there is a straight on the way to corpus christi ....the little town near there is patroled by a good friend of his he s a state trooper.....he blocked it all off and let at it...we got to 180 i promise you. on another note i know some cars that break 13's np but up top is a completely nother story.....but granted i do admit they arent slow but 170 i dont take c&d word for it ..ive gotta witness that , based on wat ive seen -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Austin <[email protected]> To: alpacino <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: Re: Engineering and pushrod motors (Was: Re: A2_16v V1 #1597)
>Yeah, about 170 mph these days. The CONVERTABLE will do 160, claims Car >and Driver. Bear in mind that these things will break 13 seconds in the >quarter mile with no modifications. Quick by anyone's standards. Maybe >your friend just got a dog. > >180 mph in a 944 sounds pretty crazy. A 944 Turbo tops out around 150-160 >mph, and the extra power needed to get to 180 would be quite considerable. >An extra 20-30 mph of top speed would take some serious power upgrades. >What'd been done to it? WHERE could you do 180? > >God, we probably should stop all the trash talk. > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)493-6636 > ************** >
