I'm sure there will be a way to disable the governor at some point.
If you have a blow out at 180+ do you wake up from that?
Tires are kinda important at that speed.
I like bacon.you will probably be eating breakfast with Jesus....
If you get the gt500, of any year, to 200mph in the standing mile, you don't give a shit about a factory speed limiter--your car has had some major mods. Remember, we're talking about a factory stock car here...
Agreed, we like excess--I just don't care about excess gearing or a speed limiter at 180mph. 180mph is excess. Give me the hp and torque. If lawyers, driveshafts, axles, tires, whatever keeps the speed limited to, a still ludacris, 180mph then I don't see the point in complaining.
@dannydarko11 glad you got the popcorn ready!!
Don’t buy one then. Pretty simple concept. Bunch of damn cry babies around here.
NoHas a 13-14 actually been clocked doing 200mph stock?
The 2013 GT500 went 200MPH but a lot of people forget that in order to achieve that.
you will probably be eating breakfast with Jesus....
SVTP peeps would be drinking beer in Vallhalla.
Arguing top speed is a waste of time.
My old supercharged '00 GT was an absolute monster on the street and had a top theoretical speed of 153, limited by gearing. My GT500 is 2xxmph capable, but I would be too afraid of body panels launching off to ever attempt such a stupid feat, even on an enclosed, legal environment.
Top speed is a somewhat useless metric. What does it tell you? The calculations required to relate power output and coefficient of air resistance are too complicated for any average Joe to pull relevant data. 1/4 mile trap speed tells you far more with far less involvement. It's still a "fuzzy" metric, but you can get relativistic figures based on known data much easier.
Top speed : Cars is about the same as Bullet Travel : Firearms.
At the end of the day, MOA and kinetic energy are more important to me than how far the damn bullet travels. And anyone who is testing out how far a bullet travels is probably going to get raided by the ATF at some point.
I'm not going to disagree, Im a drag racer too. However, there are places for 200+ mph runs. Bonneville, Texas Mile, and a few others. I pushed a bike (getting a car to 200mph is a lot harder, and more expensive) to 211 at the Maxton Mile before it was shut down. I will admit that I prefer the 1/4 over a mile. It is more fun in my opinion.
A lot of the Hayabusa's legacy was in the fact that it was a 200mph bike off the showroom floor. The same is said for many of our favorite four wheeled toys. Just look at the complaints surrounding the Demon. The car is capable of a 9.65 ET, but only two people have gotten it there, and that has the car enthusiast population in constant debate. We live in an age in which 200mph is attainable, even if we don't push the car to that limit. We like excess.
If you have 800hp, 200mph is in reach.
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So you're saying you are more interested in knowing how hard the new GT500 can impact a person... in say... a crowd of people?
The calculations required to relate power output and coefficient of air resistance are too complicated for any average Joe to pull relevant data.
...It's still a "fuzzy" metric, but you can get relativistic figures based on known data much easier.
Back in the 80’s and 90’s pops and his buddies were hitting 160 on the straight at road Atlanta. It would be a site to see.
Pick your poison.
Actually, it's really not. A few simple coast down tests, and some acceleration data will do it just fine, if you know how to do an integral. I wrote an SAE paper on it. It wasn't 17 pages, but still....
did you just combine relatively realistic into one word? Typo or not, I love it!
Jebus Christo, that damn 17 pager again....Actually, it's really not. A few simple coast down tests, and some acceleration data will do it just fine, if you know how to do an integral. I wrote an SAE paper on it. It wasn't 17 pages, but still....
did you just combine relatively realistic into one word? Typo or not, I love it! I'm going to sta
That's flat out moving at Road Atlanta on the back straight! Although, in the 80s and 90s the back straight did not have the chicane...but that's still impressive. I was hitting low 130s in a stock 2014 gt.
track up to late 90s:
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track now (turn 10 is the chicane):
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Most people don't know how to find a differential, let alone integrate.Actually, it's really not. A few simple coast down tests, and some acceleration data will do it just fine, if you know how to do an integral. I wrote an SAE paper on it. It wasn't 17 pages, but still....