Fw: Speedo

["Dave and Carol Ewing" <dcewing@prodigy.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>OK, OK, Someone is NOT thinking here.  We are talking TOP speed, not 1/4
mile speed.  How fast do you think 7500 hp (if you could make it run for
extended period of time) rail or whatever would do after a couple miles????

Dave

> Ok.  heres something for your brain to chew on..  In NHRA, top fuel
> dragsters, a few years ago, were making 4-5000 hp, going speeds around
> 290-300.  now a few years later, they are pushing 7-7500 hp and going
about
> 20-30 mph faster..  Here, you are talking over 2000hp MORE, yet only
gaining
> a few more miles per hour.  I know your roccs arent in the same category,
> but the rule still applies.  It took 5000hp to move a rail  car through
the
> air at 290mph.  They had to gain 2000 more hp only to increase thier speed
> by a little.  Once the car reached its "velocity envelope"  it took much
> more to break out of it.  The wind resistance increases by multiples at
> higher speeds, making it harder and harderto move forward.  Will a Rocco
go
> 140?  Probably.  But at what expense?  So I agree with Jonas on this one..
> HTH.
> Rick & Erin
> '90 GLi 2.0L 16v
> '88 Scirocco 2.0L 16v
>



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