06-03-2012, 11:23 AM | #1 |
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Help Modern Cars
Hello.
I am looking for modern cars statistics. Car wars seems to have its own genre of vehicles. I am looking for real life cars and their stats: top speed, handling, etc.. I hate asking because I am positive that someone else posted this somewhere in the forums. I just can't seem to work with the search tool. Maybe we need a new search tool with multiple tags AND boolean options, priority assigning, synonym search words and so on. If I put in "modern" it would also search for "contemporary" Anyway, if someone could point the way to the car stats, I would appreciate it. |
06-03-2012, 12:31 PM | #2 | |
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06-03-2012, 12:37 PM | #3 |
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Search real world literature, not GURPS. And if they don't just list a max, which they might, be tolerant of somewhat ugly math; the way you determine actual the top speed of a vehicle is by looking up its torque vs rpm curve, convert it into a force vs velocity curve (requires knowing tire radius and gear box ratio), and compare it with the vehicle's drag curve (requires knowing the rolling resistance of the tires on the surface involved, the effective drag area of the vehicle, and the atmospheric density); the max speed is the point where those curves cross, or the speed at which the engine redlines, whichever comes first.
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06-03-2012, 04:58 PM | #4 | |
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Late model Mustangs and Camaros are both electronically limited to 155mph but both are capable of MUCH MUCH higher speeds. |
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06-03-2012, 06:04 PM | #5 | |
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I wouldn't bet on MUCH MUCH. In fact, I'd be suspicious about claims that factory versions can even reach that speed -- ignoring rolling resistance, it would take 540 horsepower for a car with Cd*A of 2 m^2 (sports car range tends to be 1.9-2.1) to even reach 155 mph at STP. |
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06-03-2012, 06:47 PM | #7 | |
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06-03-2012, 07:12 PM | #8 | |
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Somewhat on topic, I've had my lightly warmed over R6 lasered at 172. In daily drive mode: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/153/dsc04681g.jpg/ |
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06-03-2012, 08:06 PM | #10 |
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If there are specific models you're interested in, you can get a lot of information from the manufacturer and from fan forums. Pretty much every vehicle has fan forums.
Congrats on the R6 top speed. So did you become a member of the century club, or was this at a track day?
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