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Old 03-14-2006, 10:07 PM
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:13 PM
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235 Km/H (147 Mph)

I think I hit the speed governor, I'm not sure, the road wasn't very smooth after that, and I got scared of my hood shaking, and my book says it was limited to 235, so I backed off.... this summer I'll find out with the governor off.
235!?!?! mine governed at 183!!!!! 5th gear 3500 rpm.. wouldnt go no more! i hit the governer in 3rd gear when i shifted to 4th and then to 5th the only thing that hapened was my rpm droped
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:23 PM
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I was doing about 130 but the hood shake was scaring me thought the hood was gonna rip off.
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:57 PM
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topped out at 60...wait, that was my 69 VW bug...stock GT 138 mph, ran out of road

yet to see with the tune
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:57 PM
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topped out at 60...wait, that was my 69 VW bug...stock GT 138 mph, ran out of road

yet to see with the tune
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Old 03-14-2006, 11:10 PM
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Pegged de speedometer at 150 before backing off. (Don't know if it will actually rotate further than 150 but it was my mission to hit that mark and I backed out.)
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Old 03-15-2006, 12:25 AM
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120, but then I hit one of those things american cars dont like - a turn
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Old 03-15-2006, 12:48 AM
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I have also only hit 120. I ran out of room, there were cars in front of me on the interstate. Still felt like it had a lot more to give.
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Old 03-15-2006, 02:21 AM
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Since here in LA there's too much traffic to get going I had to wait until I was working at 4 in the morning. Hit 120 going west on the Richard M. Nixon Highway ( the 90, or Marina Freeway), the worlds shortest freeway! After getting on it and taking the lefthand bend I only had about 3/4 a mile to hit 120 mph. Think the hood was doing its lifting thing...
The eastbound way is good too except for the fact that the cops at the Pacific Division and the CHP guys use the onramp there!
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Old 03-15-2006, 11:49 AM
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I've seen threads on this and they routinely say 150ish. I had mine to 148 according to the speedo, but at that high of a speed I'm sure it was a little off. Here's a pic of when it was around 143. I was on I-10 between El Paso and San Antonio. If any of you have been through there, you know it's 558 miles between the two with only a couple of towns in between. The drag from the wind really slowed me down after 130.

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