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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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crazy man crazy!!! i hit 100mph on 287 in jersey car was shakin and vibrating. dont need to lose my lisense so i just use my god given torque from light to light



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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 11:34 AM
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careful, jersey police are like ****'s when it comes to modded cars
Old Feb 28, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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I got my iroc up to 145 once. I dont really know for sure since my speedo only goes to 85. My buddy tim was in his Ta next to me and said i was doing 145 when he passed me in his lS1. Theres nothing like doing 150+ in a car... its just so sweet.

SERPENT99 didn't someone do 300 in a 3rd gen on the salt flats?
I think i remember reading about that somewhere but they had to quit because they kept throwing a belt at high rpm or somthing like that???
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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I think Motortrend listed the top speed at 157 mph, this was for a 350 TPI Camaro, but they will be very close.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 05:48 PM
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I raced my buddy in his 88 GTA 305 TPI 5 speed and we got to 135mph.
Took a bit of time to get there too.
I was in my 88 Formula 305 TPI A4.
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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me, 350 tpi, A4 3.27 gear. 145ish. but how accurate are our speedos? Mine was burried. As far as I know it could have been faster.
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 02:16 AM
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i did about 125-130 in my 88 camaro RS 2.8L took a lil bit and was about mid 6,000 rpms almost maxed out
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 07:10 AM
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Originally posted by Sitting Bull
It is CRAZY to pull those speeds in any street car!

That was with a dedicated race car. 3rd gens are NOT dedicated race cars!
Yes it is crazy on the street. I did bury mine when it was fairly stock. Sure got up there in a hurry.

As an aside, in testing for the Indy 500, the stock TTA went over 170mph down the straight
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 07:41 AM
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Originally posted by RobsWS6
As an aside, in testing for the Indy 500, the stock TTA went over 170mph down the straight


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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 04:18 PM
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As long as you're all talking top speeds, I like to invite you to a little get together we have from time to time.
http://www.silverstateclassic.com/
http://www.openroadracing.com/
http://www.sorcrace.com/
http://www.bborr.com/

Next one is in April in west Texas.
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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Originally posted by Jaswir
i did about 125-130 in my 88 camaro RS 2.8L took a lil bit and was about mid 6,000 rpms almost maxed out
well i got to 115mph in my camaro rs and i was only at 3900 rpms maybe faster but thats all my speedo goes to
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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You sure about the TTA hitting 170mph? How?
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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You sure about the TTA hitting 170mph? How?
Well, within 60 minutes--170 miles could be traveled JK, I know TA's have astoundinly low drag coefficients but how much HP and at what RPM do they have?
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 09:36 PM
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You sure about the TTA hitting 170mph? How?
That is what the track clocked it at when testing. That's why it didn't need any mods to pace the race.

Remember that they were underrated. I have a copy of a letter from PAS with 280rwhp and 380rwtq. Most numbers stated are 301 HP on the dyno which is about right with drivetrain losses.
Old Mar 2, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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Originally posted by jer
well i got to 115mph in my camaro rs and i was only at 3900 rpms maybe faster but thats all my speedo goes to
mine goes to 115 too but i kept going and barried it so that was my guess 125-130



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