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top speed ?

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i was just wondering what is the top speed of my 3.5 ? im never gona try it but does anyone know what an E51 3.5 will do maxed out ?
 
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is that real speed or from the speedo ? i assume its the real speed, and i wonder what the un-limited speed is ?
 
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bikerToe said:
is that real speed or from the speedo ? i assume its the real speed, and i wonder what the un-limited speed is ?
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Should be real.

I doubt unlimited top speed is much over 125mph on the flat due to the aerodynamics, it's not like they're still accelerating at much of a rate when you get over 100mph.

Heh post crossed with Stempys with a reading of 130mph...
 
I did once surprise a boy racer in his VW Golf GTI lookalike on the A638, couldn't keep up with me on an S bend probably due to his drving but couldn't overtake on the straight either. I don't often get involved with that kind of thing these days but I could tell he was shocked :laughing:
 
There's gonna be a different top speed for every gradient and wind condition though. Bet my Elgrand could go a lot quicker off a tall enough cliff...
 
RuskinStreet said:
Except at the traffic light grand prix when one is alongside a VW builders van T5 o_O
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The best way to do that is to know when the lights are going to change, just before they're going to change hold it on the brakes using left foot and apply a bit of throttle with right foot, then when you want to 'launch' immediately come off the brake pedal and apply full throttle. Even if you didn't mash the throttle at that moment you'd still begin to move off the line pretty quick when you let off the brakes.
 
Lpgc said:
The best way to do that is to know when the lights are going to change, just before they're going to change hold it on the brakes using left foot and apply a bit of throttle with right foot, then when you want to 'launch' immediately come off the brake pedal and apply full throttle. Even if you didn't mash the throttle at that moment you'd still begin to move off the line pretty quick when you let off the brakes.
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I find that engaging "snow mode" is adequate enough to embarrass VW's and spotty oiks in Mummy's Corsa/Saxo/Yaris o_O 👍
 
LeStempy said:
Flat out you would probably use a full tank in around 60 miles/96km.
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Very roughly - to make 1bhp takes very approx 0.1 gallons per hour...

So if it were making the full 240bhp this would work out at 24 gallons per hour.

And if doing approx 120mph that's 2 miles per minute.

If the fuel tank holds say 75 litres that's approx 16.5 gallons.

The fuel would run out in (16.5 / 24) x 60 = 41.25 minutes.

In 41.25 minutes at 2 miles per minute you'd cover 82.5 miles.

So you're not going to be far off! :)

In the real world the engine won't be making 240bhp because rpms will be lower than the rpms at which it can make 240bhp and this will decrease the 24 gallons per minute, speed won't be 120mph, if it has the speed restriction and usual top speed it will take less bhp to do the lower speed anyway (even if say it had a CVT) but speed also affects miles per minute, on the whole though in both a restricted and derestricted Elgrand you'd probably get more than 41.25 minutes and 82.5 miles out of a tank of petrol. Heh I'd still get over 160 miles on LPG and then over 82.5 miles on petrol.
 
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