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<blockquote data-quote="tt335ci03cobra" data-source="post: 15580238" data-attributes="member: 68944"><p>Ive been in all of those on freeway pulls. Stretch their legs past a mile, you'll see they all do even higher in their overdrives. It'll take about 2-3 miles. The gt500 needs a 3.55 rear or full bolt ons and tune to make 5th worth anything. That's from real world experience. </p><p></p><p>My personal project car reaches 7000rpms in 5th when I chicken out. Its still pulling well. That's on 91 octane with 11psi, 26.4" drag radials, and a .74 5th. I could easily take it to 7500+. It's not accelerating in the weeds at those ranges. I just have no need to go that fast in the car as it sits.</p><p></p><p>The top speed of a car is not what it reaches at a Texas mile event. I'm not attacking you. You do know the top speed isn't reached in a mile. Let's not insult each others intelligence.</p><p></p><p>Take it to the salt flats and run it 3 miles wot with a 2 mile cooldown. Hit an empty biway at 3am. Pay to play/ship a car to the autobahn, go hit nardo, I don't really care. My point is you know your cars, save the gt500, all have higher top speeds than what they hit in a mile in 1:1 gears if you stretch their legs in their overdrives.</p><p></p><p>To contrast, I could launch my car hard through 1st then dump it into 5th and say look, it only reached 125mph in the 1/4 mile. It can trap 145 in 4th if I run each gear to redline. That 125mph in 5th doesn't mean the car is unable to accelerate passed 125mph in 5th. That means it can't do so in a quarter mile. That's what you've cited happening with hellcats at mile events doing better staying in 6th. If they run the mile and keep going, they'd reach 190+ in 7th around the 2-3 mile point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tt335ci03cobra, post: 15580238, member: 68944"] Ive been in all of those on freeway pulls. Stretch their legs past a mile, you'll see they all do even higher in their overdrives. It'll take about 2-3 miles. The gt500 needs a 3.55 rear or full bolt ons and tune to make 5th worth anything. That's from real world experience. My personal project car reaches 7000rpms in 5th when I chicken out. Its still pulling well. That's on 91 octane with 11psi, 26.4" drag radials, and a .74 5th. I could easily take it to 7500+. It's not accelerating in the weeds at those ranges. I just have no need to go that fast in the car as it sits. The top speed of a car is not what it reaches at a Texas mile event. I'm not attacking you. You do know the top speed isn't reached in a mile. Let's not insult each others intelligence. Take it to the salt flats and run it 3 miles wot with a 2 mile cooldown. Hit an empty biway at 3am. Pay to play/ship a car to the autobahn, go hit nardo, I don't really care. My point is you know your cars, save the gt500, all have higher top speeds than what they hit in a mile in 1:1 gears if you stretch their legs in their overdrives. To contrast, I could launch my car hard through 1st then dump it into 5th and say look, it only reached 125mph in the 1/4 mile. It can trap 145 in 4th if I run each gear to redline. That 125mph in 5th doesn't mean the car is unable to accelerate passed 125mph in 5th. That means it can't do so in a quarter mile. That's what you've cited happening with hellcats at mile events doing better staying in 6th. If they run the mile and keep going, they'd reach 190+ in 7th around the 2-3 mile point. [/QUOTE]
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