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Old 10-27-2009, 04:35 PM   #267
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Mine did 156.8 in the Texas Mile with no computer changes BONE STOCK. Guess my limiter was set higher from the factory? LOL

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Old 10-27-2009, 04:46 PM   #268
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Mine did 156.8 in the Texas Mile with no computer changes BONE STOCK. Guess my limiter was set higher from the factory? LOL

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Texas mile has a decline at the end.
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Old 10-27-2009, 04:55 PM   #269
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There are few paved areas where it could get up to its top speed. It would need a few miles to build up speed, so it would be limited to a select few airforce runways (typical commercial ones wouldn't be long enough), the largest of Nascar tracks (maybe), or automotive proving ground circular tracks. I don't think you could even do it on a regular public highway, although they are fairly straight and wide, they aren't flat or smooth enough. That is of course if you could get permission to close down a major highway, since its extremely dangerous and stupid to attempt going over 170 mph on an open road.

In any case, it would be damm near impossible for an average individual to get permission to go for a highspeed run at any of those locations.
where did the 170 figure come from LOL....
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Old 10-27-2009, 05:20 PM   #270
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salt flats of utah maybe? Most i've had mine up to is 135, fast enough for me! And she was very solid going that fast too.
Bonneville isn't paved ... anyway, I don't think the salt flats are as good for getting maximum speed with a car like the Camaro. If you have something capable of doing 300 mph you'd need the space only it can provide. But running on dirt slows cars down.

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where did the 170 figure come from LOL....
I estimated the Camaro should be good for 180 mph, so I knocked 10 off that to be conservative.
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Old 10-27-2009, 05:22 PM   #271
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MTI racing did like 187 mph last week at the texas mile. I have been to 177 mph with my turbo car already also.
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Old 10-27-2009, 05:35 PM   #272
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It's governed at 155 due to tire ratings.


Yeah it is governed at 155 because of tires. Personally, I would worry some knucklehead would remove the governer to find out what the top end is.... and DIE trying! I think Mlee was just trying to inform whomever that knucklehead might be that it was done for a REASON.

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Old 10-27-2009, 05:40 PM   #273
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Texas mile has a decline at the end.
Proof of this? First i've heard of the mile having a decrease in elevation. Assuming that there IS one, it wouldn't be much.

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Old 10-27-2009, 06:06 PM   #274
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I have only hit 153 in my car and it handled fine. it was a mildly curvy road
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Old 10-27-2009, 06:10 PM   #275
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I have only hit 153 in my car and it handled fine. it was a mildly curvy road
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Old 10-27-2009, 06:11 PM   #276
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haha its not BS but believe what you want
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Old 10-27-2009, 06:18 PM   #277
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...38538&t=h&z=15

it was on this road not sure if its the exact spot but at the base of the mountain it turns into a straight away and there are those easy curves i was talkin about mostly straight away but there are curves
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Old 10-27-2009, 06:57 PM   #278
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Yeah it is governed at 155 because of tires. Personally, I would worry some knucklehead would remove the governer to find out what the top end is.... and DIE trying! I think Mlee was just trying to inform whomever that knucklehead might be that it was done for a REASON.

I checked with Tirerack and the tires on the Camaro SS are Y rated 186 mph.
I believe GM limited the Camaro to 155mph to save lives. They didn't want crazy people doing
170mph in stock Camaros.

A stock Camaro SS is definately capable of 165-170 mph (with limiter removed).
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Old 10-27-2009, 07:04 PM   #279
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I've been as fast as 145 in my last Camaro and it felt very stable. 155 is plenty fast for a street car.
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Old 10-27-2009, 08:46 PM   #280
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I checked with Tirerack and the tires on the Camaro SS are Y rated 186 mph.
I believe GM limited the Camaro to 155mph to save lives. They didn't want crazy people doing
170mph in stock Camaros.

A stock Camaro SS is definately capable of 165-170 mph (with limiter removed).
2010 Camaro tires are actually Z rated. which is 149 and over... so GM gave it an extra 6 mph and set the governor.

S- Up to 112mph
T- Up to 118mph
U- Up to 124mph
H- Up to 130mph
V- Up to 149mph
Z- 149mph and over
W- Up to 168mph
Y- Up to 186mph

IMO The max MPH your Camaro can do at the end of a quarter mile track is as fast as you need to go.

Just makes sense to me...
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