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Because 16sec is conservative, bad driving, kind of figure, I've never taken my Ute down the 1/4 mile, and there were no official factory figures being a V6 model at that time. And dropping a second is easy enough for me to do within a year, I just need full time work........... Remember my Ute is essentially 100% stock at the moment.
 
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Because 16sec is conservative, bad driving, kind of figure, I've never taken my Ute down the 1/4 mile, and there were no official factory figures being a V6 model at that time. And dropping a second is easy enough for me to do within a year, I just need full time work........... Remember my Ute is essentially 100% stock at the moment.
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Even when dropping a second, 15 still isn't enough to "win on the straights"
 
Against a lot of other people it is. :p I've seen that in effect, what would effectively be a high 14sec Commodore beating the crap out (straight line) of WRXs and RX-7s and even a 350Z.

So what is it you think I'd be racing, when from what I gather Leo (the one I challenged in fun) owns a 100hp Toyota?

Edit: I found a site, pretty official looking, that states a VN V6 5spd manual can do a 15.7sec 1/6 mile standard, mine may be a little faster even stock, so say I could drive it the way i should be driven (I don't know, never tried a standing start, I'll learn all one day) mine might get a 15.5sec run in current spec. Give me a year and 15flats will be easily possible I hope.
 
Ummm.. where did you get an idea that I have a Toyota? at the moment I don't even own a car, it's too expensive for a student who lives alone without family support. The Toyota I was speaking of will be bought and built when I get to US.. :lol: Although, I will probably buy an E36 325iS coupe for a daily driver, and leave the Toyzilla for weekend driver..
 
Ah, I thought you already had it, oh well. In that case, I propose a foot race! I do a 1/10th kilometre in roughly 13sec :lol:
 
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Might be a stupid question, but on that diagram I see no exhaust valve for the L-Head.

Edit: I just had a scour round that website and have learnt how Diesel engines work and Gas Turbines (far simpler than I thought), 2-cylinder engines also.

It really is a fantastic website.
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If you dig abit more you'll find rotary and radial engines on there aswell. ;)
 
The exhaust valve is hiding behind the intake. :)

If it were a 'crossflow' head, it would be the 'T-head'.
 
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Even when dropping a second, 15 still isn't enough to "win on the straights"
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:lol: No it's not. I am in the 13s from what I've seen of similar cars. And that is still considered not that fast of a quater. Untill you're running 10s or below can you say you can outrun most cars on the road. All I know I can beat is the majority of ricers and small imports, EVO's and WRX's are a different story depending on the cars.
 
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:lol: No it's not. I am in the 13s from what I've seen of similar cars. And that is still considered not that fast of a quater. Untill you're running 10s or below can you say you can outrun most cars on the road. All I know I can beat is the majority of ricers and small imports, EVO's and WRX's are a different story depending on the cars.
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You have to look at the large picture. Most people will run 15sec 1/4miles on the road. A 10sec 1/4mile would make you absolutely useless on a race track. 13sec is a fine and fairly decent 1/4mile.
 
If you can run 13, you're good to go for the most part. Not many cars can do less than that except in perfect conditions.

A dragstrip is a specially prepared piece of asphalt and concrete. It's sticky as hell. The street isn't. You'd be lucky to find traction enough on the street to match your car's quoted 13 second quarters (a little dust here and there... boom... you're in the 14's).

Besides, most street races happen from a roll... that's if they actually occurred... and if it were actually permissible to discuss street racing here.

But considering we're talking about beating most cars on the road... last I looked, the average car does the quarter from 16 to 20+ seconds. Anyone who's got a 14 second or faster car can beat 'most anything'... and anyone with a 10 second car isn't actually going to do sub-10 second quarters without slicks and a track.

Hell... lots of guys here (Philippines) with 500-800 horses who can't break below 10's because we don't have dragstrips with enough grip. Very few people below 10, even with Hoosiers, tube-frames and fiberglass bodies... simply because there isn't enough grip to get hooked up for a 9 second run.
 
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If you can run 13, you're good to go for the most part. Not many cars can do less than that except in perfect conditions.

A dragstrip is a specially prepared piece of asphalt and concrete. It's sticky as hell. The street isn't. You'd be lucky to find traction enough on the street to match your car's quoted 13 second quarters (a little dust here and there... boom... you're in the 14's).

Besides, most street races happen from a roll... that's if they actually occurred... and if it were actually permissible to discuss street racing here.

But considering we're talking about beating most cars on the road... last I looked, the average car does the quarter from 16 to 20+ seconds. Anyone who's got a 14 second or faster car can beat 'most anything'... and anyone with a 10 second car isn't actually going to do sub-10 second quarters without slicks and a track.

Hell... lots of guys here (Philippines) with 500-800 horses who can't break below 10's because we don't have dragstrips with enough grip. Very few people below 10, even with Hoosiers, tube-frames and fiberglass bodies... simply because there isn't enough grip to get hooked up for a 9 second run.
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Yea, I've never taken mine to the strip but I've seen many vids of stock LS1 F-body's and for the most part all of the are low to mid 13's.

And yes most go from a roll, but a few go from a dig.

Yea, I guess I'm just too used to comparing myself to the "built" cars over here. Unless you're running 11's or 10's you can't really go around toting your car to be the fastest.

I don't plan on building my car for the drag strip anyway tho. I'd like it to handle and be fast in a straight line, instead of lighting quick in the 1/4 but crap when you go to take a turn.
 
That's what I want, the best Ute on a track, obviously for simple body style issues I'll be hard done by beating sedans, so if I want to I'd need some gusto on the straights. Utes and their light rear ends :sly: I still love them. :dopey
 

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