A few questions about an automatic transmission.
11-20-2009, 03:19 PM
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11-20-2009, 04:28 PM
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I don't need a debate on whether or not you should road race, what speed is safe, etc, etc. I was asking out of simple curiosity of what potential stock speed my car would have if I were to buy an automatic. I don't care what anyone says - I like automatics better than a manual. 03BottleFedGT, can you tell me more about your transmission? Is it still an automatic? What have you done to it since then?
11-20-2009, 04:33 PM
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stock is SPEED limited at about 120, beyond that the car is really drag limited to 150ish. Unless you do some serious wind tunnel time to lower the drag coefficient of the car or get 1000+hp you're topped out close to 150. The car is pushing a wall of air at that point like a semitrailier.
Edit: When you reach that limitor the engine gets the fuel cut until the speed drops below the limiter.
Edit: When you reach that limitor the engine gets the fuel cut until the speed drops below the limiter.
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11-20-2009, 09:35 PM
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stock is SPEED limited at about 120, beyond that the car is really drag limited to 150ish. Unless you do some serious wind tunnel time to lower the drag coefficient of the car or get 1000+hp you're topped out close to 150. The car is pushing a wall of air at that point like a semitrailier.
Edit: When you reach that limitor the engine gets the fuel cut until the speed drops below the limiter.
Edit: When you reach that limitor the engine gets the fuel cut until the speed drops below the limiter.
Anyway, I've read that some GT models have the speed governor and some don't? And that is apparently possible to remove it with a tune?
