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Gen II 1/4 mile time

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by siren676, Feb 3, 2011.

  1. siren676

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    My mum has a XW20 (gen 2?) prius and is bragging that it is faster than my non-turbo 1998 Toyota Starlet. I challenged her to a race at the drags but she said no.

    What sort of times have you guys and gals managed on the 1/4?

    My best time was a 18.002 in the starlet.

    Who would win?

    Cheers, Daniel
     
    #1 siren676, Feb 3, 2011
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    Toyota Prius - First Drive Review - Auto Reviews - Car and Driver mentions 18.9 sec in the 1/4 mile. Consumer Reports got 18.1 in an 04 and 08 Touring. That's a bit surprising that CR's results were a bit faster as their acceleration results tend to be slower than most other car mags.

    Did you get the XW20 designation from Wikipedia? I don't know why the entries were altered to that labeling. AFAIK, Toyota has never called them XWnn. It's been NHW10, NHW11, NHW20 and now ZVW30.

    Being in the 18s is pretty slow in the 1/4. :)
     
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    Yeah i got that model number from wiki.

    I know that 18's isnt very fast but i was running in DYO (staggered start) and did fairly well.

    So the cars are quite close in the end. Must be similar power to weight.
    Now to challenge her again at the drags
     
    #3 siren676, Feb 3, 2011
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    Is that bracket racing? I think a Prius or any hybrid wouldn't be so good for that due to lack of consistency from varying state of charge of the big battery. If the HV battery is down to 1-2 bars, you can bet that run will be slower.
     
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    Yes I think the SOC would have a noticeable impact on how much punch it had. But that's a great opportunity for cheating (um I mean "tweaking"). Just hold the brake and the go pedal and you can force charge the battery to 7 or 8 green bars and you're good to go.

    I'll bet that's how the guys in the OP's other thread on this topic managed to get 17.6 seconds (these identical threads should be merged BTW).
     
    #5 uart, Feb 3, 2011
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