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Old 02-13-2007, 05:14 PM
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I had mine to 170 on GPS and let off there was cars ahead of me I had to back off, I could have probably got 180 out of it till i ran out of RPMs.
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Mine topped out at about 145ish with the t-tops off and windows down, put the tops on and buried the speedo easily, I wanna say 160-165ish. In both cases it was nowhere near redline but no longer accelerating much if any. This was A4 and 2.73s just cat-back and CAI and at high altitude.
Old 02-13-2007, 08:50 PM
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i got mine up to 155 but i had to let out of it cuz there was a car going slow i know i i could get 160 easy well that was befor i put my 4.10's in so i dont know if thats so
Old 02-13-2007, 11:46 PM
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i GPS'd mine at 161mph...5.0 owner said it wouldnt do it, so i proved it lol...ill try to see if i can find the pic
Old 02-14-2007, 12:23 AM
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ive done about 175, 6500 rpm in overdrive a4 3.73 cam only 100 shot
Old 02-14-2007, 04:38 PM
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I took my old blown 94 Z28 up to 165 ONCE on a backroad and said I would never do it again. Things start going by in a HURRY at that speed and you never know what could happen or go wrong and if it does, you better be right with the Lord...

I should mention that a small animal did manage to run out in front of the car and it was instantly disentegrated. Fortunately it was something small but definitely an eye opener to how stupid you can get with these cars if your not careful.
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I hit around 140mph in my old LT1 a4/2.73s and was about the **** my pantalones so I shut it down.

I've never even come close to that speed again after that in my Z28 or any other car.
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I never look down at the gauges when i'm doin top speed runs, i can pretty much feel where my rpms are at, but i did blow past my buddy in his mustang and he said he was doin 145+...then i had to let off, i ran outta road !
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How many of you guys with the T-tops had any problems with them going that fast? A friend of mine had one fly off at 145mph..
Old 02-14-2007, 05:27 PM
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i've done 140 in mine and it was still pullin' good. It had a vibration (ujoints) the last time i did it. I will try this summer again and see what she can do i'll guess 160
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Originally Posted by the_merv
How many of you guys with the T-tops had any problems with them going that fast? A friend of mine had one fly off at 145mph..
Well not a T-top flying off, but I had them off and was doing around 120 and my stupid brother sticks his arms straight up like in a roller coast and the wind smack his arms back against the roof, it was hilarious, his arms were all bruised the next day. I guess he didnt think the wind could push so hard.

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Old 02-14-2007, 07:34 PM
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I would think it would be impossible for the T's to fly off if their locked in place.. but when their not locked in place they usually fly off at the top of 3rd gear for me. yes I did it twice, 1st time I some how caught the Ttop as it was ejecting, 2nd time i was racing a corvette and wasnt so lucky, well i won.. but lost both T's right in front of him and luckily they didnt hit anybody..
Old 02-14-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by the_merv
How many of you guys with the T-tops had any problems with them going that fast? A friend of mine had one fly off at 145mph..
Couldn't tell ya... my car was a hardtop.

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Old 02-14-2007, 10:15 PM
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i've had the speedo up to 155 and it still felt like it was pulling along. and no problems with t-tops yet, but i have heard stories about them coming loose on the freeway. i'm keeping my fingers crossed, lol
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155 when it was stock.

Then 150 max with my current set up
Old 02-15-2007, 12:06 AM
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Fastest I've been was 164 according to my scanmaster, it was still pulling pretty good but I didn't wanna go flying by semi's at 165+
Old 02-15-2007, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by burnzilla
If you guys do, be careful... or your wife will be opening your ketchup bottles the rest of your life.
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Old 02-15-2007, 06:08 AM
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they will do about 82 mph..... haha just kidden but at 82 in my 62 falcon, you dont want to go much faster, but shure does have a lot of power left
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If you are talking about BONE stock LT1's down to the paper air filter, the regular Z28's and T/A's did 154. When the WS6 package was released, and the Camaro SS, they did about 160 MPH.

I started a thread a little while ago asking peoples top speeds they have had their cars to, and what their mods were. It should give you a good idea what speeds the F-body are capable of when modded> http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...ight=TOP+SPEED
Old 02-15-2007, 10:37 AM
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aluminum DS will help, it won't rattle your teeth out...


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