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Bolt-ons = more HP, What about measurable acceleration improvements?

Originally Posted by tru_Asiatik a .5 sec difference is a big gap on the strip i kinda learned the hardway my first time in the strip with my celica Yeah,

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Old 06-18-2009, 10:57 PM   #16 (permalink)
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a .5 sec difference is a big gap on the strip
i kinda learned the hardway my first time in the strip with my celica
Yeah, half a second is huge.

Rough math here but if you pass the finish line at a constant 105 mph you will have traveled 77 feet from the line in half a second, which is roughly the length of 5.5 370Zs positioned nose-to-tail.

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