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07-17-2007, 10:49 AM
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and i can assure you, that is bs!
dont believe me, or the others posting here????
find a closed course, or some smooth back road, and prove it yourself!
147 is easyly done plus more.....
i believe there are more than a few vids of this on utube and the like.... one of a ss/sc breaking 160 with stage 2.....
dont believe me, or the others posting here????
find a closed course, or some smooth back road, and prove it yourself!
147 is easyly done plus more.....
i believe there are more than a few vids of this on utube and the like.... one of a ss/sc breaking 160 with stage 2.....
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
07-17-2007, 10:55 AM
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Ok, so help me out peeps.
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
07-17-2007, 11:29 AM
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I think it was around 140 weaving around traffic while I was street racing at 10 pm on a two lane road....
Only kidding. Actually it was 115-120ish on a smooth backroad out in the sticks. I stoped because there was an intersection comming up.
Only kidding. Actually it was 115-120ish on a smooth backroad out in the sticks. I stoped because there was an intersection comming up.
07-17-2007, 02:05 PM
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Fastest i've driven was 145 in my STi
Fastest in the cobalt was about 110... i haven't felt the need to go very fast.
I think the fastest cobalt i've heard of is when blown 4-banger went 162 or something in his cobalt.
Fastest in the cobalt was about 110... i haven't felt the need to go very fast.
I think the fastest cobalt i've heard of is when blown 4-banger went 162 or something in his cobalt.
07-17-2007, 03:45 PM
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While not divulging the location, I remember that they mentioned things like:
- the amount traffic on that road (almost nil)
- the people who lived in that area ("same")
- the condition of that stretch of road (was supposedly repaved by the gov't. not too long ago)
Wish I still had access to that article ...
07-17-2007, 05:19 PM
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Ok, so help me out peeps.
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
07-17-2007, 05:27 PM
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I've gone 140mph on a stretch of US-1 above Sanford, NC...but I didn't want to go any faster bc my sun roof literally started to come up and looked like I was going to lose it...I had it closed too....Also, I had my car on a dyno a while back, and my speedo. read 148mph and the dyno said 141mph..so note that the speedo is off the faster you're going in our cars, mine stayed a consistant 2 mph higher than the actual that the dyno was reading until I hit about 110mph then it started to be like 5 mph off.......
07-17-2007, 05:40 PM
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all i had here at the time was a catback
http://1997gtp.net/Videos/SSvsxr7man46_40-140.wmv vs a high 13 sec GTP
i see some of you are saying 150 and 160... do our governors get taken off with the stage 2 kit?? i thought we max at 145?
http://1997gtp.net/Videos/SSvsxr7man46_40-140.wmv vs a high 13 sec GTP
i see some of you are saying 150 and 160... do our governors get taken off with the stage 2 kit?? i thought we max at 145?
07-18-2007, 11:09 AM
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Ok, so help me out peeps.
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
If several tests show that a stock SS/SC will top at at 141-142 mph, then how is it that some people say our cars will hit near 150mph or above?
Could our speedometers just be off a bit at higher speeds?
Do not the testing journals adjust Top Speed results for wind conditions, etc.?
Either way I was going ******* fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
