ok here is the thing.

my swapped civic ran 14.6@97 then i sold it and with no mods cept diff tires ran 14.0@98


why was i only able to run 14.6 and trap 1mph less?

did i come outta the hole like shit? and then make up for it?

and the other kid came outta the hole good and the rest was shit?

someone skool me

 

ET = traction
MPH = horespower

Basically he hooked and you didn't.

 

 

well if he hooked up better i dont get why his trap speed wasnt higher, shit my car pulled hard all the way to 120 so i know 98mph wasnt even near the limit

how was i able to get the same trap and spin mad outta the hole?

 

believe it or not, you lose MPH with traction. I lost a few MPH with nittos.

 

Not always. As long as you are geared properly to make use of the traction, your mph will stay the same or sometimes even increase a tad.

 

not mine

 

Its ok Corey. When you race from a dead stop, mph doesn't matter. Its whoever gets to the finish first.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the mph calculated as an average of your speed over the last 100 feet? So you can't really use it to compare two different times unless there is a significant difference right? I've seen cars that have been more than 5 or 6 tenths off on ET and still only been 1 or 2 mph different in trap speeds... so traction was definitely the major factor here. Again, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Yep, you're correct. Not sure if it calculates average speed across that 100 ft or if it calculates the time it takes you to get across that 100 ft to come up with your mph. And in this case, the significant difference was the tires. Like I said before. ET only shows how well you hook up. MPH is going to show how well your car is running and give you a good indication as to how well the car is running. More traction does not equal to more mph.