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    High School Speed Tests: Is One Run from 0-130 Enough?

    Your explanation of shifting techniques make very good sense. The two cars I'm interested in have different gearing. One is geared to reach 62mph in second gear before redlining (or fuel cutoff) while the other car has to make a third shift to reach 60mph accounting for a slower 0 to 60 time...
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    High School Speed Tests: Is One Run from 0-130 Enough?

    Thank you for your help. The bottom numbers I used were just random. The actual numbers are below. I'm a car enthusiast who is comparing the performance of two cars. This helps. Here are the actual numbers 0-60 mph 4.8 0-100 mph 12.6 0-130 mph 25.0
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    High School Speed Tests: Is One Run from 0-130 Enough?

    Hi all. Newbie here who has a simple question. In car magazines, you see these speed tests they do. For example, they'll list a 0-60 time, 0-100 time, and a 0-130 time. My question is, would the times be different if you just made one run from 0-130 and mark down the times when you hit 60...