Weather conditions..Make a difference at the track?
09-10-2009, 05:09 PM
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02' C32, '08 M6, '10 750LI, '06 993 turbo, 96' S600 V12 Coupe
Weather conditions..Make a difference at the track?
Take a 60* temp. day with 30% humidity and a 90* temp day with 90% high humidity, what will the difference be in a 1/4 mile run...Any idea about performance differences you can share from experience or from research? I seem to be running behind everyone with similiar mods because I run in 90* heat and 90% humidity where I live..What should be the difference in those two sets of conditions? 60*-30% and 90*-90%?
09-10-2009, 05:15 PM
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calculate your DA or determine it
use your time slip to input the time of day/night at dragtimes.com and it will input the weather data of your specific drag strip and give you a DA.....which definitely affects your times and mph
use your time slip to input the time of day/night at dragtimes.com and it will input the weather data of your specific drag strip and give you a DA.....which definitely affects your times and mph
09-10-2009, 05:46 PM
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+1, DAs make all the difference in the world. IN the early days of Dragtimes.com, there was no DA calculator., Now its actually pretty good. Yes, weather including humidity, temp. winds (cross, head and tail) all make a big difference as well as altitude (in most cases, the lower the better) . Ever fly on a cold day and notice how the plane just wants to fly and how it jumps off the runway, this is the same for most cars. Difference is, cold can hurt with traction too!!
