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12-02-2016, 08:46 AM | #31 | ||
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I had a XE 351 toploader with 2.77 gears, the way it was geared I worked out mathematically it was capable of 300kmh @6000rpm.
All you need is the HP to get there, flacon don't handle the best at 300 though lol. |
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12-02-2016, 09:11 AM | #32 | ||
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????? Is this a misprint??? Do you mean GS?
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12-02-2016, 09:15 AM | #34 | ||
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Asking price for Auto 302 cobra is 100K these days. $120K for a Bathurst model I'd say 170MPH was the speed of potential buyers to this dudes front door. While the XC Cobra is underpowered compared to a GT, they have become a valuable car.. |
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12-02-2016, 09:27 AM | #37 | ||
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12-02-2016, 09:32 AM | #40 | ||
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Yeap the current crop have rooted that magazine, it was good for the first 12 months.
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With my bum on seat & ear dyno, I found a huge benefit in increased power, rev range, and responsiveness by throwing the timing light away, and removing every second plug lead off the dizzy cap, idling it up to about 2500 - 3000 rpm, and carefully rotating the dizzy back & forward to find the sweet spot - which was considerably more advanced than OEM. Removing every second plug lead puts load on the engine, and helps magnify the sweet spot. Naturally you replace the plug leads when finished (lol) Last edited by stevefreestyle; 12-02-2016 at 09:52 AM. |
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12-02-2016, 09:52 AM | #42 | ||
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No, it wasn't my car. Interesting what you say though. I used to tinker with my old 302 in much the same way until I felt that it was running just right. Never seemed to need a timing light.
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12-02-2016, 09:55 AM | #43 | ||
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12-02-2016, 10:15 AM | #44 | |||
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12-02-2016, 10:17 AM | #45 | ||
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Sadly, presenting unfounded & erroneous opinion as fact, is so often the case now, in this ignorant, narcissistic "Politically Correct", "Post Modernist" world - where objective truth is seen as irrelevant.
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12-02-2016, 10:25 AM | #46 | |||
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12-02-2016, 10:25 AM | #47 | ||
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yep i stopped buying it for this reason as well. Its such a shame i enjoyed reading it.
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12-02-2016, 10:26 AM | #48 | |||
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Interesting article here: http://www.bowdensown.com.au/collect...977-xc-hardtop |
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12-02-2016, 10:40 AM | #50 | ||
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yep loved the 351 Cleveland nearly always tune it by ear, however my old xc pv early 90s mechanical solid cam 580-606 lift timing 36 total advance @ 3000rpm fill it up with avgas & away u go
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A stock 5.8 XC Cobra will not pull over 210KM/H 215 at max with a Holley. |
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12-02-2016, 11:28 AM | #54 | ||
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Its hard to tell if a motor is stock or not from the outside, 6000 is not a lot of revs in top gear, a stock 2.0 escort will do 200kmh, there was a thread the other day about a Daewoo lanos getting 190. My xr8 sprint would do 200 in 4th gear with another gear to go. I'm not saying its possible with a stock motor but would be easy with a worked motor, apart from the flying brick scenario. Aero and the HP needed to push it through the air is its worst enemy. |
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12-02-2016, 07:08 PM | #56 | ||
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12-02-2016, 07:18 PM | #57 | ||
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Not much more at all. The car was built and geared with the length of Comrod Straight in mind. No point in setting it up to go any faster than needed as it wouldve compromised the car in other parts of the track. Different story if it was set up for something like salt flats.
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12-02-2016, 07:33 PM | #58 | ||
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170MPH equals 274km/hr in a 351 Cobra
Thats hilarious, may be off the gap just before it hits the water at the bottom 351 XC has a theoretical top speed of around 200-220km/hr, does not mean it will get there in real life.
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12-02-2016, 08:20 PM | #59 | ||
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If I remember correctly, the 5.8's put out a whopping 162kw's, exactly the same donk as the P6 LTD. These engines also had vac secondary spreadbore Carter Thermoquads and I thought they were rated around the 800cfm mark? They were certainly massive jugs, I seriously doubt whacking a Holley 750 on would increase top speed by much at all. Rev limited to 4,800 + calculating the diff ratio would give us the theoretical top speed.
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as for the topic at hand ,clocking the speedo was about as good as it got . |
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