Given 1 sec of time. How fast can a car reach. Can I get this value from the 0-60 benchmark.
2006-11-03 02:42:40 · 9 answers · asked by InvisibleWar 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Fastest road car I know of (Ford RS200 Evo) reaches 60 in 2.1 seconds, now even in a super high tech car acceleration falls off with speed, so let's just say they can hit 30 in 1 seconds.
Reaction time is under 1/10th of a second and when you aren't driving an automatic and you do mean to go right now and you don't care what you are doing to the clutch and gearbox (Ford racing teams can swap the box in an RS200 in under 20 minutes) then you can just punch it and hold on tight.
So... 30mph, how far have we covered? Well let's ignore the non-linear acceleration, the comment above about it depending how many revs you have on the car is a good one, but for maximum launches they actually work out the maximum revs that the clutch and tires can take, so that's already been optimized.
Anyway, 30mph is 44 feet per second. So we need the equation for how far we travel under acceleration, let's use distance = average speed x time. Average speed is (0+44)/2 = 22 and the time is 1 second so we can cover about 22feet in a super high performance road car in one second from a standing start.
So what about a normal car?
Well how about a normal fast car? Nobody is going to brag about the 0-30 of a Prius.
Cadillac CTS 0-30 in 2.34 and 0-60 in 6.03. Better yet they hit 10mph in 0.68 seconds at 4 feet and 20 in 1.41 at 21 feet. At 1 second they are going to be doing about 15mph or 22 fps and by my figures that would be at about 11 feet.
So, super car 22 feet, darned fast car 11 feet.
In the second link, below, a pretty slow car still covered 9 feet in 1.1 seconds.
2006-11-03 08:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 0-60 numbers will not be accurate in the first 1 second.
There are too many variables.
How much does the car weigh?
What size and power is the engine?
What gear ratio?
What are the tires?
What is the pressure in the tires?
Old drag racers know all these factors can make the difference between a win and second place.
I suspect the fastest car I have ever witnessed would be a Shelby Cobra. And even then I wouldn't bet it got farther than 50-75 feet in the first second. The tires have to overcome the dead weight of the car to get it launched off the starting line and unless they are SUPER sticky they are going to spin at first. There is a tricky balance between usable horsepower and usable traction.
2006-11-03 03:46:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drag racers cover 1/4 mile in 4 seconds. They have their greatest acceleration towards the start, so they would travel at least 1/16 a mile in the first second
2006-11-03 02:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by econofix 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
10-20 meters
2006-11-03 02:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most vehicles wont even move a foot or two in 1 second do to reaction of the vehicle, i.e. everything getting spooled up to move.
2006-11-03 03:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by Christian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would depend on engine, car weight, gear ratios
2006-11-03 02:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by dwalkercpa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depend on how high the RPM's are when I dump the clutch...
2006-11-03 02:46:39 · answer #7 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe, if'n you figure out what color it is and how long it has been on the engine stand!
2006-11-03 02:46:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No
2006-11-03 02:44:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋