Predicting performance - speed + acceleration (0-60)

[eSteve]

Hi,

I have been wondering what sort of performance one can expect from a Haynes Roadster and to this end have collected the performance data from Caterham's web site for their various cars. I have spoken to Andy Noble of Caterham cars and he has no problem with me publishing the data here.

I have attached the tabulated data and a graph giving power along the bottom and top speed on the left and acceleration on the right in the form of a pdf file.

So if you've some idea of your engine power you can get an estimate of its performance, (emphasis on estimate and assuming your cars weight is about 550kg).

It's only an estimation but gives one some idea.

To open a pdf file you will need a pdf viewer Adobe's one is free and can be downloaded from here:

http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/

(You'll need to wang it round 90 deg in Adobe as I created the PDF as lanscape and Adobe expects portriat)


Data obtained from:



Clicking on each car takes you to its specification.

Start dreaming of that bigger engine...http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

eSteve