View Poll Results: Top up or down = which is faster
Top up
125
80.13%
Top down
14
8.97%
same either way
17
10.90%
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Top up or down = which is faster
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From: The beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain
Top up without a doubt. It's still fun to spank people with the top down though, not that I would ever spank anyone on the street because street racing is bad.
yeah right... with a name liike honda hunter im sure you do 
i raced a guy on freeway once at 80-135 and we had near stock ls1s and he beat me by 1.5 lengths when we let off... deffinatly with the top up and winders up
i raced a guy on freeway once at 80-135 and we had near stock ls1s and he beat me by 1.5 lengths when we let off... deffinatly with the top up and winders up
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From: Chesapeake va
Originally Posted by jl 01 ta
What should a stock LS1 vert run in the quarter?
lol, i know for a fact its faster with top up and windows up.
i used to race my vert with the top down.. good 2 to 3 tenths diff...
nowdays, the redneck country tracks wont even let me go down with the top down.... im too fast... but i used to be slow enough that i could get away with it.(in all honesty, none of the good tracks would ever let me run with the top down either... )
i used to race my vert with the top down.. good 2 to 3 tenths diff...
nowdays, the redneck country tracks wont even let me go down with the top down.... im too fast... but i used to be slow enough that i could get away with it.(in all honesty, none of the good tracks would ever let me run with the top down either... )
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No with my top up I can run faster. With a Toneau cover it might be different cause all of that air is not catching on the back seat. I don't know. I have only gone to 115 cause I didn't want to tempt fate that bad but I know that top up is faster. I live in AZ (land of the 115 degree average summer day) my top is up for most days out of the year. It does drop if I am cruising or if it is nice out.
I have NEVER been able to run at a track with the top down. They made me leave until I had a helmet.
I have NEVER been able to run at a track with the top down. They made me leave until I had a helmet.
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From: Murfreesboro, TN
Top up is faster Hate to say it but top up is faster. though yall got me beat in the top speeds, because i haven't had time to put my ls1 in yet. I got a '92 camaro vert and picked up a ls1 from '98 TA with the six speed. let you guys know how high i go when i finally get it in.
Originally Posted by lingograd2001
Hate to say it but top up is faster. though yall got me beat in the top speeds, because i haven't had time to put my ls1 in yet. I got a '92 camaro vert and picked up a ls1 from '98 TA with the six speed. let you guys know how high i go when i finally get it in.
unless you brace the windshield, you cant top it out.
trust me, i know.
Originally Posted by 00cls1camaross
what do you mean/ what happend
but on our 3rdgens, if you were to put your arm up with your elbow on the top of the door sill, and your hand on the top of the windshield... and then drive, you'll find that it starts to lean back around 120.. and when you get up in the 130 area, you can SEE how much its leaning back...
needless to say, when i saw the windshield coming back while im driving triple digits, that scared the **** out of me.
when the cage goes in, i'll have it bracing the windshield frame... until then, i try to keep it below 110..lol
Originally Posted by jimmyblue
I believe top up is lower wind resistance (Cd) , since the only time I
leave the top up is when it's raining
leave the top up is when it's raining
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From: crossett, Arkansas
i think top down might be a tad slower but not by much. i ran a ws6 m6 t-top when all i had was a cutout. and from about a 65 mph roll i pulled away from him. slowly. and he never gained on me. in the end i had about a car inbetween us till about 100. where i let off. and i was still slowly pulling.
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From: Mechanicsville, VA
I agree with the general concensus here. In a quick race to the speed limit (or just beyond) probably not too much of difference, but the longer/faster the race the more drag will slow you down with top down.
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From: Shreveport,Louisiana
Originally Posted by 00Camary
I wonder if there is less wind resistance with the top up or down. In which situation would you think you would go faster quicker?
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Somebody please shut this down !