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Old 03-15-2001, 08:55 PM
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CLS and TLS Top Speed?!?!?!? 0 - 60 Times?!?!?!

Can someone help in this one?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by M3Sins:
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CL Type S has a speed limiter for 147 MPH. One of the members had AAA do a speedo test. So I guess some of our Chuck Yeager's have optimistic speedos (or have had custom work to remove the speed limiter).

The 0..60 time is highly variable. My 6.1 time is rounded to the tenth, since I think the GTECH is not THAT accurate. The time I got was with a very light gas load and very cold outside temps and very, very sticky tires (average of runs going in both directions). I'm also a big guy, so I need to cut my self in half to be competitive with some of the other folks.

Depending on gas load and temp, here is a cross section of times (no light wheels, mods, etc)

5.9 -- low gas, skinny person, and low temps.

6.6 -- full tank, big driver, and 90 degree day.

Sorry, no figures for the TLS

Don't forget, that sticky tires, lightened rims, and other non-engine related changes can make a big difference

(Just my own opinions, experience, and recollections from other postings.) Sorry, no test track, laser range finder, 3rd wheel, and radar




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Well the CL-S and the TL-S will probably be in the low 6's like around 6.2-6.5.

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Is there any way of calculating how much additional weight will decrease how much hp?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM:
Well the CL-S and the TL-S will probably be in the low 6's like around 6.2-6.5.

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Quite a lineup you have there.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by amirsafdari:
Is there any way of calculating how much additional weight will decrease how much hp?

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Yeah, I would love to find the answer to this question. It wouldn't actually be 'decrease' hp, it would be how much would that tally the hp and torque? Any comments?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by M3Sins:
Yeah, I would love to find the answer to this question. It wouldn't actually be 'decrease' hp, it would be how much would that tally the hp and torque? Any comments?

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An old drag racer's rule of thumb:

For every 100 lbs added to a vehicle's gross weight, you'll gain .1 seconds in a quarter mile drag race. Of course this works in reverse also. Drop 100 lbs from your car and you'll pick up about .1 seconds in the quarter mile.

This is fairly accurate for cars weighing 2800-3800 lbs.


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Well buddha thank you. i worked hard for it.


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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Tom2:
An old drag racer's rule of thumb:

For every 100 lbs added to a vehicle's gross weight, you'll gain .1 seconds in a quarter mile drag race. Of course this works in reverse also. Drop 100 lbs from your car and you'll pick up about .1 seconds in the quarter mile.

This is fairly accurate for cars weighing 2800-3800 lbs.


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100lbs for .1 sec? I thought it would be more than that for sure!



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Hypothetical question:

Say "car A" does the 1/4 mile in 15.0 seconds and "car B" does it in 15.1 seconds. How much distance would "car A" win by?
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holdz up.....if da governer is set at 147....d.en i am gettin totally ripped.....cuz like me and my friend were goin at it.....he has an is300....and like we were goin on 190 *dallas*.....and like my car *cl-s* wouldnt go past 130....so give me a hint on wut it coulda been dat slowed mah azz down....cuz i took him till 130...afta dat he slipped by me....which blowed like whoa....
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060 times ok, but who really gets their car up to 147mph. that would take like 2-3min due to the fact that our car hits a block after 110. and where r u driving at 147? i hope not by me

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Type S Smokes All:
060 times ok, but who really gets their car up to 147mph. that would take like 2-3min due to the fact that our car hits a block after 110. and where r u driving at 147? i hope not by me

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I know I hae a lowly 3.2 TL but I ran it to 139mph according to my GPS on my way to vegas. Some guy in a Suburban tried to show me some SVU power and raced me. I think he turned into a dot at 110 MPH and was gone. SUV have power but they have 2 tons of fun and brick-like Cd aerodynamics. I'm just not into them I guess.

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How does GPS tell u how fast your goin?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Type S Smokes All:
060 times ok, but who really gets their car up to 147mph. that would take like 2-3min due to the fact that our car hits a block after 110. and where r u driving at 147? i hope not by me

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I haven't experienced the "block" at 110 factor. I find that runs are very fast to 130. (no header, no intake, just very light wheels, and no head wind).

I had a witness, who couldn't believe the speedo, when I asked them to look. So, maybe the speedo is off by 2-4 mph. (A guy had the AAA check his speedo and his was about 3 mph high at these speeds.)

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Type S Smokes All:
How does GPS tell u how fast your goin?

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There is a relatively new GPS stand-alone device that lets boaters, cars, etc. read there speed and it only uses the GPS signals from space (It is just a GPS speedometer).

All GPS units can present the velocity, if fitted with the appropriate software.

If you know position, and you know time, then you know average velocity. The GPS satellites provide time and position information in 3 dimensions (with 4 or more satellites in "view").

GPS provides constant longitude(x), latitude(y), and altitude(z) info. This x,y, and z (3-dimensional data) is computed with very precise times.

SO:

Velocity = Distance / Time.

Velocity = (change in position) / (change in time)

Velocity = (GPS_Pos2 - GPS_Pos1) / (Time_at_Pos2 - Time_at_Pos1)

Note: (GPS_Pos2 - GPS_Pos1) is (x2,y2,z2) - (x1,y1,z1) (a vector quantity), so the magnitude (length) of the vector needs to be found.

GPS_Pos2 (x2,y2,z2) and GPS_Pos1 (x1,y1,z1) are the positions of the vehicle at Time_at_Pos2 and Time_at_Pos1.

So:

Distance = ( (x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2 + (z2-z1)^2) )^(1/2).

By constantly computing the new position vs. the last one (with the corresponding times), a GPS unit will display the current velocity.




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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EricL:
There is a relatively new GPS stand-alone device that lets boaters, cars, etc. read there speed and it only uses the GPS signals from space (It is just a GPS speedometer).

All GPS units can present the velocity, if fitted with the appropriate software.

If you know position, and you know time, then you know average velocity. The GPS satellites provide time and position information in 3 dimensions (with 4 or more satellites in "view").

GPS provides constant longitude(x), latitude(y), and altitude(z) info. This x,y, and z (3-dimensional data) is computed with very precise times.

SO:

Velocity = Distance / Time.

Velocity = (change in position) / (change in time)

Velocity = (GPS_Pos2 - GPS_Pos1) / (Time_at_Pos2 - Time_at_Pos1)

Note: The GPS_Pos2 - GPS_Pos1 is (x2,y2,z2) - (x1,y1,z2) (a vector quantity), so the magnitude (length) of the vector needs to be found.

GPS_Pos2 (x2,y2,z2) and GPS_Pos1 (x1,y1,z1) are the positions of the vehicle at Time_at_Pos2 and Time_at_Pos1.

So:

Distance = ( (x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2 + (z2-z1)^2) )^(1/2).

By constantly computing the new position vs. the last one (with the corresponding times), a GPS unit will display the current velocity.


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Enough of the newtownian physics..lol Gives me basd memories of all those forces in motion equations I use to bust out. The simple answer is my hand held GPS has a top speed function. Its fun to play with especially when you fly.

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Well, when someone wants to know, they can't fault a "full" answer.

BTW -- I got one of the subscripts wrong in your quote. I was fixing it when you were replying.

Boy, everyone is so choosy. I've been hasled now for not enough info, then too much info, then I don't get enough attention. Boy....

I enjoyed Physics and Math (when I had a good teacher). I had a lot of these boring, monotone lectures that put me too sleep too.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Satin Slayer:
Hypothetical question:

Say "car A" does the 1/4 mile in 15.0 seconds and "car B" does it in 15.1 seconds. How much distance would "car A" win by?
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About a car length. That's based on a car traveling 100 mph thru the traps. But cars running 15.0 would probably be moving mid to low 90's. Anyway, a car traveling 100 mph can cover about 15 feet in one tenth of a second, which is about 1 car length.



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i just took my tl-s to ~148mph on the way to AC this weekend... and it did get to 130 really quick, and then its a kind of normal pull to 140 and then really slow to 150... when i posted on the TLS forum, i got flamed ... i just posted the same story here if you're interested,
http://www.acura-cl.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000147.html

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I pulled 0-60 in 5.85 secs with Gtech...
The road/weather conditisions were perfect. I was half way down on the gas tank and I weigh only 170 lbs.

I'm still trying to get my ass to the track to find out some real numbers. I don't trust Gtech too much these days...

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according to MT.. TLS 0-60 is 6.28
therefore CLS should be lil bit faster.. butnot much.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZodiakTL:
i just took my tl-s to ~148mph on the way to AC this weekend... and it did get to 130 really quick, and then its a kind of normal pull to 140 and then really slow to 150... when i posted on the TLS forum, i got flamed ... i just posted the same story here if you're interested,
http://www.acura-cl.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000147.html

and i got the gtech today, so i'll have some numbers after this weekend


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I don't why you should get flamed. I was up the coast, stayed in 3rd till about 113mph(close enough) and 130 (in 4th) came up pretty fast.

I was getting rid of some pesky bugs in the back.

Car only had the lighted wheels at the moment and I think the TLS and CLS are very close in weight, HP, and aerodynamics...

So, I believe you.




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according to MT.. TLS 0-60 is 6.28
therefore CLS should be lil bit faster.. butnot much.


How should the CL-S be a "lil" bit faster?

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Headers !

What kind of speed increase with the headers ? Noticeable ?


<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TLSWhiz:

according to MT.. TLS 0-60 is 6.28
therefore CLS should be lil bit faster.. butnot much.


How should the CL-S be a "lil" bit faster?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EricL:
I don't why you should get flamed. I was up the coast, stayed in 3rd till about 113mph(close enough) and 130 (in 4th) came up pretty fast.

I was getting rid of some pesky bugs in the back.

Car only had the lighted wheels at the moment and I think the TLS and CLS are very close in weight, HP, and aerodynamics...

So, I believe you.


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i got flamed cuz of my "reckless driving" and going about what most people seem to consider the "real" speed limit of about 100, mph



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BPUKiller:
I know I hae a lowly 3.2 TL but I ran it to 139mph according to my GPS on my way to vegas. Some guy in a Suburban tried to show me some SVU power and raced me. I think he turned into a dot at 110 MPH and was gone. SUV have power but they have 2 tons of fun and brick-like Cd aerodynamics. I'm just not into them I guess.

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FYI, the 3.2 TL is NOT a lowly car. I don't know what year your 3.2 TL is but mine is a 99 3.2 TL. I took my baby up to 145 mph on Rt 280 in NJ. I know I can beat a lot of cars out there.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TLSWhiz:
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How should the CL-S be a "lil" bit faster?

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CL is lighter
Cl-s is 3510 lb and the TL-S 3560lb

TL-S Just a little heaver but could knock a .05 or or so
then again could be the same.



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