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.
>
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