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'95 Eclipse TurboGS (garage deco) '95 TSi AWD (restoring a survivor) '97 Talon ESi-T (poor impulse control) '99 Eclipse RS-T (daily beater) '13 Evo X (mostly stock) '17 Sienna (Middle Aged Dad Mobile)
I use to have a White 99 GS Sport with a Star Stage II Ball Bearing T3/T4 turbo...it was fun untill....well those who remember me know Oh Ya...this is what I have now... a 99' GSX...
> now...the general consensus is that it's most likely > quite slow as those turbines put out rather low > thrust, slower than a normally aspirated MK1 MR2 in > fact most likely...hehe...oh well...it's > different...stupid but different. > > Brian > 88 Supercharged MR2--non turbine powered
Hmm. I took a stab at the calculations for this.
<warning> Boring Math Stuff Ahead
I didn't find a conversion between lbs of thrust and what it would be in metric, but I did find a site that listed the following numbers:
Thus 190 lbs thrust = .84 kN = 840 N Assuming this is for each motor, the total thrust is 2520 N.
Newton's 2nd law says Force = Mass * Acceleration. Solving for A, we get A = F / M
The cars listed weight is 2100 lbs. Call it a metric tonne, or 1000 kg. Thus the acceleration of the car is:
2520 N / 1000 kg = 2.52 meters per second squared
To compare this to a regular car, lets assume you can have roughly constant acceleration from 0 to 60mph.
To calculate acceleration given the time, final and initial velocity:
a = (v - v0) / t
For a 0-60 time of 5 seconds: - initial velocity is 0 - final velocity is 60 mph * 0.447 = 26.82 m/s
a = 26.82 m/s / 5 s = 5.36 m / sq s
So, the 5 second car accelerates at a bit over half a gee (9.8 m / sq s), while this jet car moves at about a quarter gee. Doesn't sound too exiting to me.
Guess thats why they use honkin big military turbines like 16,000 lb thrust J79s in jet drag cars...
#2433, "Leave it to Juan..." In response to Reply # 4
.....to ruin the illusion!
Good numbers though. I'd have guessed it might not have been as fast as a heavilly supercharged MR2, but i'd've never guessed it was that much slower..
-DarkOne I'm so bad, i should be in detention.
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'95 Eclipse TurboGS (garage deco) '95 TSi AWD (restoring a survivor) '97 Talon ESi-T (poor impulse control) '99 Eclipse RS-T (daily beater) '13 Evo X (mostly stock) '17 Sienna (Middle Aged Dad Mobile)
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Oh Ya...this is what I have now... a 99' GSX...
