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How fast have you had your V8 upto?

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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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ive only had the ol girl up to 85mph. anything past that gets alittle scary.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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i've gotten 100 or so, maybe 105. she seemed to get a little winded up that high, but could have kept going no problem. no shimmy, shake, or wobble at all (bangs on wood).
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by raminator08
btw, join the black truck club raider if you already havent
its the best
look at this, they got recruiters runnin all over the place now
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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I've had the Hemi up to 89 or 90 before. I was on I-95 down south somewhere and I was only going a little bit faster than the cars around me, and I glanced down and freaked a bit. I hadn't even noticed. The truck was riding like a dream though. Needless to say I dropped back down to a reasonable speed immediately.

I had my Mustang 6cyl convertible up to probably 130 or so once. I topped out the needle and kept going a bit. I found a stretch of highway out in West VA somewhere that was totally empty, no exits or on ramps, guard rails down both sides, slightly downhill, perfectly straight, and recently paved. It was so straight you could see for like miles down this thing. So I decided to see what that little 6 cyl was worth. Going that fast with the top down is crazy windy. I slowed down a bit when the car started to dance a little. I could have probably gotten a little more out of her if the top had been up because the wind wouldn't have had such a weird impact on handling.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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I have had it up to around 100 before, but that is about it. I worry about a blow out more than anything else when I get up to that kind of speed.



Originally Posted by 02Steve1990
look at this, they got recruiters runnin all over the place now
That's the sign of a good club
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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The fastest the truck has been is about 70Mph or so.
The fastest the V8 has been is about 4,400RPM sustained.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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believe it or not, i got my v6 up to 100 and i think she might have had it in her for more if there was less wind
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Off_Road_Teacher
I have had it up to around 100 before, but that is about it. I worry about a blow out more than anything else when I get up to that kind of speed.





That's the sign of a good club
do you want to go recruit in the other gen ram and dakota forums
after they have black trucks there too. silver and redone are probably thinking about it too lol
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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3rd ... 98 Camaro 112
2nd ... 03 Ram Hemi speedo stops at 120, quite a bit better than that.
1st ... 05 Corvette 147 ... little scary.

for aguments' sake we'll say I was at the track.

>_< i wanna go fast.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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Somewhere in the vicinity of 140 in a 72 Road Runner with a not quite stock 400 and the speedo needle bouncing all over the place between 140 and 150 (150 speedo). Front end was nice and light by that point....
 
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