do you know the history of your car?

BoredandStroked said
Well since we are on the talk about top speed... my friends dad built a 69 Camaro with a 427 bored .030 over and made 898 hp at the rear wheel. Dont believe that I might be able to get the papers off of him saying it. Anyways... there is a 1 1/2 straight away not to far from his house. He started at the top of the mountain and when he reached the bottom and went baout 3/4 of a mile... he said it was clicking on the 200mph Autometer speedo. He guessed around 225mph... but hey... I wasnt there so I dont know for sure.


One would think that after building a 898hp 427, one would not have the gears to do 225. Take away drag and cars can only go as fast as redline in top gear. My 88 M3 with a bit over 200 crank hp would hit mid 150s at 7800. 1000 hp would have got me there faster but the top speed would have been the same.