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Old 11-11-2007, 12:25 PM
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does any1 kno exactly wut it is
Old 11-11-2007, 12:32 PM
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first, search is your friend

second, if the car came with z-rated tires (need to check door sticker to verify), 162mph
if not it's 115mph or 118mph, I can't recall

With some tuner programs, you can change it, mine's set to 211mph, but I'm not going anywhere near that speed anytime soon.
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fastest I ever got was 88 mph....then its all a blur after that
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I had a problem once afte 88mph in mine, I wound up in 1955 and couldn't find unleaded premium.

Havent gone over 135
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governer is set at 162ish. maybe 165.

oh, and you could probably find the answer on aother post on this page.
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Originally Posted by FireHawkMike
I had a problem once afte 88mph in mine, I wound up in 1955 and couldn't find unleaded premium.
I was trapped in my car for about 10 minutes because of all the ice.

But really, SladeX is correct.
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Sorry for the blury pic - I was eating Taco Bell when I took it.

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it really is a blur after 88mph... heh
Old 11-11-2007, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyC


Sorry for the blury pic - I was eating Taco Bell when I took it.
The blur makes it look like the dash says

100-220-330-440-550mph........1550mph

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Old 11-11-2007, 05:04 PM
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i rly dun no wut it is butt if u surch u culd fend et



159 was where my 98 was set, found that out after installing the gears and hitting it in 3rd. My other 98 was 161...
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Buried the needle while I had 3.42 gears, was quite disappointed because the flux capacitor wasn't working or I didn't make the 1.21 gigawatts??? I didn't go anywhere for some silly reason. The stock speed limiter is set to 162ish. 5th I think goes to 180 at stock redline. If you can peg out 6th (yeah right, if you have that kind of power) you could do like 260ish

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Old 11-11-2007, 06:10 PM
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Does anybody actually know the mechanical max speed? I mean redlining 6th gear. Going that fast is dumb, but I'm a little curious. I'm sure it will be drag limited, but still.
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I think it was 268 in 6th @ 6000.
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RPM 1st Gear 2nd Gear 3rd Gear 4th Gear 5th Gear 6th Gear
500 4 6 9 11 15 22
600 5 8 10 13 18 27
700 6 9 12 16 21 31
800 7 10 14 18 24 36
900 8 11 15 20 27 40
1000 8 13 17 22 30 45
1100 9 14 19 25 33 49
1200 10 15 21 27 36 54
1300 11 16 22 29 39 58
1400 12 18 24 31 42 62
1500 13 19 26 33 45 67
1600 13 20 27 36 48 71
1700 14 21 29 38 51 76
1800 15 23 31 40 54 80
1900 16 24 33 42 57 85
2000 17 25 34 45 60 89
2100 18 26 36 47 63 94
2200 18 28 38 49 66 98
2300 19 29 39 51 69 103
2400 20 30 41 54 72 107
2500 21 31 43 56 75 112
2600 22 33 45 58 78 116
2700 23 34 46 60 81 121
2800 23 35 48 62 84 125
2900 24 36 50 65 87 129
3000 25 38 52 67 90 134
3100 26 39 53 69 94 138
3200 27 40 55 71 97 143
3300 28 41 57 74 100 147
3400 29 43 58 76 103 152
3500 29 44 60 78 106 156
3600 30 45 62 80 109 161
3700 31 46 64 83 112 165
3800 32 48 65 85 115 170
3900 33 49 67 87 118 174
4000 34 50 69 89 121 179
4100 34 51 70 92 124 183
4200 35 53 72 94 127 187
4300 36 54 74 96 130 192
4400 37 55 76 98 133 196
4500 38 56 77 100 136 201
4600 39 58 79 103 139 205
4700 39 59 81 105 142 210
4800 40 60 82 107 145 214
4900 41 61 84 109 148 219
5000 42 63 86 112 151 223
5100 43 64 88 114 154 228
5200 44 65 89 116 157 232
5300 44 66 91 118 160 237
5400 45 68 93 121 163 241
5500 46 69 94 123 166 246
5600 47 70 96 125 169 250
5700 48 71 98 127 172 254
5800 49 73 100 129 175 259
5900 50 74 101 132 178 263
6000 50 75 103 134 181 268
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Cheater, you used the gear calculator!!! I did too
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noone has the power to move the car that fast in 6th gear, so its not like it matters anyway
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Originally Posted by Tulicy727
does any1 kno exactly wut it is
Why don't you try not to write like a ******* sixth grader next time you ask a question that's been answered 1000 times before?
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Originally Posted by Sharpe
Why don't you try not to write like a ******* sixth grader next time you ask a question that's been answered 1000 times before?
c'mon... that is writing for a retarded 6th grader.. that writing is fundamental 4th grade.
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Like already said, with the Z rated tires the car will be governed at 162. With that removed I have read that stock m6 f bods can achieve somewhere in the low 170s. Top speed is achieved in 5TH gear, not 6th! Shift to 6th and you will slow down. It's ratio is .50-1, too tall to pull higher with that much resistance.

Also, with the gear calculator the stock limiter is set to 6200, not 6000.
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LMAO @ an F-Body goin 268MPH.........the Veyron don't have **** on ma Trans Am



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