09-24-2012, 11:52 PM
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Major
Drives: Murdered E92 M3
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Bloomfield Hills
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Originally Posted by Veegie
That is correct.
The physics, disregarding small factors like rolling resistance at top speed:
Assuming the following: - 340whp
- 2.17m² frontal area
- 0.31m² drag coefficient
- 1.219kg³ air density
- Optimal gearing
- Flat surface
... you could achieve a theoretical 190.58mph.
If you have other figures you'd want me to throw in there, I'd be happy to do it. The math is really straight forward, I just coded a simple program to handle it for me to avoid manual-data entry.
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Very nice, smart man.
Quote:
Originally Posted by HotIce
Your brain, I want it.
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hahah +1
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Originally Posted by Mike Benvo
I've hit close to 187 in my car via gps, but this is the fastest I have a picture of (taken by my passenger of course):
This was probably around 170mph given how inaccurate the speedo is on top.
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Wowzers!!!
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