Shifter: Check my math please...

[red*farm]

Ok....gearheads and mathematicians. I could use a little help. Here it is.

I'm wondering besides the feel of the B&M short shifter what does it really add in respect to speed. From their claims it can reduce travel by 40% ...so i say 35% cause everyone lies about thier products. Here is the question.

In feet per second (fps) how much faster would you be to say 0-60 mph or more importantly 0-100 mph. I figured the average 0-60 time in a 2000 'S' was about 5.9 sec. and 0-100 at 13.6 seconds.

100mph= 147 fps roughly

So, in a 'S' I will have 4 shifts on my way to 100. I thought about .25 second per shift was fair.

Does that sound right? So, that is .75 second in shifting time.

I guessed at the speeds during shift times and the equivalent fps.

With my math I came up with... racing against an identical me in an identical S the B&M equipped car would would win by about 34 feet or about 2 car lengths. What about 0-60 maybe a car length?

Does that sound right? :dance: Thank you in advance. r*f