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I don't know physics on this but I have raced my '69 vette at top end speed and I can tell you that it gets pretty scary when you get up in the 160 and plus range. Things are going by dammmmm fast. If you ever spun a car at over a 100 you can be sure that you will wish the dam thing would slow down soon. Everything seems to be in slow motion when you are sliding sideways when in fact it isn't. Perhaps it's your life flashing in front of your eyes.

I do know that there is a point that the wind resistance overcomes the horsepower you have and you just can't go any faster. There used to be a top end speed list of the top sportscars in one of the car magazines and none of them were over or even at 200. It has been years since I kept up with the list so I am sure that they have raised the top with some of the cars that have comeout since. I would beleive 175 to 180 with a stock body vette but they are not that stable at that speed.

I remember one night at 3 am, coming back from my mothers in Dallas and laying the ears back on my Pantera. Now that is not the fastest car ever made but it is no slouch either. All I could get was 168 and I thought the tops of the tires were going to come through the tops of the fenders. Felt like it would drag the undercarriage on the pavement any second.

My '70 Phase III Vette would not go faster than 140 but that was with a 4:11 rear end and some tall tires on the rear. At that speed the front end is a litte light feeling.

I think there is a barrier that you hit around 180 that you just can't go any faster unless you have 200 more horsepower and better aerodynamics.

200 it a little hard to beleive, and trust me I am a big fan of Motion cars. I think phaseIII482ci's car is as top end fast as any that Joel ever made.

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