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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
it shouldn't be difficult to roughly work out how fast your car could go in theory rod if you know the power spread from a dyno session

we know that a 204 bhp std one will go 150mph (book figure, but the exact figure should be known) so you can work out the drag from that. you can also use other examples of sapphs doing top speed runs with known power amounts (like mike r?) to get an idea of the drag. then just multiply it up for your power figure

i thought you were an aero engineer
My car should reach 200mph with a mere 564bhp using standard figures & push on to 232mph Tops. Can you imagine gearing for that at Peak Power & then the length of straight required to reach it. Accademic im afraid.
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