[V8] Top speed of a '90 V8Q - Test track

[Scott Simmons]

Can't one just figure out top speed with highest RPM + gear ratios + 
tire circumference?  I thought there was a way to figure it all out, 
theoretically...

Showing my lack of math skills,
Scott S

NicolCS at aol.com wrote:

>These top-speed stories are great, I especially liked the shot of the  speedo 
>at 152.  Here's my top-speed story, though it's not in my V8.  
> 
>In a prior life (late '80s) I was a development engineer for Honda. I was  at 
>the Honda banked oval test track in Tochigi testing what would be the '88  
>Prelude Si.  On the track, each progressively steeper lane had a posted  
>"neutral" speed at which the car would just go around the turn "automatically".  
>There was also a max speed for each lane. FYI, if you lost traction by driving  
>above the max in a lower lane, the steeper and steeper lanes above formed a  
>handy launching ramp for your upcoming orbital attempt. =:-o  The  highest and 
>steepest lane didn't have a maximum speed.  
> 
>So here we were playing with spoiler angles on a European-spec Prelude and  
>my rider (the department chief) says "let's see what it will do".  The  speedo 
>was buried at 200 kph.  I kept an eye on the tachometer to see how  many rpms 
>beyond the end of the speedo we were going.  The tach went more  than 1000 rpm 
>beyond the end of the speedo. We later figured it out  and we were going 150 
>mph; in a car with 4-cylinders (albeit DOHC 16v and  Euro-spec).  Next he had 
>me move down to the second lane and repeat - that  took a little concentration 
>'cause the car had a bit of a "yaw  angle". (Pucker-factor at least 9.5.) He 
>said "just don't lose  it!!!"  The car felt great but the G-forces in the 
>turns were incredible  (the suspension was bottomed). The weirdest part was the 
>incredibly fast  rotation of the horizon as we entered and exited the turns - I 
>couldn't imagine  a car rotating that fast.  Quite a thrill.
>Craig Nicol
>90 V8Q
>95 S6 Avant
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