Can an n/a even do this?
04-19-2006, 11:20 AM
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I routinely hit 5600 to 5800 RPM in 5th gear in my 944 spec car at on the banking at cal speedway.
Given the short 5th and 225/50 R15 tires I figure that to 127 to 130 or so. I did see 6000 RPM once in 5th, but that was when I caught a draft just right.
Given the short 5th and 225/50 R15 tires I figure that to 127 to 130 or so. I did see 6000 RPM once in 5th, but that was when I caught a draft just right.
04-19-2006, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Campeck
joseph. my car was the opposite. when i had the tall5th gear tranny i could never make it over 120 even going on downhill portions of road. now the car soars past it and even pulls past 140. 
im pretty sure given time the needle would hit 150.
im pretty sure given time the needle would hit 150.
04-19-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SidViscous
Hey Canuck.
Car should go in the shop this weekend.
Was out getting it running, the electical gremlins have eaten their fill. Had to get a new battery and some gasoline stabilizer. Running okay.
Even had to use it to jump the Exploder when I left the radio on too long.
Car should go in the shop this weekend.
Was out getting it running, the electical gremlins have eaten their fill. Had to get a new battery and some gasoline stabilizer. Running okay.
Even had to use it to jump the Exploder when I left the radio on too long.
Excellent! Even I'm excited to see it back on the road!
04-19-2006, 03:23 PM
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I've acutally never taken my 944 over 4400 in 5th gear and that was passing someone in a corrolla who kept on going on the Mass Pike on the way home from picking it up. Don't exactly know how fast as my speedo was busted the month I drove the car...
My other N/A does 100 under 8 sec
My other N/A does 100 under 8 sec
04-19-2006, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 944CS
on a flat road? no way with stock pistons
it was on a very slight downhill section of I-20 right when i get off the onramp. take the onramp to 3rd redline. then 4th redline (115-120mph) with the tall 5th gear when i would shift to 5th the car would peg at 120 and not move. with the lower fifth i think that since im at a higher rpm at the same speed it puts me in a better powerband and the needle just keeps going...and so does the car. i doubt that im only REALLY going 130 or something. cause its freekin fast. and scary. i dont do it much anymore. atlanta has gotten crowded lately.
btw. if noone has the 87 (i believe) tranny with the shorter fifth. GET IT! lol.
04-20-2006, 12:22 AM
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[QUOTE=Campeck]what do the pistons have to do with it? compression?
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what i am saying is, with the amout of horsepower possible with 9.7:1 compression on a flat road, 140 is pushing it, 150 impossible. indicated vs. actual is a different story
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what i am saying is, with the amout of horsepower possible with 9.7:1 compression on a flat road, 140 is pushing it, 150 impossible. indicated vs. actual is a different story