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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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all i can say is i did the gear calculator of my own accord and 5800 shift points, 26 inch tire and 3.23 gears with a 1:1 tranny ratio is 139mph but ive also had my car up to over before and i coulda swore it was well into overdrive when i did it so i dunno.
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 05:21 AM
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I have a 2.73 rear end, which doesn't help for comparison, but I have had it to 145 in third with some RPM's left and still climbing. You should be able to accelerate past 125 in third. Can you acheive higher speeds in Overdrive, or is 125 your cutoff? How is your engine in the upper RPM's in first and second gear?
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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I think he's a: stupid and b: a liar
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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I went over 135 in my first TA, in 3rd. This was with 3.23, possibly 3.42 gears. I don't know if which it had. I didn;t know much about the RPO codes when i had that TA, all i remmber is that it turned more RPM's on the highway than my '02 WS6 did, and it had 3.23's.

The moral of my story is......the author of this thread is full of ****.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 12:43 AM
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Mine tops out at 141 with the selector in D. It won't go any further, and if I try, it bounces off the rev limiter. I did this last Saturday night, so I'm pretty darn sure of it. And OD will wind out way past 150. I had mine at 150 on Saturday and it was still pulling pretty hard.

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