2016 Ford Falcon FGX XR Sprint Launch, Part 3): Performance testing.

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Hi 4V man

I'm sorry, I just realised that I misunderstood your questions (I should have read them more carefully).
If the two cars can achieve very similar 0-100 performances (which I believe should be possible grip permitting), then I think the 100 k to 400 metre times should be very close.
As calculated in my last post, a 7 k plus end speed difference only has a 1.7 tenth effect, and I can't imagine the Turbo being anything like 7 k's slower than the V8 with both cars giving their best.

One interesting point worth mentioning, is that the distance to 100 km/h can blow out if a car has a very fast 0-60 time and is a bit slow from that point on to 100 km/h. For an example of that see my post 5273 of 1/7/16 (a few pages back) on the "Australian Ford Forums" website in the "Ford Confirm 325 and 345 kW Sprint Series" thread (I post under 2242100 there as well).

I posted two screenshots of the downloaded data from two practically dead equal back to back 0-100 runs (with a cruise in between).
There was a heavy load in the boot to ensure no wheelspin with the old tyres, and with high stall launches the 0-60 times were 2.26 and 2.27 and the times to 100 were 4.66 and 4.67 with total distances of 73.91 and 73.97 metres.
So although those times were almost 4.68, the distances are nearly 4 metres more than the 70.08 metre distance calculation in the last post, and that would cut over 3/4 of a tenth off the 100 k to 400 metre time.