Then the rsa is the equal of an STi? And a brand new Carrera S?

 

Hi Lou,

I'm still not clear if these times are in "D" or manually using the Tip to shift through the gears?

Thanks!

 

Who knows. Either Car & Driver made an error in the test data or they were actually able to acheive that acceleration time. I suspect that they actually did if it was published, but it was probably an RSA with no A/C, one gallon of fuel in the tank, ideal temperature conditions, and the test driver was probably a professional hole-shot racer that weighed 95 lbs soaking wet. I know that I would not be able to duplicate that time due to my lack of launch/shifting skills and my, err, extra few pounds.

I'd like to get a G meter to get some test data on my car, but, using my seat-of-the-pants estimate, my RSA feels like its probably capable of 0-60 in about 5.0 seconds under ideal circumstances, give or take a tenth or two.

 

Holy crap!! Thanks for the article- while I believe that test to be an anomoly- that's serious speed from the same motor in a stock C2- I do stand corrected! 13.3 in the quarter isn't bad either....a non A/C car- nice and light.

I remember when the RS came out- I loved the fact that it had the old style whale tale, turbo rims and was cheaper to buy (of course I didn't have the $ to buy one new).

 

Julian, I would use the Manual mode to get the best acceleration. I would suspect that using the 3 setting will still not give you the best shift points. Perhaps moving it down to 2 to keep it second gear??? Those in the know, to acheive the best 0-60 time, is 2nd gear long enough to get you the best time or do you need to shift into 3rd gear? Kind of hard to count one Mississippi , two Mississippi and pay attention to the speed while listening to the engine and deciding when to shift.

 

Even if it is in 2 it will shift to 3 before any damage can be done.

 

Good point.