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Originally Posted by Gary944T View Post
Also I just read that the cars 0 to 60 mph is 5.7 seconds. So I downloaded a stopwatch app and tried it. Best I could do is 8.3 shifting to 2nd gear at 6000. First gear turbo lag is horrible maybe I should shift sooner? Of course it is difficult to time the reach for the phone at the right time. Maybe there is a voice activated stopwatch.
The best 0-60 times for the turbo cars were reached by slipping the clutch to keep the engine above ~3,500 RPM and avoid dropping out of boost. It's very, very hard on the clutch and really these are not cars to use if you want to do fast 0-60 runs on a frequent basis.
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