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TOP SPEED
#2
RE: TOP SPEED
Im 22 andhad lost my license for a year before I got this car so I dont drive excessively fast very often. The fastest that I have gone is about 115 on the highway and it was very hard to lay off the gas pedal.
#6
RE: TOP SPEED
ORIGINAL: Drdino52
Wow, Lee I will be surprised if anyone can top that !What are the specifics of you Vette and does it have any mods?
Wow, Lee I will be surprised if anyone can top that !What are the specifics of you Vette and does it have any mods?
#8
RE: TOP SPEED
I don't own a Vette, but when I still had the 3.42 gears in the back before I upgraded them to the 3.73's, I hit 6200 RPM in 5th. By a gear calculater (since my speedo only goes up to 150 mph) it was 187. I don'tknow if it was really that fast, but I bet it was at least over 180.
#9
RE: TOP SPEED
What car were you driving if not a vette?
When I calculate 5th at 6500 in a C5 with standard size tires and a 3.73, I get right at 170mph (a stock engine -- 300 RWHP -- would pull this if modified/reprogrammed to rev to 6500 instead of 6250).
An M6 F-body (Camaro, Firebird) with standard size tires and 3.73 would doroughly the same mph at 6500 (this speed would require modifications to about 350 RWHP).
A vette with a 3.73 would top out in 6th, if it could pull 6500 RPM, at about 220, at which speed it would need right around 600 RWHP. 196 mph with a 3.73 and standard size tires would be 5800 rpm in 6th with around 430-440 RWHP.
When I calculate 5th at 6500 in a C5 with standard size tires and a 3.73, I get right at 170mph (a stock engine -- 300 RWHP -- would pull this if modified/reprogrammed to rev to 6500 instead of 6250).
An M6 F-body (Camaro, Firebird) with standard size tires and 3.73 would doroughly the same mph at 6500 (this speed would require modifications to about 350 RWHP).
A vette with a 3.73 would top out in 6th, if it could pull 6500 RPM, at about 220, at which speed it would need right around 600 RWHP. 196 mph with a 3.73 and standard size tires would be 5800 rpm in 6th with around 430-440 RWHP.
#10
RE: TOP SPEED
Again, this was done with 3.42 gears in my M6 Z28 (info in sig). I was at 6200 RPM in 5th gear which by a gear calculator would put me at 196. I don't know if it was really that fast or not since the speedo was buried. I know it was well over 180 though. 6th gear really didn't pull too much with the 3.42's, at that speed I put it in 6th and it barely would hold the speed, 5th gear was the only one that still pulled.
I will have to try it again sometime now that I have the 3.73's. Perhaps 6th gear will pull up top now.
I will have to try it again sometime now that I have the 3.73's. Perhaps 6th gear will pull up top now.