right my clock's are in kph but my car go's off the clock in 4th the car is a classic sti with a 5 speed box and rev's to 7,500rpm and go's all the way to the limiter in 5th 360bhp dose any one know what it's hitting at that point ?

 

It should be 144mph on the limiter.

 

is that at 7000rpm or at 7500rp, ~?

 

possibly more than 70mph so be careful

 

was on a privet stretch of road :P

 

and a long one at that
Here is my best effort so far

At Marham airfield before anyone asks

 

Only once have I opened mine right out whilst having it mapped on a private road.
Can't remember the RPM's but the peak speed recorded on the Apexi PFC commander was 246 KPH.
152 Mph according to Google calculator.

 

good going think i need a 6 speed box next and maybe go to 400bhp

 

@budgie ^^^ rolling road? lol got 160 in my 306 v6 my bug only does 120/30 ish......who cares though ay? lol

 

i got ths scoob to go really fast on a budget aftrt putting 12k into my golf vr6 it's not even as quick as my sti was standard

 

was on Marhams 2 mile runway mate

 

ok so what is the top speed at 7500rpm on a jdm sti ?

 

21mph per 1000rpm in 5th on a sti gearing and 19mph per 1000rpm on type r/ra gearing, sti's normally have a rev limit of 8200 rpm

 

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my rev limeter is 7,500rpm i'm 100% on that cos it's 500rpm into the red lol

 

The car is a wrx then

 

no it's a sti v1 with a v2 engine

 

Pete's time was measured using a GPS based system though so pretty accurate ... did you wake up in the shower after your 160

TX.

 

I'd love to have a 6th gear in my car, it's annoying hitting the limiter in 5th!

 

tell me about it

 

http://www.ken555.plus.com/sti/trans.html

http://www.ken555.plus.com/sti/tyres.html

 

lol

 

Who cares what the top speed is, you will never be up there for more than a few seconds on a private track. How quickly it gets there is far more important!

 

Agreed, the fastest I have been on any track so far is 145mph before running out of straight

 

Easy answer, det

Sounds like the car hasnt been converted to mph (which is illegal btw in this country), though easily fixed
Gearing plays a part, it is dependent on that to what your top speed is, also 360bhp but not with a front mount?
I would suggest going to a speciallist and getting the car health checked, if the ecu doesnt have a piggy back chip then its going to be no where near that sort of power (the slanty top mount is lucky to push 300bhp+ let alone 360 ), plus your injectors may well be maxxed before then (your standard car should be 250ps)
You can also ensure its got a rear foglight (that works), that you can have your speedo converted to MPH (so it reads correctly and doesnt go off the clock ) runs healthily and isnt running lean/rich/detting its little pistons to bits .

Tony

 

To give you an idea of 6 speed, mine at 8000 rpm in 6th (UK box) top speed is 197 mph. I would need over 2 miles to achieve it as Marham runway is 1.6 miles long I believe?

 

My jdm 6 speed us lower geared in 6th than my old uk wrx was in 5th so not all about number of gears, diffs play a big part in overall gearing

 

Not quite proof but you can see it had alot more left......didnt record the 160 my mate had it on his GPS thing in his Cupra R......next to me


http://www.ps3youtube.com/?v=tn3aMLRDGPI

 

You'd never reach a true 197mph though would you even if you had 2 miles? Wind resistance etc.

TX.

 

most cars won't pull top revs in 6th - certainly unmodded sti's/ wrx's etc won't.

Skull's/ Clive's would get most of the way there but that might even struggle at the real top end due to wind resistance increasing as a square of speed.

To put it in perspective, Andy Forrest's old StiV needed circa 800bhp to do 210mph...

My 450bhp p1 on an 04 6 speed was pretty much flat out at 164mph/7500rpm rev limit on GPS on Marham.

 

The description I heard that put it into perspective was that when you approach speeds like 200mph the wind resistance is so high it's like trying to drive the car through water.
Gives some idea of the massive power & aerodynamics required .