0-100mph-0

[jstgermaine]

Just read the Road and Track Power Trip Article...the '03 911 Turbo is dubbed King of- with a 0-100mph-0 time of 13.5 seconds!!

The Field:

Porsche 911 Turbo @ 13.5
Viper SRT-10 @ 13.9
Lambo Murcielago @ 14.2
Saleen S7 @ 14.3
Ferrari 575M Maranello @ 14.8
MB E55 AMG @ 15.0
MB SL55 AMG @ 15.1
Audi RS 6 @ 16.3

Then Enzo (tested independently) came in @ 11.7 but wasn't in the competition.

[k9handler]

sweet....I would like to know what my baby can do. The enzo seems to kick ass, but the cost kills ya!

[David E. Clark]

I understand the Caterham 7 JPE does this in a little more than 8 seconds. I know it's not a Porsche but WOW!

http://www.webcon.co.uk/alpha/caterham_jpe.htm

The less lethal standard Chaterham seven is still about 2 seconds faster!

"Sept 2002 - Autocar runs the 0 - 100 - 0 mph (road car) challenge - top 10 results below

Caterham Seven R500 11.44 secs
Pagani C12 S 11.84 secs
Porsche 911 twin turbo 13.02 secs
Radical SR3 13.20 secs
Lamborghini Murcielago 13.90 secs
Mercedes SL55 15.15 secs
TRV Tamora 15.20 secs
Evo RS Sprint 15.90 secs
Audi RS6 16.75 secs
Impreza STi 18.40 secs"

Another interesting 0-100-0 article

http://www.racecar.co.uk/stealth/autocar100.htm

[osidak]

I wonder what the new EB 16.4 will do it in. Think they are claiming right at 1000 bhp for that monster with a power to weight of ~3.5 to 1 Top Speed 250 mph

[ZAMIRZ]

They ran the same exact test with almost identical cars back in 1994, and the 911 turbo 3.6 won that time too. C&D mentioned something about the rear-engine design being perfect for the 0-100-0 because it has traction under hard acceleration and not as much brake dive under braking.......

EDIT: Just reread the car list, that's ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC that the Saleen S7 "supercar" is that slow amongst those cars.

[jstgermaine]

The best quote from the article;

"At first glance the obvious question is: Where is the Cheverolet Corvette Z06? How about classic muscle cars like the Ford Mustang? Shouldn't these two be the perfect players for this drag strip showdown? Well, they are simply not fast enough."

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[Superman]

I wonder how the 917 would stack up.

[k9handler]

yeah....the 917 is high on my want list!

[masraum]

My car will do 0-100-0 in 13.5 Secs. I did the math, a cliff 335 ft tall would be just right.

335 Ft would allow me to hit 100 mph just before I hit the ground.

[CamB]

Caterham 7 JPE does this in a little more than 8 seconds.

This might be the 100mph time - the JPE is not going to be much quicker than an R500. The JPE had a semi-touring car spec (200+hp) 2 litre Vauxhaul in a Lotus 7 replica. The R500 is a 200hp of Rover 1.8 in a maximum lightness Lotus 7 replica. the "500" in R500 refers to hp/tonne!

[nostatic]

Originally posted by masraum
My car will do 0-100-0 in 13.5 Secs. I did the math, a cliff 335 ft tall would be just right.

335 Ft would allow me to hit 100 mph just before I hit the ground.

And your heavier Carrera would give an advantage over the SC.

But what about in a vacuum vs. a bag of feathers? And do you shoot at where the monkey is or where he'll be?

[Adman]

Originally posted by masraum
My car will do 0-100-0 in 13.5 Secs. I did the math, a cliff 335 ft tall would be just right.

335 Ft would allow me to hit 100 mph just before I hit the ground.

Steve...well done...ROFLMAO! You must have factored in quite a bit of drag!
Matthew

[Superman]

Careful using the "drag" word around the Carrera folks...they can be testy about that. Acceleration under gravity in a vacuum is something like 32 ft/sec squared (why do I remember these inane facts?), so there would need to be QUITE a bit of drag. Still, probably a reasonable assumption for a Carrera.

Feathers plug vacuums and monkeys are always where they are, often not where they should be.

[Yargk]

Originally posted by Adman
Steve...well done...ROFLMAO! You must have factored in quite a bit of drag!
Matthew

Yeah, something's fishy because without drag you're looking at under 5 seconds in freefall, though I agree with the 335 feet oddly enough, again, if no drag... So let's be consistent use a large time with a larger distance, but don't use the dragless distance with the extremely dragful time

[masraum]

Sorry, you guys are right, I did part of the math wrong. 0-100-0 should be something like 4.7 when pushed off of a cliff. I got started thinking about the 100mph part and neglected to mention the time...

[Early_S_Man]

Funny ... nobody seems to remember the original 0-100-0 tests touted by Carrol Shelby, et al, in the ads for the original Cobra's in the mid-'60s ... IIRC, about 14 sec flat ... for the 260 Cobra!

Wonder what Bill Cosby's twin-Paxton-supercharged 427 Cobra [600 hp] was capable of???

[Kurt B]

I wonder how the 917 would stack up HAHAHAHa man, the 917 obsession is just killing me. Can't stop laughing...'cause I know you're half serious! Rock on superman. I hope some supernatural power bestows one upon you someday.

[masraum]

Well, I remember back in the late 80's or early 90's Road & Track, I think, ran a 0-100-0 and a modified 427 cobra did it in either 10 or 11 seconds.

Pretty speedy.

[banjomike]

I keep looking at this thread expecting someone to post THEIR OWN TIME!!!! I was thinking about it the other day and I think I know a location that this could be safely done, late at night. My problem is speedometer accuracy. I'll have to look in the owners manual to see what tire size was on there originally, and then use that miata site to figure out what the correction factor is, (a 2 mph error could change the time by a few seconds!) I haven't had any road trips in this car yet. Usually I use the milemarkers and the second hand to 'calibrate' my speedo.

Anyway this is me laying down the gauntlet. I wanna see your times!!

[Jack Olsen]

This would seem to be almost impossible to do consistently off of the speedo, or even the tach. I'd think you'd need a christmas-tree light system in the car, so that you can be full on the brakes as soon as the car has hit 100 mph.

How do they do it for the magazines?