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Stewart Way · 11-04-2009, 08:52 AM

If you travel 60ft in 1.15 sec your average velocity is 36 mph, not your top speed. Top speed would be greater than 36 but no way to calculate it. I had a T-bird that would have a 1.21 60 ft and if I remember right the computer said it was 60 mph at 1.6 sec, to 100 in 3.6 and 120 in 5.4 with max Gforce at 2.0 g's so my guess would be the Cuda pulls 2.2 g's and might be at 45-48 mph at the 60 ft mark.
One of the unknowns is how fast the car is going when it actually completes rollout and starts the clock. The above 1.6 sec to 60 mph was from the hit of the clutch, not the start of the clock. That plus the fact that the accel is not linear makes it impossible to calculate velocity at a given point on the track.
All that said, as Robert said, MAN THAT THING IS QUICK. What a ride.

11-04-2009, 08:52 AM	#16
Stewart Way Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 476 Likes: 20 Liked 70 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Dutch ss/ah record pass If you travel 60ft in 1.15 sec your average velocity is 36 mph, not your top speed. Top speed would be greater than 36 but no way to calculate it. I had a T-bird that would have a 1.21 60 ft and if I remember right the computer said it was 60 mph at 1.6 sec, to 100 in 3.6 and 120 in 5.4 with max Gforce at 2.0 g's so my guess would be the Cuda pulls 2.2 g's and might be at 45-48 mph at the 60 ft mark. One of the unknowns is how fast the car is going when it actually completes rollout and starts the clock. The above 1.6 sec to 60 mph was from the hit of the clutch, not the start of the clock. That plus the fact that the accel is not linear makes it impossible to calculate velocity at a given point on the track. All that said, as Robert said, MAN THAT THING IS QUICK. What a ride.