For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...any-continent/

I find it weird how they said 385hp and 300fp of torque?? Huh lol.....

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Yeah, they butchered that up pretty well. BTW, the sticker on my 90 was pegged at $60+k. Well, R & T wouldn't be the first magazine to do get the facts so screwed up as to make the article worthless....:thumbsdo:

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Ya, it had me scratching my head.....Ahhhh, the 90s' car magazines lol.

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Thanks for posting this.

Uh ... that's darn quick for stock.

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

At the US-41 Dragway (~600 feet AMSL), my best time (stock 1990 except for a Borla cat-back) was 13.1, trapping @ 113.x mph, reaction time 0.6. (low 70s and dry, but DA = ??) So... I guess if it had been a 0.0 reaction time, potentially it could have been low as 12.5 sec. So, their 12.8 "feels" to be in line with a stock 90 Z, methinks. That part of the article might be OK, I guess...

BTW, RW torque on my Z at that time (and now) is shown below. If my eyes are correct, it is ~ 330 ft pounds, which would translate to around 385 ± at the crank for a stock LT5. 300 ft # is in line with an LT1/4 at the crank. Big difference.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps723fdad7.jpg

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Reaction time has no bearing on ET or trap speeds.
The clock doesn't start till you "break the beam"
So you wouldn't have gone any faster or quicker.
Pretty good times though!

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

It's all about the 60 ft


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Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Reaction time would effect ET but not speed.

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

please explain? roll out?

Re: For you 1990 Z owners, but great read for all us....
 

Maybe I'm ignorant, but if reaction time doesn't factor in on et, then why worry about reacting quickly as the tree goes down. One could just always leave on the green and never have a DQ.