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Originally Posted by benrubsih
If you aren't going to drive it fast then why buy it? You only live once after all. I live 5 miles from the Bonneville salt flats. A man recently took a stock duplicate of my SS with the governor disabled and hit 172. If anyone has any useful info as to how to disable the governor please share. If you want to complain about the dangers of excessive speed then go buy a Hyundai. By the way what are you talking about being pegged in 5th? I am pretty sure my automatic has 6 gears does the manual only have 5? I wanted a manual but I didn't want to wait on ordering one. Either way that top gear is a monster, I was not even close to red line when I snapped this photo. The torque is definitely there in this car. A little weight balancing of the motor or installing a higher ratio gear is all you would need to break 200. I am pretty sure the torque and H.P are sufficient to pull it off.
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Because you must factor in drag. The LLT, L99 and LS3 equipped cars all have either 6-speed manuals or automatics. However, they don't have enough power to push the sixth gear at high speeds. That gear is only there to maximize fuel efficiency. If you were going 170 in fifth and shift to sixth, you would start to lose speed.
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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro
wow...great bump  |
Sometimes you just have to beat the dead horse.
