the Factory. 2012 Mustang. Weighs around 3650lbs. It would have to have 745whp to match the acceleration of the NEMO with only 450hp.
Last edited by 95ONE; 08-14-2012 at 01:58 AM.
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08-13-2012, 10:44 AM
#36
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On the Friday at least, it looked like it hit a wall down the straight. I mean a wall of resistance due to drag/downforce. Assumed that they'd wind in some boost to combat that. Certainly thought they ran more than 23psi during the weekend, but perhaps not? Duke, where did you read that?
