12-05-2012, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Billings, Montana
Posts: 164
Drives: 370Z Touring 6MT
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Originally Posted by elperuano
Not unless u build a monster n hit the speed limiter!!! If u ever hit it let us know!
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Oh man.... No way to hit 230 mph. Even if you have the monster horsepower of 1000whp, you will run out of gear unless you raise the engine rpm to 9000 +, which is not possible for the VQ37VHR configuration !!! Maybe with a Vette Z06 or ZR1 gear ratio and rear end... then you might be able to.
Slight mods like my 370Z ( estimated about 295 whp I think... ). Full tank of gas. I weight about 165 lbs. Got up to ~160 mph around 6000+ rpm on 6th gear. Car could struggle another few miles but fuel got cut out. Took a while to get to 160 mph as I expected with the kind of whp that I have.
After Uprrev speed limitation was eliminated, I tried again and result was : ~ 163 -164 mph... A little less than 165 mph for sure. I wish I had a camera mounted but I could not do so... May be next time after FI. I did not want to have another friend sitting with me taking video because driving at that speed + watching for cops was very intensive and dangerous. Also, he weights 185 lbs and I can loose a good 5mph+ top speed.
If anyone ever truly tried to top end their cars , please post the data. I love to collect high speed data from different members here in the370Z.com forum !!
Last edited by conmam; 12-05-2012 at 08:33 PM.
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