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RE: Going Past the FF2000 performance analysis

To: <awhollis@swbell.net>, "CHARLES J VOBORIL" <cvoboril@msn.com>,
Subject: RE: Going Past the FF2000 performance analysis
From: Sam & Greg Scharnberg <samandgreg@netins.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 16:27:22 -0600
I would also submit that the PAX (or whatever) may be close on an average, 
but not in specific cases.

Greg Scharnberg

At 04:17 PM 1/4/2004 -0600, Andy Hollis wrote:
>Pro Solo performance is quite different than Solo II performance due to 
>two unique factors.  One is the obvious drag lauch, emphasizing the 
>ability of the car to go from zero to about 50 in as short a time as 
>possible.  Hang around on Friday at a Pro during practice launches and you 
>will find a wide disparity of 60-foot times between cars in a single class.
>
>The second big difference is that the "twisty" part of the course is 
>typically much shorter than a Solo II.  So, the acceleration portion 
>unique to Pro Solo becomes even larger of a part of the course.  So, Pro 
>Solo overly emphasizes the launch, and then the acceleration.  AWD excels 
>in launch, followed by RWD.  Once moving, it becomes a power-to-weight 
>game (assuming a car is not tire limited in forward accel once moving).
>
>So the Pro Solo Index is many times quite different than the normal Solo 
>II PAX.  And the winning car is a particular class may also be quite different.

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