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03-04-2007, 07:14 PM

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aha...the automatic isn't really faster

	perris Member Join Date: Jan 2007	it's only faster for normal peeps that can't shift question and answer segment from gm engineer; Quote: I have seen runs made by our drive quality engineer lower than this, as low as 5.3 or 5.25 seconds in a manual. This can be dependent on road conditions, the driver's skill level, and we feel that 5.5 seconds should be achievable by most publications when they test the car. The automatic transmission version can consistently do 5.5 or 5.4 seconds 0-60, a bit slower than a well-driven manual.

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03-04-2007, 07:15 PM

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	perris Member Join Date: Jan 2007	can somone tell me what he means by "roll out time" Quote: Incidentally, I have been trying to spread the word that most, but not all, organizations subtract the rollout time from the raw number. For consistency, we do too. Automobile Magazine, for example, does not subtract rollout, which is usually 0.3 seconds. I have passed this information on many people through e-mail and private message systems at many forums, including Solsticeforum, but it bears repeating.

03-05-2007, 11:18 AM

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	RobL Member Join Date: Jul 2006	Quote: Originally Posted by perris can somone tell me what he means by "roll out time" Talking about the 1/4 mile? It's the first 18". There are two stage beams and then the actual start beam is 18"(?) in front of that. Timing is done both from the lights and from the start beam, the difference is about .3 seconds for a normal street car. Last edited by RobL : 03-05-2007 at 11:21 AM.

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