Will 280bhp in a classic do 160mph!?
18 June 2006, 08:42 AM
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i had 180 on the clock on mine but i really dont think it was really that fast more like 150-160 was runing on 18s so i know it was out by some
18 June 2006, 09:29 AM
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As a reference at the second Scooby Shootout there were very few cars over 150mph and only one over 160mph although the Calder car was very close with 159mph.
Most were well below 150mph even with 280bhp.
Most were well below 150mph even with 280bhp.
18 June 2006, 09:33 AM
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Tried for V max just the once in my classic STI 2 -remaped with decat - 315 bhp + 280 lbs while trying to sell it with a potential customer in the car- his suggestion.... Made 155-160 ish held it for 2 miles windows starting to bow out which sounds like a kettle boiling at that speed.... slowed down.... guess what? no3 main bearing knik knaked.
My advice is dont bother this is a very common result of sustained high speed runs all well documented now. All on private road of course....
My advice is dont bother this is a very common result of sustained high speed runs all well documented now. All on private road of course....
18 June 2006, 09:36 AM
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Buy a Legacy GTB - 280 bhp = 168 mph
http://www.veloce.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
BH Wagon ~ 270km/h World Record
Location : Colorado, U.S.A.
Record : Average speed of 270.532 km/h
(the world's fastest production station wagon certified by the FIA and ACCUS for the mass-produced car category, turbo engine, 1,600cc-2,000cc class)
Vehicle : Legacy Touring Wagon GT-B
(third-generation domestic Legacy Station Wagon, turbo model)
Specifications for the model used are essentially the same as those for commercially available models, with the addition of a six-point roll cage, fire extinguisher, five-point seat belt, and safety bucket seat as safety equipment.
This attempt was conducted on an ordinary road with all the usual bumps, so conditions could hardly be described as desirable for breaking a world record. The chief mechanic, Kazuo Nakasato, described the significance of the challenge as follows: "This kind of record event is normally held on a circuit that has the best surface conditions possible and is generally held on test courses. However, we opted for the highway because we wanted the owners to see the perfection of the new Legacy and the superiority of the AWD system's 'Active Driving, Active Safety.' Through Subaru's positivism, I think this was a great opportunity for us to demonstrate Subaru's philosophy in making cars."
The Legacy Station Wagon was driven by David Donner, who has competed in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and the NASCAR Sun Bank 24 Hours of Daytona. And the third-generation Legacy broke the previous record of 244.98 km/h, which had been established by the second generation on salt flats, by a wide margin on a highway. The significantly higher speed achieved for the current record is evidence of the even-greater potential of the Legacy Station Wagon following a full model change.
On April 23, 1998, at the FIA qualified course on Highway 10 in La Junta, Colorado, the Legacy Station Wagon set a new world record at an amazing speed (average speed over one kilometer: 270.532 km/h; average speed over one mile: 270.047 km/h), drastically surpassing the previous record set by a second-generation Legacy in 1993.
Curtesy of Turbo Legacy homepage
http://www.veloce.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
BH Wagon ~ 270km/h World Record
Location : Colorado, U.S.A.
Record : Average speed of 270.532 km/h
(the world's fastest production station wagon certified by the FIA and ACCUS for the mass-produced car category, turbo engine, 1,600cc-2,000cc class)
Vehicle : Legacy Touring Wagon GT-B
(third-generation domestic Legacy Station Wagon, turbo model)
Specifications for the model used are essentially the same as those for commercially available models, with the addition of a six-point roll cage, fire extinguisher, five-point seat belt, and safety bucket seat as safety equipment.
This attempt was conducted on an ordinary road with all the usual bumps, so conditions could hardly be described as desirable for breaking a world record. The chief mechanic, Kazuo Nakasato, described the significance of the challenge as follows: "This kind of record event is normally held on a circuit that has the best surface conditions possible and is generally held on test courses. However, we opted for the highway because we wanted the owners to see the perfection of the new Legacy and the superiority of the AWD system's 'Active Driving, Active Safety.' Through Subaru's positivism, I think this was a great opportunity for us to demonstrate Subaru's philosophy in making cars."
The Legacy Station Wagon was driven by David Donner, who has competed in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and the NASCAR Sun Bank 24 Hours of Daytona. And the third-generation Legacy broke the previous record of 244.98 km/h, which had been established by the second generation on salt flats, by a wide margin on a highway. The significantly higher speed achieved for the current record is evidence of the even-greater potential of the Legacy Station Wagon following a full model change.
On April 23, 1998, at the FIA qualified course on Highway 10 in La Junta, Colorado, the Legacy Station Wagon set a new world record at an amazing speed (average speed over one kilometer: 270.532 km/h; average speed over one mile: 270.047 km/h), drastically surpassing the previous record set by a second-generation Legacy in 1993.
Curtesy of Turbo Legacy homepage
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