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420A What our cars could really top out

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MitzEclipse

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Aug 8, 2002
Kearny, New Jersey
Did a lil searching on our gearratios and worked on some graph i found... and i found out what our cars would top out if we redlined 5th gear... hope you guys can understand the graph pretty cool rite LOL.... this is on 205/55/16 tires ..let me know what u guys think :thumb:

1 2 3 4 5
0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1000 5.1 8.5 13.3 17.6 22.4
2000 10.2 17.0 26.7 35.2 44.8
3000 15.4 25.5 40.0 52.8 67.1
4000 20.5 34.0 53.3 70.4 89.5
5000 25.6 42.6 66.6 88.0 111.9
6000 30.7 51.1 80.0 105.6 134.3
7000 35.8 59.6 93.3 123.2 156.7
7300
redline 37.4 62.1 97.3 128.5 163.4mph

Final Drive: 3.94

1st Gear Ratio: 3.54
2nd Gear Ratio: 2.13
3rd Gear Ratio: 1.36
4th Gear Ratio: 1.03
5th Gear Ratio: 0.81
 
He used the gear ratios and wheels to figure out the top speed. Wether or not you have enough power because of elavation or horsepower or wind is a different matter all together. Hypothetically speaking, if you had perfect roads and lots of horsepower...thats where you would be topping out in your eclipse unless youve changed tires and gear ratios.
 
You sure about that 3rd gear? I can hit 100 in 3rd in my 97 GS.
 
There not going to be perfect, but they seem pretty close. i can hit 65 in 2nd, but only 120 in 4th. id say overall those are good. nice work :thumb:
 
Thanks ... All this information was from a 1995gs

Yes i can also hit over 100 in 3rd gear i can hit excactly 103~105 with my 98 .. my friend in his 1995 eclipse can hit 95~98 in 3rd....


but then again its all about weight and elevation
 
Those 350z's are mean......but I don't like the way they look. I almost bought a 300 ZX Twin Turbo....OMG that car was soooo fast....
 
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