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06-16-2005, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by chaotichris
Thanks bro,
that's wat i like abt this forum... so many friendly pple to help me learn more abt my car! :D
may wan to sneak my car into JB some day to test out the top speed... hee~
that's wat i like abt this forum... so many friendly pple to help me learn more abt my car! :D
may wan to sneak my car into JB some day to test out the top speed... hee~
06-16-2005, 08:28 PM
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Whow!!!!
Originally Posted by Rainne
Hi... anyone tried what's the top speed on their 8 ? I tried dragging till 8000 rpm and flooring the accelerator but max speed i could reach was about 190kmph and that was already on my 6th. what's the optimum rpm to change gear? but one thing, this car is one steady car... going at 190 and taking it so well...
proud of my 8
proud of my 8
You should be proud of your car. I always thought that the 8 could do it. Did you get the top speed limiter turned off? If you did could you share how you did it, please.
I run mine on the road track. I can only get to about 140 before the end of the straightaway. It will be completed and ready to race officially by the end of the year. For the fast acceleration the shift point in mine is 9300RPM. On the track I keep the RPM at 6500 or higher. I never up shift before 93K and I always down shift before it drops to 65K
Never forget that the engine is only running 1/3 the seep the crank. That is why all the power appears to be at the high end. At 9K the crank is only doing 3K. Tells where a turbo need to start making boost. At 3K the engine is doing only 1K. So a turbo that makes boost at 1K on a piston engine, then it will work well in the 8 so long as we remember about that 3 to 1 deal with the rotor crank gearing.
Anyway thanks for showing us what we can do.
06-16-2005, 08:34 PM
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Uh where you talking Kph
Originally Posted by Rainne
Hi... anyone tried what's the top speed on their 8 ? I tried dragging till 8000 rpm and flooring the accelerator but max speed i could reach was about 190kmph and that was already on my 6th. what's the optimum rpm to change gear? but one thing, this car is one steady car... going at 190 and taking it so well...
proud of my 8
proud of my 8
Where you referring to KPH rather than MPH. Rats,
after reading the other posts I realized you where referring to KPH. I thought you got it almost to 200MPH. Oh well you still did great.
06-16-2005, 08:39 PM
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Really
Originally Posted by dmp
US cars have no electronic Speed limiter. Fuel Cut, 6th Gear = about 185mph. IF the car had enough power to reach it. :D
06-18-2005, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sqflyer
You're welcome, but dun sneak into JB alone tho... M'sia is a dangerous place for flashy cars to drive alone. Safety in numbers. Besides, test top speed dun jio us... how can, rite?
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