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TR6-Re: SPEED

To: Mike Munson <fasttrs@mindspring.com>
Subject: TR6-Re: SPEED
From: Shawn Loseke <shawn@swo.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 22:18:29 -0700
On the track that I mentioned in my track experience post, I saw an
indicated 115 mph with the top up on the long straights. 

Shawn Loseke
1972 TR6
Fort Collins, CO
http://www.loseke.net
 

Mike Munson wrote:
> 
> A friend plugged in the numbers on my EP racecar with a 3.45 rearend and
> said I was doing 136 mph at 7200 rpm (drafting a Corvette). You can
> probably get 110 out of a stock 6. Don't try 65 on the Atlanta highways,
> you'll get smushed by a soccer mom in an SUV. You probably opened up a
> can of worms on this one!
> 
> Mike Munson
> Snellville, Ga.
> 70-6
> 73-6
> 80-8
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of mocharand5@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:07 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: SPEED
> 
> OK. I've heard just about everything I can imagine except how fast a TR6
> is
> at top speed on this list.
> Does anyone want to share how fast they have been in a TR6? Just
> curious.
> I myself have only been 65MPH in a TR6. Now it's in pieces all over my
> garage
> being restored.

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