The positional accuracy and efficiency of straw chambers using gas mixtures of carbon dioxide-isobutane (80:20), argon-isobutane-isopropanol (50:49:1) and argon-carbon tetrafluoride (90:10) are calculated as a function of drift distance with a precision of 1%. Large attachment effects on the resolution and efficiency are predicted for carbon-tetrafluoride-based gas mixtures which are important for SSC applications. The varying electric field in straw chambers leads to nonlinear drift time-distance relationships. The accurate prediction of this relationship to about 1% should allow the track fitting analysis to proceed with more tightly constrained parameters.