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Some of those 60-70 cars run strong. My 69 Chevelle with a375 hp 396 would bury the speedometer in 3rd gear and pull over 7000 rpm in 4 th gear. 3.08 gears and G70 15 tires. You figure out top speed. Edk Thats puts you at 187 mph for the gearing you posted and the 7000 rpms in 4th gear and the size of your tires (27 inches tall) https://www.tremec.com/calculadora.phpFor comparison purposes the C7 Corvette coupe has a top speed of 187. Lol . . . . . . . . Crickets 😁 7,000 in a 60's BBC? I thought the 5.0 in my 90 GT was spinning at 5,200
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It would spin past 8000 but I shifted at 7000 because it went there so easily. Smoothest engine I ever had and i have had quite a few. Had a 70 with 390 horse 454 and that 396 would have ate it for breakfast. Edk
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Evnin gang, 162 mph, Camero 67 big block worked over, 73 mph in cigarette boat, 150 in small plane & 500 plus inAirliner best feeling 122 mph in 10.2 sec in quarter mile , love the acceleration factor best of all. Bill out 🐾👣🇨🇦
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Evnin gang, 162 mph, Camero 67 big block worked over, 73 mph in cigarette boat, 150 in small plane & 500 plus inAirliner best feeling 122 mph in 10.2 sec in quarter mile , love the acceleration factor best of all. Bill out 🐾👣🇨🇦 You aren't wrong. Gs are best
Originally Posted By: slumlord
people that text all day get on my nerves
just knowing that people are out there with that ability,....just makes me wanna punch myself in the balls
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Water skiied behind a drag boat at 80. Once was enough.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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Water skiied behind a drag boat at 80. Once was enough. Goof grief man. That's one time too many and I've done plenty of scary stuff myself.
Originally Posted By: slumlord
people that text all day get on my nerves
just knowing that people are out there with that ability,....just makes me wanna punch myself in the balls
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Land: No clue.... Yamaha V-Max with Nitrous when i was in my 20's
Water: Nothing Specual, ski boat on the Allegheny River
Air: Either a Lear 30 or a Gulf Steam... was busy taking care of the patient so not sure what our speed was.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, used up, worn out, bottle of Jim Beam in one hand and a .45 in the other, loudly proclaiming WOW-- What a Ride!"
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122 mph in a 93 Camry with a 4-banger
72 mph in a buddy’s bass boat
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Some of those 60-70 cars run strong. My 69 Chevelle with a375 hp 396 would bury the speedometer in 3rd gear and pull over 7000 rpm in 4 th gear. 3.08 gears and G70 15 tires. You figure out top speed. Edk Thats puts you at 187 mph for the gearing you posted and the 7000 rpms in 4th gear and the size of your tires (27 inches tall) https://www.tremec.com/calculadora.phpFor comparison purposes the C7 Corvette coupe has a top speed of 187. The Chevelle is a 396, the C7 is only a 378 (6.2L). The 396 must have been seriously underrated, it would require at least 500 bhp to make 187 mph.
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