High speed Trial - Impressions
#26
Originally Posted by speeddemon32
back when I baught my car I found a very open section (comming back from vegas) and hit 142. I was trying to see if there was a gov. after hitting 142 I decided there was no gov and let off. about a week later I read on this thread that it is 148. I was so close. ![Frown](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
car was smooth as glass at those speeds. and no I will not do it again, as it is a really stupid thing to do.
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car was smooth as glass at those speeds. and no I will not do it again, as it is a really stupid thing to do.
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Originally Posted by mcgill
hmm...im not so sure the governor is 148, because i know i let off once i saw 150 on the speedo during that same stretch of road you speak about just last year when my car turned 9,000 miles. maybe i was heading at a more downward angle. from what i remember (memory gets a bit fuzzy at that speed) the tach was at 8.5k so it was damn close to hitting the governor.
Hmmm... I thought the gov. was supposed to control the top speed.... not the fuel cut-off when you redline...... Correct??
#28
I have gone up to 235kph myself (in my 4port Challenge), while a friend of mine reached 245kph (with a 6port) on the same stretch. I don't think there was any room left for even 1kph more....
And just f.y.i: max theoretical speed of the 8 (both 4port and 6port) according to ratios and final drive is just sort of 300kph (297kph to be exact)
And just f.y.i: max theoretical speed of the 8 (both 4port and 6port) according to ratios and final drive is just sort of 300kph (297kph to be exact)
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