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Old May 15, 2006 | 02:06 AM
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Say I run a 13.5 and my buddy runs a 14.5, I would be 10 cars ahead of him correct? .1 = 1 car lengh? am I right?
Old May 15, 2006 | 02:14 AM
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Old May 15, 2006 | 02:24 AM
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very incorrect. When they say 1 length means .1 they mean from the start. I ran a Maxima one time and i ran 15.0 and he ran 15.3 and his front bumper was at the back of my door
Old May 15, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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yeah it isnt that much of a differnce
if u were 2 race from a dig, say qtr mile. a 1 flat and a 1 flat car. the 13 sec would be 3/4 cars most
i believe the faster the cars, the more the gap opens. is that right, someone else should chime in

edit: thread starter. i see u r from wisonsin, u goin to make it out to the TC stangs bbq next saturday?
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Old May 15, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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i dont know what the hell a length is...and the majority of the racing that ive done has been on the track...is there an official, or generally accepted measurement to the mythological "length"? i hear it on pinks alot, but pinks is so dumb that ive not checked into trying to figure out what a "length" is...plus, is a length the length of a 1973 eldorado, or a dihatsu move?
Old May 15, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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very incorrect. When they say 1 length means .1 they mean from the start. I ran a Maxima one time and i ran 15.0 and he ran 15.3 and his front bumper was at the back of my door
That also depends on your RT. He probably had a much better reaction time. I think that .1 equals 1 car at or around the speeds of say, 90mph-110mph. Faster than that, and it increases a lot. Of course, to say that then the RT needs to be almost identical, also.

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i dont know what the hell a length is...and the majority of the racing that ive done has been on the track...is there an official, or generally accepted measurement to the mythological "length"? i hear it on pinks alot, but pinks is so dumb that ive not checked into trying to figure out what a "length" is...plus, is a length the length of a 1973 eldorado, or a dihatsu move?
A length is the length of the car getting the length. It's generally eyeballed.
Old May 15, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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so it depends on the cars being raced then?
Old May 15, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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Old May 15, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: redmustang83596

very incorrect. When they say 1 length means .1 they mean from the start. I ran a Maxima one time and i ran 15.0 and he ran 15.3 and his front bumper was at the back of my door
That also depends on your RT. He probably had a much better reaction time. I think that .1 equals 1 car at or around the speeds of say, 90mph-110mph. Faster than that, and it increases a lot. Of course, to say that then the RT needs to be almost identical, also.

ORIGINAL: Ride Of The Month

i dont know what the hell a length is...and the majority of the racing that ive done has been on the track...is there an official, or generally accepted measurement to the mythological "length"? i hear it on pinks alot, but pinks is so dumb that ive not checked into trying to figure out what a "length" is...plus, is a length the length of a 1973 eldorado, or a dihatsu move?
A length is the length of the car getting the length. It's generally eyeballed.
reaction time has no effect on the et.
Old May 16, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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I know, but he was saying how he ran 3 tenths quicker than the Maxima, but it was at his rear bumber. It was because the Maxima had a quicker RT.
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