There is not a car in this world who's standing start time to 60 is not slower than it's off the line time. IF you lost a race to a car rolling at 5 mph while you were sitting, you lost it because he rolled PAST you at 5 mph, thus got a head start enough to make up the time difference. However, if you were on the line and he rolled up to it at 5 mph then you both gunned it (impossible to time), You would beat him hands down.
The what's and why's of this are simple. How many RPM's do you figure the car is turning when it's rolling at 5 mph. 600, 700? What happens when you launch a car like the MSP properly? Drop the clutch at about 4000, right? Where does an engine like the one in the MSP make power? At 600, 700 RPM? Nope. Up in the rev range, where the guy who is launching off the line is spooling.
The only car's whose standing start numbers are close to their off the line numbers are large displacement engines, those that make a ton of torque at low RPM's and don't have to rev to make their power. I bet the MSP on a standing start couldn't even break it's tires loose.
There is nothing BS about that article. You are just clearly misunderstanding what is involved in launching the car vis a vis an of the line situation vs. the standing start.
You can argue this until your face turns blue, but I will just break out factual statistics. That, and if you want, I will gladly race you, and you can have your standing start.
My former 95 Z28 was a blast to launch at 5 mph on a standing start, because it had the torque to break the tires loose and went like mad. My 10AE Miata is useless on a standing start, because it bogs, and that little 1.8 litre doesn't make power until at least 4000 RPM.
Centrifigual force, resistance, all play a part in this.
Anyway, 'nuff said. Maybe you should go write for Car and Driver?
Cheers!
Bryan
The what's and why's of this are simple. How many RPM's do you figure the car is turning when it's rolling at 5 mph. 600, 700? What happens when you launch a car like the MSP properly? Drop the clutch at about 4000, right? Where does an engine like the one in the MSP make power? At 600, 700 RPM? Nope. Up in the rev range, where the guy who is launching off the line is spooling.
The only car's whose standing start numbers are close to their off the line numbers are large displacement engines, those that make a ton of torque at low RPM's and don't have to rev to make their power. I bet the MSP on a standing start couldn't even break it's tires loose.
There is nothing BS about that article. You are just clearly misunderstanding what is involved in launching the car vis a vis an of the line situation vs. the standing start.
You can argue this until your face turns blue, but I will just break out factual statistics. That, and if you want, I will gladly race you, and you can have your standing start.
My former 95 Z28 was a blast to launch at 5 mph on a standing start, because it had the torque to break the tires loose and went like mad. My 10AE Miata is useless on a standing start, because it bogs, and that little 1.8 litre doesn't make power until at least 4000 RPM.
Centrifigual force, resistance, all play a part in this.
Anyway, 'nuff said. Maybe you should go write for Car and Driver?
Cheers!
Bryan
