4kqt test drive?? Boston area?

[JShadzi at aol.com]

>
> > Sure, well in a 4kq top speed in 5th isn't much more than 140mph or so,
> past
> > that you would have aerodynamic problems I'm sure.  The 80/90 is much
> better
> > in that regard.
>
> eh?
> A 4kq goes 140?, and the later cars go....*how* fast?
>
> Those must be damn big horses, methinks.


140 is nothing really, its just gear limited - my brothers 4kq with the 2.3 will do 130 without too much trouble.  In my 80tq the acceleration is very rapid in 5th, the speedo only goes to about 135 and it buries the speedo into the revlimiter, right about then I'm soo wishing I had a sixth gear.

Javad