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Evolved M3 · 02-19-2011, 01:23 PM

If your using the calculation above (which again I don't know how true it is), then 21lbs unsrpung would be 210lbs added to the car which equals to about 20hp, or 0.200 slower in the 1/4. You forgot to multiply the 21lbs of unsprung weight.

02-19-2011, 01:23 PM	#11
Evolved M3 Private First Class 19 Rep 159 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 M3 6MT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	If your using the calculation above (which again I don't know how true it is), then 21lbs unsrpung would be 210lbs added to the car which equals to about 20hp, or 0.200 slower in the 1/4. You forgot to multiply the 21lbs of unsprung weight.
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