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Estimate the speed of this Corvair
Popular claim is that it's doing 200+ mph. I'm not convinced.
Same car different location.
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Not remotely 200 mph.
120-140ish. |
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No way on the 2nd video. Maybe close on the first or maybe he did it. I've stood a Talladega and watched 200 MPH. It is fast. Very fast. And it takes 500 HP 4 miles to do it with a 100 MPH rolling start. With unrestricted V8 engines at 800-900 HP they could get there by the time they reach the end of one lap from 100, or 2 1/2 miles.
Does this Corvair have that kind of beans? Then maybe so. Sounds awfully healthy. |
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I don't have any details other than it is running a V8. And the one video was at the Nevada Open Road Challenge 2012.
And this is how the day ended.  
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08-22-2013, 07:44 PM
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No more than 100...
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That was nowhere close to even 150
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Here's me driving at about 100mph in my 914-6:
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Looks like around 100 to me, but I can see how a video like that would be hard to gauge.
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Why is there even a question about how fast it's going? Didn't they have radar set up to measure it?
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Tom Keosababian hit 173 in 1974 (with a Corvair engine, not a V8 conversion) Here's a short article from 1968 as he was starting the build. He hit his 173 in 1974
http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990409084314/1968-07_CL_Fastest_Corvair_1-4.pdf Here's a later pic of it: http://www.corvaircorsa.com/tahoe01.html
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 Take that Ralph.  I agree with everyone else on the speed of the car in the first video, not much over 100 mph. Nice looking wheels.
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No where near 200mph. I'd guess about 120.
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I'd believe 200 if it were a targa instead of a corvair.
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Well its certainly not as fast as an unladen swallow.
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200 kph = 123 mph
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Hard to imagine it can do 200mph. Aerodynamics would certainly be a limiting factor on that car.
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Apparently it's unsafe at any speed
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Corvair speed.........
On a really good day on a really flat road, my 140hp Corsa coupe would do about 120 mph flat out. That is with the 4 1bbl carbs very carefully tuned with everything working just right! That was pulling just over 6,000 rpms in 4th gear. Took a little while to get there also!
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