Acceleration
Type | Acceleration | Top Speed |
Distance | speed | time | acceleration Gs |
Rocket Dragster | | 100 MPH | 0.5 sec. | 9G * |
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Rocket Dragster | 1/4 mi. | 386 MPH | 3.58 sec. | 5G |
Top Fuel Dragster | 1/4 mi. | 333 MPH | 4.4 sec. | 3.3G * |
2003 F1 racecar | | 60 MPH | 2.7 sec. | 1G |
2003 F1 racecar braking | 180 ft. | 200-0 | 1.9 sec. | 5G |
2003 F1 racecar cornering | | | | 3.5G |
Bugatti Veyron | | 60 MPH | 2.46 | | 253 |
1996 Renault Espace F1 roadcar | | 60 MPH | 2.8 sec. | 0.98G |
1997 Dodge Viper | | 60 MPH | 2.9 sec. | 0.94G |
1995 LM McLaren F1 | | 60 MPH | 3.0 sec. | 0.91G |
1992 Ford RS200 (record for production car) | | 60 MPH | 3.07 sec. | 0.89G |
2003 Porsche 980 | | 60 MPH | 3.3 sec. | 0.83G |
2002 Ferrari Enzo | | 60 MPH | 3.5 sec. | 0.78G |
1997 Porsche 911 GT1 | | 60 MPH | 3.6 sec. | |
2003 Porsche Carrera | | 60 MPH | 3.8 sec. | |
2003 Viper SRT-10 | | 60 MPH | 3.9 sec. | 0.70G |
2003 Porsche 911 GT2 | | 60 MPH | 4.0 sec. | |
2003 z06 Corvette | | 60 MPH | 4.5 sec. | 0.61G |
2004 Ford Mustang Cobra SVT | | 60 MPH | 4.5 sec. | |
2002 Acura NSX | | 60 MPH | 4.8 sec. | |
1995 Mazda RX-7 R2 | | 60 MPH | 5.0 sec. | | 2002 Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG | | 60 MPH | 5.1 sec. | |
2003 BMW Z4 | | 60 MPH | 5.4 sec. | 0.5G |
2004 Honda Accord EX Coupe V-6 6 Speed | | 60 MPH | 5.9 sec. | |
2004 Mazda RX-8 | | 60 MPH | 6.4 sec. | |
2001 Mazda Miata MX5 | | 60 MPH | 7.9 sec. | |
1999 Ford Mustang Convertible V6 | | 60 MPH | 8.6 sec. | |
See
Only a sample of fast cars are listed see myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sowhatsitcalled/worlds_fastest_cars.htm
and www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60times.html
for more.
Road & Track Standing mile test, Sept. 2005
Car | speed | time | bhp | weight lbs. |
Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper | 210 | 25.6 | 1000 | 3,450 |
Nascar (not part of R&T test) | 212 | | 850 | 3,400 |
Formula 1 (not part of R&T test) | 230 | | 740 | 1,334 |
Lola-Ford Cosworth Champ Car * | 203 | 24.2 | 800 | 1,575 |
Pontiac-Riley Mk XI Daytona Prototype | 180 | 27.8 | 525 | 2,250 |
Jaguar XKR Trans-Am | 180 | 28.0 | 650 | |
Vortech Mustang GT | 179 | 30.4 | 575 | |
Chevrolet Corvette | 154 | 32.7 | 400 | 3,290 |
Note: Although the Viper and Stock Cars may be able to go faster in a straight line, the lighter weight, better braking, gearing for acceleration, aerodynamics and ground effects of the Champ cars, Daytona Prototype and Trans-Am cars make them faster on road courses.
* Indy Cars can be faster. In 2000, Gil de Ferran set the one-lap qualifying record of 241.426 mph at California Speedway.
Indy cars which race mainly on ovals generally have faster top speeds than F1 cars, because the F1 cars which race on road courses have more down force for better cornering.
See Speed Comparison at the Auto Racing Page.
Notes:
Most cars tires will provide .7 - .8 Gs of radial acceleration before they break loose. Sports cars with racing tireswill get around 1 G.
A F1 racer can get up to 3.5 G because of down force produced by ground effects and wings.
At 60 MPH (88 ft./sec.) 1 G of centrifugal force will occur at a radius of 240 ft. (r = 88^2/32.2).
* Note: There are a lot of web sites which state that a top fuel dragster will reach 200 MPH before half track and in order to do this the launch acceleration approaches 8Gs.
This is not correct. If you do the math 0-200 in 1/8 mi. averages 2 Gs. The tires would likely spin before it could produce that much force given that a F1 racecar with 4 tires can only support a maximum 5Gs under braking even with the extra down force.
last updated 3 Oct 2004
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