How do these times compare to others at similar elevation (2800 ft) and 70F.
13.62 @ 101.3
Mods are R9 superchip, airaid, MT ET streets, and a fabricated x pipe bolted in place of the muffler.

 

Supposed to be 3% HP loss per 1000 feet from what I have read. Sucks being 5000 feet. Good traction though I would guess your run was worth 13.1-13.2 at seal level IMHO

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Hilander, does that mean that our L's will make zero horsepower at 33,000 feet?

 

The higher you drop it from, the greater the terminal velocity when it hits the ground.

 

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Significant digits can bite you both ways.

 

alphadoggy, actually I believe you need to lookup the definition of terminal velocity. Didn’t you ever do the “drop the hammer and a feather in a vaccum and see which will land first" experiment?


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Jeez, just making a jokie. I had a feeling that nit picker would raise the technical issue. Feather comparo is irrelevant, though, not dropping the Lightning in a vacuum. But of course since the L. has a significant CD (but less than a feather) if you dropped it over the ocean or a reasonably low piece of terrain it would achieve terminal velocity well before it hit the ground, and then actually slow down as it encountered denser air.

 

LOL in the thin air @ 6000'

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'01 Red Lightning Ordered 11/30/00
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Arrived at Dealer 3/19/01
Picked Up 4/5/01

 

alphadoggy,

Agreed that it would be hard to find a vacuum container large enough to drop an L into. The CD probably changes as the L tumbles. I think another critical parameter is AGL. Wouldn't you get virtually the same terminal velocity if dropped from the same AGL onto a 5000 foot plateau as you would dropping it to sea level? I mean we are talking about starting at 33K feet in your hypothesis.

If you are suggesting that I'm a nit picker, then relax. I guess my smiley faces aren't understood as a joke. Why is it I knew yours was.


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Of course the apparent CD would change as the Lightning tumbled. The AGL would also have an effect, but I suspect the terminal velocity would be minimally lower @ 0' altitude due to the increased air density. Perhaps P38 can shed some light on this. It seems pretty speculative, especially since I am not an aerodynamacist. What we need is some empirical testing. Does anyone care to volunteer their L?

 

This conversation is way over my head...



Uh... my truck fast!

Colin

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Colin, I are a collich gradjuate. Perhaps you do not have the benefit of a collitch edjukshun like me. In collitch you lern to bullshlt about subjekts you don't have the least clue about. I flunked out of enjineering skool, but I later went bak and grajuated with higest honors after I found a major which was totally dependent on bull slinging. I do not now the least thing about aerodynamiks (or much else, for that matter) but I can fake it really well. When you grasp the fakt that everything in this society is based on bullshlt and fakery you will be way ahead of the game.

 

shonut,
yes. My Ranger runs 11.60's at Bandimere(5800') and 10.90's in Topeka(800') hope this helps more than the rest of these reply's.BTW Hilander what is seal level I guess unless it was one of the rare flying seals it would be the same as sea level

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Howdy!

Alphadoggy,

<<The higher you drop it from, the greater the terminal velocity when it hits the ground.>>

Um.. I believe terminal velocity is.. well.. terminal, meaning the falling object has reached maximum velocity and is no longer accelerating. Hence the term "terminal". Terminal velocity cannot be greater than itself. Duh!!

Get with the program!

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