CLS weigh some 3525 lbs, has 260 hp that 13.55:1 lb/HP.

This number is all what make us go faster, the lower the number the faster we can go.

Hopefully the next CL-S or whatever car I would be bying would have to be at 10:00:1 lb/HP

 

Heh u confused me there for a sec. Your topic said Power to Weight ratio, but your final number was weight to power ratio

 

That's pretty good ratio.

ITR's are like 13.5 lbs/HP..
Too bad you guys don't have manual tranny...yet

[ 08-13-2001: Message edited by: VTEChump ]

 

Lets not forget we cant always go by that number. Gearing makes the biggest difference. With gearing like the 4th gear that we have, we are not going anywhere =)

Spiro

 

3rd is good for upto 110MPH, what is % of CL that would go or even race faster than 110 on a daily basis.. very few extreeme cases only.

 

Yeah on the Road you would not need more than 110 but then there are the cars meets I go to on mondays and weekends that you would need that kind of power. But having more speed on the road never hurt either

 

1993 rx7
350hp 2800lb
8:1

 

As mr. spiro said, the HP to weight ratio is not a very valid number. Who cares about hp? It is easy to shave 10% off of your horsepower figure, and at the same time improve your 1/4 mile time by a half second or more. It's all about the TORQUE and the GEARING. Low end torque is what I use every day, at 5mph. I RARELY hit anywhere near the redline, where that 260 hp is made.

Give me torque, or give me death. Or something like that.

[ 08-13-2001: Message edited by: jdl75 ]

 

I weighed my car at Sacto Raceway on Saturday...no spare...with Navi...and lost about 30lbs. on the tire wheel combo...3425lbs.