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Guys,
In straight line racing, how much does keeping your side windows open on your car affect your acceleration or top speed?
I'm trying to figure out why when I raced the Hayabusa this past Saturday, in race one, I started reeling him in at 4th gear and at the top of 4th gear put the bike to the rear of my car, but then on the 2nd run, I didn't start reeling him in until well into 5th gear.
At first I thought it might be because my car was fresh the first run and realtively cool. But now I remember that I ran the first run with my windows totally up. Could that have made such a huge difference, or do you think it was something else?
He does get a slightly better jump the 2nd race, but the time to reel him in in the long run was VASTLY different.
-Manny
In straight line racing, how much does keeping your side windows open on your car affect your acceleration or top speed?
I'm trying to figure out why when I raced the Hayabusa this past Saturday, in race one, I started reeling him in at 4th gear and at the top of 4th gear put the bike to the rear of my car, but then on the 2nd run, I didn't start reeling him in until well into 5th gear.
At first I thought it might be because my car was fresh the first run and realtively cool. But now I remember that I ran the first run with my windows totally up. Could that have made such a huge difference, or do you think it was something else?
He does get a slightly better jump the 2nd race, but the time to reel him in in the long run was VASTLY different.
-Manny