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Old 17-12-2004, 08:37 AM
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A danish 1/4 mile is 402 meters,how long is an english in meters please????
Also wondering to see a swedish white escort doing 11 sec time with 330hk on 1/4,what the f... is going on here,some 500 bhp cant even follow????bad driving style,weather condition,lousy engines or what?????please inform me(ofcourse the event is on film,not manipulated....
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11 seconds from 330bhp sounds impossible from a car as heavy as an escort (even a stripped out one)
Old 17-12-2004, 08:39 AM
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i would have thought that an english 1/4 mile is exactly the same length as any 1/4 mile... no matter what country
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Originally Posted by Daveyboy
i would have thought that an english 1/4 mile is exactly the same length as any 1/4 mile... no matter what country
This question because i was told that an english 1/4mile was longer than the danish 402meters????
The film showing the white escort was available on passion,dont know if it still are
- jocke1195.wmv
- jockes_cossie_burning_rubber.wmv
Take a search for that
thankx
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Originally Posted by Alex DK
Originally Posted by Daveyboy
i would have thought that an english 1/4 mile is exactly the same length as any 1/4 mile... no matter what country
This question because i was told that an english 1/4mile was longer than the danish 402meters????
The film showing the white escort was available on passion,dont know if it still are
- jocke1195.wmv
- jockes_cossie_burning_rubber.wmv
Take a search for that
thankx
i doubt it mate, a 1/4 mile is a 1/4 mile, whatever country you are in.
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a mile is 1500meteres i think where ever so......375meters
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a mile is 1600M!!

so 400M 1/4
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just looked on a converter thingy

1 mile = 1609.344 meters

so the 1/4 mile is 402.336M

HTH
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Default Re: 1/4mile 2 questions???please..

Originally Posted by Alex DK
A danish 1/4 mile is 402 meters,how long is an english in meters please????
Also wondering to see a swedish white escort doing 11 sec time with 330hk on 1/4,what the f... is going on here,some 500 bhp cant even follow????bad driving style,weather condition,lousy engines or what?????please inform me(ofcourse the event is on film,not manipulated....
Thanx guys
Regards Alex
The mentioned car did it on 11,95 sek....ref. :

-jocke1195.wmv
-jockes_cossie_burning_rubber.wmv

so not quite 11 sek ... but fast anyway
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