Well, I went out to the salt flats of Bonneville today..... no wait, it was the a45 between Northampton and Wellingborough
and after attempting the stall approach and failing miserably (for some reason I forgot to floor the throttle after letting the brake off...think I was more concerned about slamming in to the traffic flying past me
) I got myself together and timed it bang on....
got 9.39 seconds. brake on, 2500rpm, lift off brake and floor it. timed from the moment I lift off the brake all the way to 63 on the clock.
and it gets better....
a.) I didn't brake my gearbox
b.) I could prob shave a bit more off if I lost weight (neigh on impossible)
c.) I get the impression that if I was a pro driver I could prob shave even more off if I could control the small amount of wheel spin / manipulated the throttle properly
d.) the road I was on has the most imperceptible incline. but an incline is an incline. perhaps a tenth to besaved there.
glad I gave it a go and got the result. but I shan't be doing that again