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Originally Posted by Barry_v
only way a 4 cylinder TC could do those speeds is off a cliff  |
Sorry to disappoint you Barry but on the day in question I went from Arno Bay to Whyalla (approx 150km) WITH a 5 minute stop at Cowell, and another couple of minutes pulled over to deal with the rusted out rear muffler, in under 55 minutes so you work it out. Allowing for speeding up and slowing down AND stopping twice I'd say my guesstimate isn't that far off the mark. The car was never under 90mph the whole way except for going through cowell and 90% of the time it was over 100mph by the speedo. Coming down the last slope on the long straight coming back into Whyalla ( about 10ks out )with my foot to the floor wide open the plug leads gave up and started breaking down with the speedo needle facing vertically straight down. The fact that the rear muffler was gone and it was a straight out open exhaust probably helped the engine pull the extra revs but it definitely happened. But hey, if you don't believe it that's fine, I know the car did it and that's all that matters so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Bushbasher