V8 0-60 and weight (and a story)

[Lawrence C Leung]

You may inform her that the conversion is actually about 2.2 lbs/kg, at
sea level. 

the Physics Teacher.

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:22:00 -0400 (EDT) "Graydon D. Stuckey"
<graydon at apollo.kettering.edu> writes:
>Guys,
>
>	Boy, I hate the digest mode for replying to messages!
>
>	Anyway, I looked back at my own V8 spreadsheet, and my Gtech 
>told 
>me I got 0-60 in my '91 V8 5-speed in exactly...  6.7 seconds! :-)  
>Just 
>like it was supposed to.  You can take it or leave it since the Gtech 
>is 
>_somewhat_ questionable.  Personally, I think its pretty close for 
>purposes of this sort of test.
>
>	Also, by time I had the chip and the dual K&N filters in 
>there, 
>it was considerably quicker.  I'd estimate at least a couple tenths on 
>
>that 0-60 run.
>
>	FYI, I weighed the V8 at a Canadian truck weigh station, and 
>after 
>subtracting passengers, and luggage, I got 3874 pounds.
>
>	This was the same weigh station where I stopped years ago to
>let my girlfriend use the restroom.  I stopped right on the weigh 
>scale
>and although the place was closed, the scales were "on" and reading 
>out
>weights in kilograms.  I made a mental note of the number on the 
>screen
>and quickly calculated the weight of my RX7.  Then when Janice got 
>back in
>the car, I proudly announced "55 kg!"  She is no mental slouch, so 
>she
>quickly realised I had figured out her weight by the weigh scales.  
>After
>admitting that I was clever, she asked how many pounds were in a kg to 
>which
>I replied, "about 5" :-)  Despite that, we've been married now for 
>almost 
>ten years. 
>
>Sincerely,
>Graydon D. Stuckey
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