Yellow Bullet Forums banner
1 - 14 of 14 Posts

· Registered
Joined
·
2,700 Posts
That run was disallowed. His next best run was legal, and stayed. Net result - he qualified 5th on the legal weight round instead of 4th on the underweight round.
 

· Registered
Joined
·
35,396 Posts
It's the altitude. Cars get lighter as they go up in altitude. They lose .4 pounds per 1000 feet.

Fuckin' with your head, lol.
Weird huh?

It all makes perfect sense.
You put 20 psi in your tires at sea level, and once you get to 5,500' they now have 24 psi in them. The car is lighter but the tires gained in lbs. so it is supposed to even out.
The Summit team screwed up this carefully orchestrated trick by letting some of the extra lbs of air out of the tires.... making it too light.
 

· its blingtiffic™
Joined
·
9,829 Posts
Weird huh?

It all makes perfect sense.
You put 20 psi in your tires at sea level, and once you get to 5,500' they now have 24 psi in them. The car is lighter but the tires gained in lbs. so it is supposed to even out.
The Summit team screwed up this carefully orchestrated trick by letting some of the extra lbs of air out of the tires.... making it too light.
5500?? Corrected was 7580 last night. I like your and GK's formula's though..:rolleyes:
 
1 - 14 of 14 Posts
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top