At 05:27 PM 4/18/97 -0400, WillTier wrote:
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>Hey did anyone see the Motor Trend Magazine article July 1995 "No Speed
>Limits" Cool article, check it out...They tested 16 cars with the
>qualifications of under $50,000 and had to run over 140 MPH. The included
>Honda Vtec 140 mph, Saab 900 Turbo 141 mph, Mazda Millenia 142 mph, Nissan
>Maxima 142 mph, Toyota MR2 Turbo 144 mph, Cadillac Eldorado Coupe and Seville
>Touring sedan 148 mph, Volvo 850 T-5p wagon 152 mph, Chevy Camaro Z28 155
>mph, Pontaic Trans Am 157 mph.
Hey, you forgot to mention the VR-4! ;) Overkill for thrashing
Mustangs perhaps, but as fun as all get out! :) Never did lose a
race with that baby. To *anything*. :) Well, I take that back. A
motorcycle beat me by half a carlength once. :) <gloat mode off> ;)
>In the side articles "the $1.98 speed secret" they took a Mustang Cobra which
>could only muster up 137 mph and took off the wipers and duct taped up the
>whole front of the car for more arodynamics and pumped the tires to 45 psi
>and it hit 140 mph but they wouldn't let it in the test all taped up like
>that. No Fords made the test, but I thought they were fast? Ahh just take a
>old Nissan Maxima 4dr sedan and dust them off.. hahahahahahahahaha
Heh... Yeah, the Nissan fans were talking about that one for a while. :)
If I remember correctly, the Nissan has a faster 0-60 too.
>
>The Dakota would have made it but they wouldn't let trucks in the test...
>
Hmmm... I seem to remember a couple of threads about this a while ago.
(I think it was over a year ago.) Most people thought that the best
a stock v8 could do would be around 125, due to the aerodynamics.
(Or lack thereof) ;)
I'd like to think that the Dakota could do 140, but I'm sceptical.
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