You should just go to a NHRA sanctioned track with actual timers. The numbers you get out of an AP are hugely inaccurate. They're probably so far off the function is useless.

 

You cant get your 0-60 time from a drag strip. Your 60' time read out you get is an indication of your traction. Not your 0-60 MPH speed. My best 60' at the drag strip in my Cobra is 1.64. My Cobra does not go from 0 to 60 MPH in 1.6 seconds. Its an indication of the amount of time it takes you to cover the first 60 feet, not MPH, thus being an indication of the traction your car is getting off the line. The only time your speed is printed out on the slip is at the 330 foot ( 1/8 mile) mark and 1320foot (1/4 mile) mark.

 

That is not what Robin is saying...

Sheesh, jump to conclusions much?

 

There are a few apps out there that can get you a better guess since they use GPS... once again it wont be exact but it will be another way to test your 0-60 and get a decent idea.

 

Cool didnt even think of that thanks!

 

Yeah, I understand that 60 foot, and 0-60 mile per hour are two completely different things. What I'm saying is that if you want an accurate measurement of your car's performance you need to take it to a drag strip. Besides, time is more a function of the driver, not the car anyways.


What you should be looking at is trap speed vs. the weight of your car.. If your trap speed is in line with other similarly modded cars (+ or - a few mph), then you know your car is performing up to par.

 

The OP's post can be a bit confusing as far as the meaning of as 0-60 MPH or 60' time. Unless the car is running on 1 cylinder or pulling a semi behind it there is no way it should have a 6.1 60'time so thats why I was under the assumption that the OP is talking about 0-60 MPH and also b/c the 60' time is not described as your 0-60'time just your as your 60' time. Even a car spinning all the way though 1 and second gear will still get a mid 2 second 60' time. So that's why I made the assumption that it was a 0-60 MPH question. Your statement about the drag strip is what made me decide to make the first post b/c if the OP is asking about the 0-60 MPH then that has nothing to do w/ the drag strip. I know what you mean by taking it there to see if it is running properly but if our car is running so bad that you take 6 seconds to cove 60' then I don't think you need the drag strip to figure that out

 

lol.. I don't think anyone thought he was talking about 0-60'.



To me his questions seemed geared towards how his car is performing. Regardless of the fact that there is basically no correlation between 60' and 0-60mph times (no one is debating that), neither are a good measure of your car's performance.. more a measure of driver ability. Hence my suggestion to go to a strip, then he would have trap speed to compare, which is arguably the best indicator of the car's performance.

 

I simply thought he was asking about his 0mph to 60mph time was...other than that, my head now hurts.

 

From this it appears to be from 4.5 - 5 seconds. I would suggest a few things from here.

1. Need to get better at driving the car

2. How is the general maintenance on it? Anything need to be done or over due to be replaced?

Seems as though its slower then it should be. If you wanted to take it to the track you could get your ET which would let you know your over all power/ health of your car as mainframe suggested but before going that route I would consider the other two options. If both are a non issue and you want to spend the money on track fees then Id give it a shot.

 

Ive recorded my 0-60mph at 4.9 secs

 

Here, I think I have a cookie you can have...

 

everyone loves cookies. What does the AP say for the 1/4 time? Id start there. Not that its a substitute for the track but its a good general indication. Then Id check into service stuff if the numbers come out funky

 

nasioc has a 50-100mph registry.. that's a better measure

 

Yeah we got wayy off topic with this. The car is in good health. I actually just replaced the shortblock, and went through the whole engine, everything is in spec. Turbo is hitting peak boost. Maybe i just need to work on my shifting, but i dont think im to slow.

 

Not trying to be a **** but if your car is healthy it does not leave to many other options for why its slower from 0-60 as compared to others.

 

Yeah im lost with this. My turbo has 100k miles on it not sure if that will make much of a difference

 

You said you ran the 0-60 in the AP. IIRC, the 0-60 measure also includes a 60' calculation. Post your 60'. With a good launch, your car should have a 60' of approx. 1.8 seconds. When I was running Stage 2, I performed a 0-60 once and only once. The result was 6.2 seconds. However, my 60' was 3.2 seconds (since I did not launch the car). If you subtract 1.8 from 3.2, you can see that I could potentially have a 1.4 second improvement in time from launching. That brings the 0-60 to 4.8 which is "normal".

 

I will do this. And i just checked out the 50-100 page and im pretty on par with the 50-100

 

I will do this. I checked out the 50-100 times and my 50-100 is pretty on par with what it should be

 

Are people seriously saying an '04 stage II is a sub 5 car or did they miss the OP?

I had the same car and now I have a stage 2+ 2012 WRX and they are not even close. With a world class driver in my car at best maybe it is 4.6 - 4.8 seconds so - while I agree you cannot go by the AP - it is fair for you to just "assume" your car is sub 6.

It's fun to drive and that is all that matters.

 

Why don't you read the thread and attempt to comprehend.

 

I run 11s in my stock RSTi.

 

I <3 bewbs

So, so true.

 

does anyone know what the average 0-60mph of a stock 2013 wrx is?

 

Depends how hard you launch the car. Just under 5 seconds with possible but it's also brutal on the clutch. Like mentioned earlier, 50-100mph is a much better to measure how fast a car really is.

 

I run about a 3.2sec 0-60 in my stg2 '11.

 

I run about a 3.2sec 0-60 in my stg2 '11.

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