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Old 10-23-2009, 08:51 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Asheth View Post
That is not the stock speedo gauge,
Um, why wouldn't it be? Do you realize that the remaining 6 billion normal people (i.e. non americans) use kilometres and not miles?

The speedometer maxes out at 280 km/h, but the car was still accelerating so he switched camera to his digital readout which continued to increase until 390 km/h before hitting redline in top gear. Of course, that car must have been on a dyno, or even had the back jacked up and the rear wheels unloaded to achieve such a speed. Air resistance would mean the car would never even approach such a speed without a massive upgrade to its engine ala 1001 hp veyron

on the other hand the video may be inaccurate. I did calculations using the auto gear ratios and max speed should be around 365 km/h at redline in 7th

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