how fast have you gone in your bonny
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Just a reminder:
1. There'* one car in this thread that made claims that can probably be discounted at this point.
2. Exceeding the factory set (PCM) speed limiter is only possible with a chip.
3. Anything over that limiter is spooky, unless the car is modified and prepped very carefully.
4. I spend at least an hour on the car before a run over 125.
5. I plan for at least 2 weeks for anything over 140, no passengers, and WIDE open spaces the hell and gone from here.
6. Anything over 150 in an SSEi is just plain spooky. It would be worse in an SE. Far worse.
1. There'* one car in this thread that made claims that can probably be discounted at this point.
2. Exceeding the factory set (PCM) speed limiter is only possible with a chip.
3. Anything over that limiter is spooky, unless the car is modified and prepped very carefully.
4. I spend at least an hour on the car before a run over 125.
5. I plan for at least 2 weeks for anything over 140, no passengers, and WIDE open spaces the hell and gone from here.
6. Anything over 150 in an SSEi is just plain spooky. It would be worse in an SE. Far worse.
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You're lacking the lower airdam that an SSE or SSEi has. Makes a HUGE difference at speed. Your front end will start lightening up at a much lower speed than mine. You also have softer suspension, and that'* bad.
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Softer suspensions isn't bad, it'* your rebound rate that'* important.
This being said, when i get my Jet Stage 2 in the next month or so, I will not break 130 for now.
Only times i've been over 100 smellbird was with me. Once was 7 of us from here....
This being said, when i get my Jet Stage 2 in the next month or so, I will not break 130 for now.
Only times i've been over 100 smellbird was with me. Once was 7 of us from here....
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Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
Softer suspensions isn't bad, it'* your rebound rate that'* important.
This being said, when i get my Jet Stage 2 in the next month or so, I will not break 130 for now.
Only times i've been over 100 smellbird was with me. Once was 7 of us from here....![Twisted Evil](https://www.gmforum.com/gm/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)
This being said, when i get my Jet Stage 2 in the next month or so, I will not break 130 for now.
Only times i've been over 100 smellbird was with me. Once was 7 of us from here....
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I know this from experience on my own car. The sidewalls on my old dunlops were weaker. At high revolutions, the outside diameter of the tire swelled and raised the front of the car. This caused a front end lift and spooky 'drifting' at about 125mph. After the tire change, this improved to about 135-140 mph when it would start. Even the simple swaybar endlinks made a difference, and further improved it. There was only MAYBE 1/4" of vertical slop induced by the old endlinks. Adjusting the ELC to be full height also helps to hold the front end lower, and uses the rear suspension to prevent weight transfer to the rear. So the ELC helps in two ways.....keeping you lower to begin with, and resisting the front end lift.
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Yes the lift can be a problem but i'm thinking of the bumps, and keeping the wheels on the ground
I was curiou about this, is there supposed to be anything below the front cyl bank area? If there is, i don't have it, it'* open to the groud, which explains why my motor runs so damn cool.
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I was curiou about this, is there supposed to be anything below the front cyl bank area? If there is, i don't have it, it'* open to the groud, which explains why my motor runs so damn cool.
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Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
Yes the lift can be a problem but i'm thinking of the bumps, and keeping the wheels on the ground
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For an SE, this means at LEAST upgrade the suspension to SSEi specs, and swap front fascias.