Here is the run between myself and black06ss. analyze it and tell me what you guys think, and why you think i won. also look at how the times compare at each interval and look at the given MPH

I am in my 2005 on the left, and he is in his 2006 on the right

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Cause you were quicker out of the box?

 

Nice reaction time!

 

better reaction time!, nice times for 1/8th mile,
either with LSD?
my buddies 06 w/g85 ran a 9.33 and i ran a 9.42

VERY CLOSE RACE IT LOOKS LIKE

 

neither have LSD

 

were either of you stock when you ran?

 

how come so many people go to the 8th. mile tracks? do you guys have a 1/4 mile one near you?

 

Yeah I don't really know what a good time on a 1/8 mile track is. I guess around 8.5-9??? And they can vary so much. I'd rather stick to 1/4 mile or auto crossing.

 

the closest 1/4 mile track is in memphis,TN . It is like two and a half hours away. The 1/8 mile track is like 25-30 min away..

 

a really good time in a stock cobalt is 9.3 to 9.5 in the 1/8.

 

so make the 2 hour trip. It's worth it to see what you can run.

 

the 06 was faster, he must have shifted bad at the end or something. if this was 1/4 I would say he may have went into 4th and you stayed in 3rd, but this is only half the size so I doubt that to be the case.

you had a better launch, but he pulled on you till the very end.

 

actually it is 1000ft .. So its a little more than half ...

 

still about 800 feet short.

 

800 feet . ........ last time i checked a 1/4 mile was 1320 feet not 1800 ft..

 

and what do you think that would equal in a 1/4 mile run? be realistic!

 

it all depends on trap speeds.. a realistic 1/4 mile time would be low 14's depending on the driver... a 14 flat could be had ...
so with a pulley 13's are easily attainable..

 

its gonna take more than a pulley to get in the 13's in our cars. I think the key is the clutch and suspension!

 

i bet you i can run a 13 second without a pulley, tires and a clutch and ill be there easy

 

and my my best run is a 11.97 at 87.7 and it comes out to be a 14.1-14.2 quarter

 

well go the the 1/4 mile track and prove it. if so that would be a great run but keep in mind the 1/4 is a little diffrent than the 8th.

 

ehhh... thats why i told you to analyze because you arent completly correct in saying that. lets do the math...

-----------------Hatrickstu-----------black06ss
Reaction--------.5642------------------.7486------Hatrickstu left .1844 sooner
60 foot---------2.3155-----------------2.2992-----black06ss faster by .0163
330 foot-------6.3225-----------------6.2186------black06ss faster by .1039
1/8 e.t.--------9.4870-----------------9.4415------black06ss faster by .0455
1/8 MPH--------78.25------------------77.33-------Hatrickstu higher MPH by .92
1000 ft.-------12.0187---------------11.9925------black06ss faster by .0262
1000 ft. MPH---89.61-----------------89.14--------Hatrickstu higher MPH by .47

------winner by .1582

by looking at those differences you can see that he was pulling on me through the 330ft. and then the difference lessened by about 5 thousandths at the 1/8, and i was moving faster by .92 MPH, by the 1000 the difference had diminshed by about another 2 thousandths, with my MPH still being higher. so technically no, he was not pulling on me all the way down the track.

now this is not due to the 2005 being faster than the 2006 or the 2006 being faster than the 2005 as many people seem to beleive. This race is purely a drivers race, largely depending on opitumum shift points.

we had someone video taping, but he messed up the shot, so needless to say, this was an an extremely close race that would be a great video. before too long i will be putting our day at the track compilation on the internet, and ill let you guys know when.

again, is there anyone else on here that knows of or has run a sub 12 second 1000 foot on a stock cobalt in the nation

 

are you doubting that fact that i can run that same at a quarter? the only difference between a quarter and a 1000 is one shift in this car

 

*bump*

 

Ummm.... No. He is pulling on you the whole way. The reason for the mph difference is that he hooked better then you. The reason you won, is because he couldn't make up the difference in the reaction.