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80 | 74.07% |
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19 | 17.59% |
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9 | 8.33% |
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27-07-2006, 09:56 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I was just reading an interesting thread (not here somewhere else
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27-07-2006, 10:03 AM
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MPH. We know the certain milestones in drag racing are associated with mph, and you'de have to work out the conversion to km/hr. Also, some times you can roughly work out your cars power by lookng at mph, or vise versa in seeing the Hp and figuring out what mph it will run
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27-07-2006, 10:15 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
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Its a 1/4 mile. Measure in MPH. If we ever change to 0.4 km racing we can measure in KPH, until then its MPH IMO.
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27-07-2006, 10:29 AM
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definitely MPH!!! It has more milestones... 161KPH doesnt sound as impressive as 100MPH to me...
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27-07-2006, 10:58 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yep its mph for me too. Even though I have grown up in the metric age its Drag Racing over a 1/4 Mile so MPH it should be.
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27-07-2006, 11:19 AM
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Well i guess the way to keep everyone happy would be to display both mph and kph wouldn't be hard to do
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27-07-2006, 11:50 AM
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Timing software could easily print both on the slip.
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27-07-2006, 12:42 PM
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27-07-2006, 05:41 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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MPH !
Drag racing is one of the few "old" sports left. It has a lot of technology in it's cars and tracks but the readouts should be MPH. It's also a link to past performances and records. Kph sounds like tiddlywinks. |
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27-07-2006, 06:06 PM
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It should stay MPH and also Horse Power. Damn that KW crap.
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27-07-2006, 06:22 PM
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MPH definitely. Some things should stay with the imperial measurements.
For example, what the hell is a Ford 22.86cm diff? And try ordering 431.8mm diameter tyres................. |
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27-07-2006, 06:45 PM
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Willowbank has km/h on the timing boards but iirc both on the slip
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27-07-2006, 06:53 PM
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I was there for the Winternationals at Willowbank & kph just doesn't seem right. MPH for sure.
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27-07-2006, 07:08 PM
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I recon leave it at MPH but if the KPH is on there as well thats fine as Long as it doesnt take over.
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27-07-2006, 07:30 PM
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MPH should stay
and while we're at it, the 1/4 mile is not 400 meters, it is 1320 feet which is 402. something meters  :
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27-07-2006, 07:43 PM
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MPH for me !
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27-07-2006, 07:59 PM
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pfft, there is nothing but MPH.
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27-07-2006, 08:10 PM
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The only reason why i would like KPH is because i can at least hit 3 figures on the left side of the decimal in the XB
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27-07-2006, 08:46 PM
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27-07-2006, 08:58 PM
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Yep, MPH is drag talk, as everybody here says you can't have 1/4 mile and KPH.
There is no need for metricity to please a few ignorant politically correct fools in drag racing! |
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28-07-2006, 09:48 AM
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being raised up around drag racing MPH is the only way to be, at the winters i found i was trying to change kph into mph and it just wasnt working for more so if they want to reed it in kph then they should do it mph as well for us old timers!!
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28-07-2006, 10:16 AM
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MPH. Grown too acustomed to it now. Hard to judge trap speeds in km/h for me.
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28-07-2006, 11:26 AM
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lets just have it all..............
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29-07-2006, 12:09 AM
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MPH and lots of it.
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29-07-2006, 11:44 AM
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29-07-2006, 11:52 AM
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Who would have thought that it would be difficult to multiply a speed by 1.6.
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29-07-2006, 01:44 PM
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Got to be MPH,although the way these turbo falcon's are going we might need to go feet per second.
And compare them to a speeding bullet. |
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29-07-2006, 03:41 PM
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Got to be MPH
Some things just don't sound right going metric. Babies weights got to be in pounds.... Length of your willy got to be in inches... I'm sure there's lots more....
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29-07-2006, 05:32 PM
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134kph over the 400m??? Narrrrrrrr MPH is the way it's meant to be. |
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26-08-2006, 09:20 PM
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