Stevie72 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I think these assumptions of 0-60 times are based on male pride, which takes its form in many guises!! You've got to go by the stat's given by Toyota and others which appear to be 6.8 - 6.9 for a manual. So Auto would be slower. Unless you can provide evidence of a NA doing 0-60MPH in a certain time, it means nothing its just hearsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I think these assumptions of 0-60 times are based on male pride, which takes its form in many guises!! You've got to go by the stat's given by Toyota and others which appear to be 6.8 - 6.9 for a manual. So Auto would be slower. Unless you can provide evidence of a NA doing 0-60MPH in a certain time, it means nothing its just hearsay And remember that these published claims are not easily repeatable by mere mortals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie72 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 And remember that these published claims are not easily repeatable by mere mortals. Unless there the TT UK spec figures, in which case they are:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I can only comment on my car noone elses and judging by what it's been up against I know it's not 7 seconds. just out of interest what speed do you think you are doing after approx 9 sec's............or even just a between 'x & y' type estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I think these assumptions of 0-60 times are based on male pride, which takes its form in many guises!! Of course not! These times are based on a videocamera pointing at speedometer! How could you question the accuracy? btw - this site says book 0-60 was 6.9s for the N/A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I thought the book for the UK TT was 4.9? Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 nah 5.1 I'd love to see a stock supe actually hit its claimed times. Its such a hard car to actually launch. You only have to look at the 60 foot times in comparison to other cars to see that. 0-60 in the real world is utter rubbish anyways. A better acceleration gauge is the 50-70 times or the 30-50 times. We won't go into the 70-170 times as thats not legal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 nah 5.1 I'd love to see a stock supe actually hit its claimed times. Its such a hard car to actually launch. You only have to look at the 60 foot times in comparison to other cars to see that. 0-60 in the real world is utter rubbish anyways. A better acceleration gauge is the 50-70 times or the 30-50 times. We won't go into the 70-170 times as thats not legal I agree, with all the cars my accelerometer has been in only my 328i managed to get near the claimed figure (in fact it beat it), I tried time and again in the supra and the best result was posted above (5.39). As you say 0-60 is a poor indication of a cars performance, 30-100 is good for outright power, 50-70 good for an idea of in-gear power (like when overtaking). This is where the supra is VERY quick compared to most cars on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Well i beat the MR2's stock times without any hassle. MR2 will hit 60 in less than 5 sec's with less than 300hp. It seems the more i find out about the sup the more disappointing it is. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 It seems the more i find out about the sup the more disappointing it is. If you don't like it, sell it; makes no odds to anyone here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-Brett Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Been reading this thread and not liking what I am reading... My N/A is an auto, and it certainly does not go 0-60 in 7 seconds, I would say more close to just under 6 seconds, and I have a heavy system in the boot, which does slow it down a bit. This is with only the second 'cat' off. I have an N/A supe (5 speed) and a lot of male pride, and i wouldnt be foolish enough to think that it was under 6 seconds. Nearer 7 even possibly past 7secs. Get the launch correct and it may well be mid 6secs but 0 tp 60 is very changable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 If you don't like it, sell it; makes no odds to anyone here Oh don't get me wrong, i love the sup. Its much nicer to drive than every other sports car i have driven. When i bought the car i was under the impression that it had a 0-60 of under 5 seconds (for a std UK) and the 1/4 mile time was around 13 (again UK std). Its only after reading threads like this that i have found 0-60 will be lucky to see 5 even with BPU, mostly down to how hard it is to get off the line and some folks have 1/4's as bad as 14's TDR has the most impressive 1/4 on this board as far as i have seen by breaking into 11's. I wouldn't sell or swop based on a car's performance, all i am saying is its not quite the performance car i thought it was. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Oh don't get me wrong, i love the sup. Its much nicer to drive than every other sports car i have driven. When i bought the car i was under the impression that it had a 0-60 of under 5 seconds (for a std UK) and the 1/4 mile time was around 13 (again UK std). Its only after reading threads like this that i have found 0-60 will be lucky to see 5 even with BPU, mostly down to how hard it is to get off the line and some folks have 1/4's as bad as 14's TDR has the most impressive 1/4 on this board as far as i have seen by breaking into 11's. I wouldn't sell or swop based on a car's performance, all i am saying is its not quite the performance car i thought it was. Scott =op I think you will find most cars don't live up to their hyped 0-60, but as said earlier thats not the best test, and once rolling the Supra is truely awesome at overtaking times, which is where it's at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Its hard to find some claimed 0-60 times but i was refering to actual 0-60 times. For example, i was a member of IMOC when i didn't have the sup. I still have the MR2 but its the wifes car now... anyway.... owners on there with around 280bhp were seeing 0-60 times of around 4.5sec and 1/4 mile times around the early 13's which seems about the same as sups with almost 100bhp more. I only really go with 1/4 mile slips as far as claims go. Not seen a std evo manage a sub 5 yet lol. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 owners on there with around 280bhp were seeing 0-60 times of around 4.5sec and 1/4 mile times around the early 13's which seems about the same as sups with almost 100bhp more. Scott =op Weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I know but the MR2 aint no paperweight either. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 trouble is guys were talking about a 13 year old car which was bloody quick back in the day, but now with advanced engine technology etc etc .so 0-60 in 7 ish secs will do me, if not will buy a TT. 0-60 TIMES are really unreliable because there are so many factors ,driver, road conditions etc, tbh a 6sec or less n/a [standard] is wishfull thinking, unless you spent shedloads on the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 My 98 Tip (BPU) was recorded at 4.993 sec 0-60 by that car magazine (JTuner?) when they paid for us all to do that track day at some airfield. (Bruntingthorpe, Bruntingfield? something like that) I've probably still got the mag here somewhere, if necessary. As far SILKYSMOOTH and his sub 6 sec 0-60 NA . . . Yeah - Right! /vbb/images/smilies/bbcode_grin.gif Info here from Bruntingthorpe: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=29073&highlight=drag+times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Drag time: 13.732 @ 101.12 mph: 60ft 2.042 330ft 5.781 1/8 et 8.846 1/8 mph 80.08 mph 990ft et 11.425 (SZ auto) JAP (S/county) cat back exhaust + NOS Don't know what the 0 - 60 time was, but spanked most stock and BPU TT I have raced against up to 60 mph and then yes fair enough I get caught, but not by all...... Wallace calculation works out at 4.9 seconds and it is supposed to be accurate to 3 tenths of a second. So 5.5 sec tops?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt k Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Iv searched and searched and still cant find anything on this! What is the N/A 0-60 time and what bhp is it as some people advertise 244 and some say 225! oh by the way im just in the process of looking for a mint N/A Not that quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 My 98 Tip (BPU) was recorded at 4.993 sec 0-60 by that car magazine (JTuner?) when they paid for us all to do that track day at some airfield. (Bruntingthorpe, Bruntingfield? something like that) I've probably still got the mag here somewhere, if necessary. As far SILKYSMOOTH and his sub 6 sec 0-60 NA . . . Yeah - Right! /vbb/images/smilies/bbcode_grin.gif I've got a copy of that mag here somewhere. I seem to remember Terry doing a 4 sec 0-60 time with his GT35R, anyone know what tyres he was running at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILKYSMOOTH Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 just out of interest what speed do you think you are doing after approx 9 sec's............or even just a between 'x & y' type estimate. 90 mph approx, basically 10mph per sec. Anyway I have finally decided that today I will be taking all the ICE system out of the boot coz it weighs too much and it has put too much weight on my rear tyres causing both rear tyres to go bald just in the middle. I have no doubt at all that with the ICE system out and with some new rear tyres I should be hitting just under six seconds, even though it feels like that now with the weight and bald tyres. Shame really coz the ICE system looks and sounds fantastic...I would say that coz I built it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 90 mph approx, basically 10mph per sec. Wow, linear accelaration - your 1/4 mile times must be fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradriver Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I think these assumptions of 0-60 times are based on male pride, which takes its form in many guises!! You've got to go by the stat's given by Toyota and others which appear to be 6.8 - 6.9 for a manual. So Auto would be slower. Unless you can provide evidence of a NA doing 0-60MPH in a certain time, it means nothing its just hearsay I did a video of my N/A's 0-60 and it was 5.9 im happy with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILKYSMOOTH Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Wow, linear accelaration - your 1/4 mile times must be fantastic! okay I was making an estimated average in 9 secs, not exactly linear accelaration, upto 125 it pulls like train in about 12 secs obviously a bit slower to 150-5 but alot quicker than an average 10 mph per sec from 0-40mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.