gaijin

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http://www.sjdsm.com/tech/0_60_calc.htm

I used this calculator to figure my 0-60 time and it said that base on an 1/8 mile time of 8.85 and an 1/8 mile mph of 81.57 then my 0-60 is 4.79. Not too shabby huh? I thought that the IS350 was supposed to be around 5.3. I wonder how accurate that calculator is.

taenaive

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It is just an estimate. some lightly modded evos get 3.7 sec with that calculator. Also 0-60 means nothing. you can have slower 0-60 and still faster. measuring the distance vs time is the right way to measure the performance of the car... like 1/8th mile time.

gaijin

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I don't think that it is that impossible for a light modded evo to get a 3.7 0-60. I also disagree that 0-60 means nothing as it seems most automotive publications use this as a baromoter to measure all new cars real world acceleration even more so than a quarter mile time.

However, I am curious to find out what a stock evos 0-60 would be using a time slip and that calculator and I wonder how close it will be to the 4.7 that was advertised.

If the calculator is wrong, but consistently wrong, then since my time is about 5-6 tenths faster than advertised, an evo should be about 4.1-4.2. If the calculator represents a time close to what is advertised for the evo, then the IS350 is a little more of a beast then people realize and that is what I am trying to find out.

fromWRXtoEVO

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Actually , your numbers sounds and look absolutely perfect to me, everything matches on my book. Could you tell us what was your 60' times?

Thanks!!

1NastyEvo

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Car & Driver did a 13.9 @ 102.9mph with the IS350. They were comparing the new C350 (I think) and also the 330i.

gaijin

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2.11 60'. If that is an accurate 0-60 then I am amazed that there would be that much of a difference between what magazines published and what my car ran. Maybe I got one of those fabled Wednesday cars.

gaijin

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That is interesting. They trapped 2.2 mph higher than me, that means they were making more power. My 60' wasn't that great either, so I wonder why the big difference in times.

Boltz.

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^ more tire spin would create higher trap speeds with higher e.t.

gaijin

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didn't think of that. thanks man.

needasrt4

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dam the is350 is my next car

loj68

it is definitely nice....but the paddle shifter is so bad it's just not something I could ever own....that's why I had to settle for the IS250.

gaijin

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naw man, don't get one. I already wish I would've got something else, like a used M5.

Warrtalon

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I don't think it's accurate, because my stock time also calculates to 4.72 - 8.4@80mph. With an AWD launch, I would have gotten to 60mph way faster than you. You would make up your time from 60-80mph after getting full traction.

Also, I don't believe my current 7.6@91mph is really a 3.3 0-60 in an Evo w/o cams.

RTS EVO VIII

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can't be accurate...i'm going to raise up that bs flag.

Happy Madison

why?