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Think it can do 165 mph?
For $32.5k it aught to!

But it won't. Maybe 140. Tops.
Or without tops, unless the driver has an awesome tattoo.
Then it's go way faster.

For the record:
Up until recently, My SC had way, way more than 180 hp.
Closer to 275. It would also pull hard until the valves floated if I let it.
It would not do 165 mph, no way. it was GEARED TOO LOW! Even though it revved forever and had the power to pull the gears, it wouldn't go that high.

Now that e-bay car has a stock 3 liter engine with stock CIS so it'd be lucky to pull hard past 5800 rpm. So unless they re-geared that transaxle with some special 917 gears or something, it won't pull 140 mph.
At top speed, weight has nothing to do with anything. It's all about wind resistance and gear ratio and engine usable rpm range. So there!

Last edited by sammyg2; 01-16-2010 at 10:03 AM..
Old 01-16-2010, 09:48 AM
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