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supraboy8809 02-18-2006 06:19 PM

How much power
 
i cant seem to find any place that will tell me the exact horsepower of my car and it is bugging the crap out of me it is also bugging the crap out of that i am wondering how fast it goes on topend so anyone that has any kind of information on this it would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

kwnate 02-18-2006 06:44 PM

I assume you have a supra. Search the site its on here.... turbo 230-232, NA 200. That flywheel on a new motor not a 15-20 year old one.

mrnickleye 02-18-2006 06:50 PM

Just be careful
 
200hp new, at the flywheel. My 89na went 125mph before intake and exhaust mods. Last time I "tested" it, I went 138mph, with a bit more peddle to go. I ran out of room.

Also, my son said to be very careful 'where' I do speeds over 130mph, because if I hit a dip, and get air under the car, it can get air bourne and flip over.
(He is a C130 airplane pilot in the Coast Gaurd, so he knows these things).

j3pz 02-18-2006 11:37 PM

thats not realistic, hitting a dip going 130 and it flipping over. ive seen those speed boats on tv doing that but they are like a third of the weight the supra and going faster. i cant see a car a ton and a half flipping over cause of air sweeping under it.

dcrusupra 02-18-2006 11:42 PM

I've seen a video of an RX-7 goin about 215, hitting a dip and getting flipped. It went about 15' into the air.

j3pz 02-18-2006 11:51 PM

well to get any car going that fast, it needs to be light. also, its going about 215, not 130

ddmcse 02-19-2006 03:01 AM

take the car to a dyno and have it tested
it's much safer

mrnickleye 02-19-2006 03:57 AM

Unknown roads can kill
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by j3pz
well to get any car going that fast, it needs to be light. also, its going about 215, not 130

Read this 'death' story about a car getting airborne upon hitting a 'dip' in the road.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...0324/1001/NEWS

(another article on same story)...
Investigators said the driver was going at least 75 miles an hour, or three times the posted speed limit. The car went airborne over a dip in the road. It flipped onto its side and slammed into a utility pole. The two girls died at the scene.

another death story...
A sophomore at ..... High School died Friday evening in an automobile accident on Fairfield Road. Driver was traveling west-bound about a mile from Riggs Road, near the Indiana border, when his car went airborne as it came out of a dip in the road, according to Deputy Jim Mueller of the Butler County Sheriff Department's Traffic Investigation Unit. The vehicle landed and driver lost control. After trying to regain control in the right lane, driver overcorrected and ended up on the left side of the roadway where he struck a tree. Mueller said speed was a factor in the accident.

My point is, high speeds and dips in the road can lead to accidents. So know the road before 'testing' the top speed of your car.

kwnate 02-19-2006 07:17 AM

Thats why you do it on the freeway, there are no dips that will send you airborne on the freeway...

lethalwithasupra 02-19-2006 09:10 AM

j3pzi think they mean " dips " like speed traps, not the dips that just ( just ? ) make you bottom out when you hit them at close to 200kph on a long stretch when you hit them then land. that's why you have spoilers and skirt kits


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