TonyEssex Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 hi all does anyone know how much a cars 0-60 is affected by weight? they say 0-60 in a fiesta can be done in 9.9 seconds, but on what weight measurement? how heavy was the driver? 7 stone? question is as me and my friend who has a 2 litre golf did a standing start run to 60, he was managing to out accelerate me, even though his 0-60 would be plus 10 seconds. I did have another (overweight passenger with me - 16st rough estimate) so im thinking this affected the slower acceleration? so what im looking for is how much does every extra kilo/stone slow down the 0-60 times, anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focus_ST-3 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 did a quick calculation, for a petrol zetec s, 10kg extra increases the 0-60 time by approx 0.1 seconds, hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coysht Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 did a quick calculation, for a petrol zetec s, 10kg extra increases the 0-60 time by approx 0.1 seconds, hope that helps ...and 16 stone is just over 100kg - so thats a whole second to add! A full tank of fuel will probably add another 1/3rd to 1/2 a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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