Re: In what distance would a Bugatti Veyron beat that Vauxhall dragster?

"Burgerman" <burgerman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Albert T Cone" <mmmm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Burgerman wrote:
>>> "Doc" <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> I got an e-mail showing off this guy's Vauxhall
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>>>> http://www.wxpnews.com/N1RT6J/070710-Quickest-Car
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>>>> Nice little car. It's humorously compared to the Bugatti Veyron as
>>>> being "quicker".  While the Vauxhall obviously would win in a 1/4
mile
>>>> drag, how much distance do you think the Veyron would need to pass it
>>>> assuming both left their foot in it? 1 mile? 2 miles?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not very familiar with European cars, but I like the lines of
that
>>>> old Vauxhall.
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>>> Given correct gearing I doubt there would be much in it.
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>> As shown in the video, it runs an 7.8s quarter mile at 187mph. I assume

>> it'll be geared such that it's not far off V_max at the end of the run,

>> but Burgerman is the chap to ask about that.  IIRC the Veyron runs
about 
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 140ish mph, so something of a walkover for the vaux..
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>> Assuming ideal gearing for highest possible speed and an infinitely
long 
>> test straight, then noddy aerodynamics calcs suggest that the vaux will
be 
>> quicker IF its cdA is not more than about 30% greater than that of the 
>> veyron, but I'm not sure if that's very likely.
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> As I said there wouldnt be much in it. But the Vauxhall would be there
in 
> half a mile roughly and the veyron? Dunno... Probably 2 miles judging by

> the Maclaren F1 we were playing with at bruntingthorp.

One of those lovely factlets about the Veyron is that if you start it from

stationary and the Mac from 100mph they Bugatti still hits 200 first.