Originally Posted by markthespark
Go to
http://www.wallaceracing.com/accel-calc.php . They have a free calculater to predict it for you. I put in 3200lbs,465hp,and a 28inch dia. tire and it said 6.99 in the 1/8 mile. Check it out and I hope it may get you close.
One thing you may be failing to realize, is that, that formula is rear wheel HP, not engine HP. There's no way a 465 HP engine can put a 3200LB car thru the 1/8 mi. at 6.99. There's between 15&25% HP loss in the drive train, realistically it take about 600HP to run that ET in the 1/8 mile, and a lot of other factors are also involved, tire slippage, trans slippage, 60' times, etc.
An 465 Advertised HP motor would be lucky to run 7.80 in a 3200LB car.
Fact ot fiction
Zip.