I'm posting this as a new thread because this has data acquisition from top fuel and other forms of motorsports...I didn't want to take anything away from the original thread's topic.
For Kevin, and others who want to see it
Here's the chart in small size...if you click on it, it will link to the full size chart, it's big...650k in file size. Resolution size is 1356x2548. It was produced in June 2000.
For those who don't want to download the large graph, and can't quite see the details in this one...here's a quick summary and a few issues:
We do know that the top fuel record has been broken at I believe a 4.441, but the chart is close enough.
There are a few other cars there.
The red curve is a CART car, 4 years ago. Back then, they had ~900 hp. Now, after going through some restrictions, they're down to ~750, so the ET/MPH would be somewhat slower than this chart.
The IRL car, in the green, is practically dead on to today's performance.
The yellow curve is the Winston Cup car. I'm not sure if it's a bad run, but I recall an actual test of a Cup car...it ran a 10.5 with a horrible 1.5:1 first gear (src: Popular Mechanics)...thus, it should be much quicker than the 11.05 run. Also, during this year, Cup cars were only pushing 660-680 RWHP. Now, they're at 760+ RWHP, which probably would mean 830-850+ hp at the flywheel...and a lot better ET.
The blue curve is the AWD Subaru Imprezza WRX race car. We can see that the traction really does help, but of course is no match once the other cars get going.
The maroon curve is a Lamborgini Diablo. It holds it's own up to 60 mph, but falls off quickly thereafter.
For Kevin, and others who want to see it
Here's the chart in small size...if you click on it, it will link to the full size chart, it's big...650k in file size. Resolution size is 1356x2548. It was produced in June 2000.
For those who don't want to download the large graph, and can't quite see the details in this one...here's a quick summary and a few issues:
We do know that the top fuel record has been broken at I believe a 4.441, but the chart is close enough.
There are a few other cars there.
The red curve is a CART car, 4 years ago. Back then, they had ~900 hp. Now, after going through some restrictions, they're down to ~750, so the ET/MPH would be somewhat slower than this chart.
The IRL car, in the green, is practically dead on to today's performance.
The yellow curve is the Winston Cup car. I'm not sure if it's a bad run, but I recall an actual test of a Cup car...it ran a 10.5 with a horrible 1.5:1 first gear (src: Popular Mechanics)...thus, it should be much quicker than the 11.05 run. Also, during this year, Cup cars were only pushing 660-680 RWHP. Now, they're at 760+ RWHP, which probably would mean 830-850+ hp at the flywheel...and a lot better ET.
The blue curve is the AWD Subaru Imprezza WRX race car. We can see that the traction really does help, but of course is no match once the other cars get going.
The maroon curve is a Lamborgini Diablo. It holds it's own up to 60 mph, but falls off quickly thereafter.
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