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Top speed of a P5?

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Old December-17th-2004, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian071
Seriously speaking though, (don't worry, I'm not trying to beat the dead horse) even my ES model is not suited, with a stock suspension, for very high speeds, and I'm sorry if you don't believe me on the aerodynamics thing, but it's very true.
P5's(which is the subject of the original question) have a stiffer suspension than your ES, they suspension sits lower, the front bumper sits lower(reduces lift),side skirts(reduces lift), and they have a functional rear wing(downforce),plus I,m pretty sure they carry a wider tire stock(grip). I have every confidence they are quite stable at 120+mph, albeit probably not much higher.
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Old December-17th-2004, 10:22 AM
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My MSP has topped out the speedo before past 140mph....I don't know how accurate our speedo's are though. I know my P5 will sit on 130mph but it takes a LOT longer to get it there than the msp's 5psi.

Wanna see something neat? Wait until I get my supercharger on my p5 and then I'll get a video of it pushing 140mph for you.
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Old December-17th-2004, 05:04 PM
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hehe, yeah, I have no doubt that it'll go past 140, in-fact, I never doubted it would, hell with re-gearing, and a new ECU, even mine could... Mine accelerates rather smoothly to 115 mph until the engine shuts off...

Just be careful, I still doubt how much past 130 the car will handle safely.
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Old December-18th-2004, 05:43 PM
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Hell, I broke 122 mph on the dyno today with my P5. Were thinking of running it in 5th just to see if it has enough *** to go past the 140 mph reading on the speedometer.
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Old December-19th-2004, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Goober
Hell, I broke 122 mph on the dyno today with my P5. Were thinking of running it in 5th just to see if it has enough *** to go past the 140 mph reading on the speedometer.
there's no wind resistance on a dyno
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Old December-19th-2004, 07:47 PM
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Old December-20th-2004, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by macdaddyslomo
there's no wind resistance on a dyno
That was ment to be in response for the ones saying that the 5 speed P5 is governed to 117 mph. I know that there is no wind resistence on the dyno. I might still be learning about Proteges, but I'm not a complete `tard.
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Originally Posted by Roddimus Prime
My MSP has topped out the speedo before past 140mph....I don't know how accurate our speedo's are though. I know my P5 will sit on 130mph but it takes a LOT longer to get it there than the msp's 5psi.

Wanna see something neat? Wait until I get my supercharger on my p5 and then I'll get a video of it pushing 140mph for you.
Im bring this thread back. Ive read through the whole thing, i see no major doubts (like I got) of top speeds over 117mph. Prime weve seen the install lets see the video.
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Old June-3rd-2005, 09:18 PM
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Oh christ, can we please keep this to one thread ?
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Old June-3rd-2005, 10:07 PM
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lol, agreed.

videos of all supercharger stuff will be put in one of the 35 different supercharger threads we have!
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