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Old 2008-07-23, 05:37 PM   #16
Dean
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Originally Posted by sperry View Post
Nice event summary.

I'm still utterly impressed that you guys got that car up over 170mph... with the aerodynamics of a hamburger, that's some serious brute force! What's that car putting down to the wheels these days anyway? 500hp?
I know it is an inverse square kind of thing, but my no aero almost stock ride height stage 2 STI did over 140 at Bonneville, so 170 isn't that surprising considering the lower less boxy 2 door body with aero and a $4!+ load of power and 8000RPM...
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