I'm just wondering what the top speed of the 3.1L engine is. the governor kicks in at about 107 mph. z-rated tires are the only enhancement to this car.
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11-30-2011
I'm just wondering what the top speed of the 3.1L engine is. the governor kicks in at about 107 mph. z-rated tires are the only enhancement to this car.
11-30-2011
107 then
with governor, it could go faster but there is no need to.
11-30-2011
It depends on how much power is left. Typically our motors are running out of steam to overcome the air resistance around the 110-120 mark.
Think of it this way..that motor is working awfully hard at 110mph. How much can it handle at the higher rpm? I've seen a lot of 3800 guys say they blew the motor trying to hold 120 etc for any distance.
11-30-2011
stick your hand out the window at 40mph then at 80mph now imagine your car, not your hand, having to overcome that force at say, 120mph
11-30-2011
my 95 gp with the 3100 got up to 127, it took forever but it can do it if there is no limiter.
11-30-2011
Or stick your hand out at 107mph.
Bill.... how far of a distance?
11-30-2011
I bet your engine hates you lolz
11-30-2011
I dunno Aaron...never popped a motor. And I was only concentrating on the road during those quick rips up over 110mph.
Actually..I did run the SSEi (nearly stock at that time) for about an hour at 120mph across Montana. What a great state
11-30-2011
Yeah I'm not sure why the motor would mind chilling out at 4500 RPM for a long time it's got plenty of coolant flow and airflow other than just going through alot of fuel.
11-30-2011
110-135mph for 30 minutes straight.Originally Posted by BillBoost37
11-30-2011
I'm pretty sure it hates you at anything over 80mph being a 3.1L
12-01-2011
IIRC for an increase in speed, there is a squared increase in air resistance, and a cubic increase in power required to move through a fluid.
So a 10% speed increase requires roughly 33.1% more power.
If you needed 100HP to drive 100MPH, you need 173HP to drive 120MPH.
12-01-2011
177HP actually.
12-01-2011
at the flywheel^^
12-01-2011
So in short, a 3100 doesn't have enough power to get to 120mph.
Hot.
12-01-2011
The numbers are arbitrary.
12-01-2011
down hill with a tail wind..
buck 40 easy
12-01-2011
Would gearing factor into all of this too? If so that throws your math off.
12-01-2011
Interesting, I learned more today.
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