Thread: True top speed?
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Old 09-16-2013, 10:53 AM
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Wink Re: True top speed?

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Originally Posted by huck369 View Post
I thought the Road And Track clocked their 92 at 152mph...93 up governed to 140 mph...that's from my fuzzy memories...


Yeah, Huck, I too remember throwing the number of 153 around as the Holy Grail on non-governed examples, but what publication put this to a real world documented test? Estimates, or anecdotal a la speedo videos (was car modified?) don't constitute THE TRVTH.

Ron (Maybe John will chime in)
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