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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:42 am

Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

How do I increase my acceleration? I'm making a car in 1945, my first sporty-car (I'm roleplaying my own campagn in my mind), and it has a good topspeed of around 220-230 but a horrible acceleration of 0-100 in 12+ seconds. Help would be appreaciated. :?
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:58 am

Re: Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

That's relatively fast for the time, care to post some specs and pictures so we know what your working with.
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:24 am

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nialloftara wrote:That's relatively fast for the time, care to post some specs and pictures so we know what your working with.

This is my current car I'm working on, in '46: http://i.imgur.com/Li9mQaM.jpg I've outlined all the vents so you can find them easier, I call it the Bobo Thunder (Bobo being my company name). :D
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:27 am

Re: Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

What the car looks like is not as relevant as what you did with it... nialloftara meant posting pictures of the stats and build in general, not your cosmetic design :P
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:37 am

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Killrob wrote:What the car looks like is not as relevant as what you did with it... nialloftara meant posting pictures of the stats and build in general, not your cosmetic design :P

Here are my statistics, or atleast some of them (I'm new to this game)
http://i.imgur.com/31FsQ5K.jpg
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:48 am

Re: Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

What the car looks like is not as relevant as what you did with it...


True, but it does give some hints. :P For instance, those wheels look quite large, and the tires quite thin (due to the aspect ratio limitations). I would suggest using smaller diameter wheels, so you can fit wider tires. That should give you some extra traction.
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:35 pm

Re: Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

It looks like you have a single single-barrel or eco carb? Get rid of it or make your engine smaller..it's choking your engine to death. I would also suggest checking your compression and air/fuel. I'm guessing a/f is 13.5-ish and compression is above 8? The carbs should fix most of your issues. 9.6% efficiency is horrendous even in 1946!!

I am curious about your bore/stroke, because it seems awfully small for such a high displacement.
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Post Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:51 pm

Re: Acceleration and Speed? (Metric measures)

I'm going to guess that the stroke is too long as well based on the torque readings. You need an oversquare design to get the revs up and make more power which should also reduce wheel spin off the line.
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