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If the clocks actually had numbers down south then mine would be showing 150+ on the clocks. Prob a real life 140mph at 7200rpm in fifth


what cars that?


Corsa A, 16XE on throttle bodies etc. It may be a higher top speed than that as i sat on the arse of an E46 M3 on the autobahn and he couldn't go any faster when i crawled passed him (possibly hit his speed limiter) or maybe he just bottled it
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well, if mine gets a genuine 140mph at 8000+ rpm the how can you have the same speed at 7200 rpm???
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what i was thinking, more along the lines of what box do you have in it
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well, if mine gets a genuine 140mph at 8000+ rpm the how can you have the same speed at 7200 rpm???


What box, FD, tyres are you running?
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Mines f13 with a 3.74 FD on 195/50 15s
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mines an f15cr with lots of oil leaking out of it
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At 7200 its 145.9mph. When i raced the M3 it may have achieved a higher rpm?? i was too busy watching the road

[Edited on 08-08-2006 by dhdev]
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You can use this site http://slindborg.host.sk/topspeed/index.php to give an approximation of top speed, bare in mind this is theoretical and would require a massive road (or autobahn ) to achieve it.
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it came up with this which is scarily accurate:

Predicted Top Speed 140.54 MPH
BHP needed at the wheels to achieve Desired Top Speed 177.94 BHP

I have 177.6 bhp
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My car does 120 at 3.5k revs
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what did you put as frontal area and drag coefficient Dave?
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
it came up with this which is scarily accurate:

Predicted Top Speed 140.54 MPH
BHP needed at the wheels to achieve Desired Top Speed 177.94 BHP

I have 177.6 bhp


Ace

For mine it calculates 156.78mph, which would explain the crawling passed the M3

[Edited on 08-08-2006 by dhdev]
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can i ask what the coefficient drag for a corsa is? and the frontal area of car?
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that calculator is horse shit, it doesnt evn take into account weight, wheel size etc etc
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or gearing, or torque curves, or conveyor belt, or tyre pressures....
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that calculator is horse shit, it doesnt evn take into account weight, wheel size etc etc


Why would it need to? its an approximation of the theoretical tops speed. at those speeds the weight of the car is negligable, drag due to air resistance is the limiting factor.
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so a ford capri with 300bhp will do 223.69mph
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that calculator is horse shit, it doesnt evn take into account weight, wheel size etc etc


Why would it need to? its an approximation of the theoretical tops speed. at those speeds the weight of the car is negligable, drag due to air resistance is the limiting factor.


so a tank with 228bhp is gonna do the same top speed as mine? if it has the same gearbox etc?
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so a ford capri with 300bhp will do 223.69mph


I dunno, i don't know what the CoEf is or frontal area?
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are you telling me it won't rob?
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Steve, does your car do 214mph?

it should do.

a quick google got me the Drag and frontal area numbers....
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drag coefficient of a corsa b is about 03. I think
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that calculator is horse shit, it doesnt evn take into account weight, wheel size etc etc


Why would it need to? its an approximation of the theoretical tops speed. at those speeds the weight of the car is negligable, drag due to air resistance is the limiting factor.


so a tank with 228bhp is gonna do the same top speed as mine? if it has the same gearbox etc?


Not far off. It would take for ever to get there tho.
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it wouldnt get there mate
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apparently, a 500bhp capri does 265mph

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