[Steve1968LS2]

The numbers are wrong.. must be a typo or a bad use of the formula..

the car did not run the cones at 58.39 mph.. no car ever has come close to that, especially on radial street tires (not R compounds)..

I don't know how the writer came up with those numbers, but they are not possible. The car was not tested by us so I don't have the tech sheet. More than likely they ran the test and screwed up the formula. If I knew the time through the cones I could calculate the correct MPH. The writer is not a Super Chevy staff writer, freelancer?

Alcino's car ran the cones at 48.1 and I know that car didn't beat it by 10mph.. a new C6 vette couldn't do 58mph, heck.. not even 49.. lol

For comparison (420ft cones)

g/28 = 46.48 mph
Alcino Mustang II = 48.1 mph
red '69 Camaro tested in the same issue as the DSE car = 48.5 (another one of our higher scoring cars.. actually the highest musclecar)

All three of these cars were running super sticky tires.. See a pattern?

There is NO such thing as a 125 foot skidpad.. it's 200 feet...

Look at it this way.. thier grip was .81 right? Alcino's was .99 right? Then how could they best his cones by 10mph if they had a .18 DEFICIT in grip?

Typo or bad math.. I don't think anyone was being dishonest.

Formulas:

420ft Slalom Equivilants

420/time = ft per sec x 3600 / 5280 = mph