How fast was a Motion Camaro

[Xplantdad]

I agree with Pantera...

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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.



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Please see the link below for an interesting discussion on this very subject.
Z06 Corvette Top Speed

Pretty interesting reading about Chevrolets 'race Vette for the street'

Bruce

[JoeG]

This is just some info--Motion built this MarkIII Vette for this fella in'68---It had a 3.55 rear--est. top speed in street trim 160mph --maybe a tad more------------

[Xplantdad]

Here's another link to a Z06 site. The site is owned and operated by a friend that I met right after high school. He had 5.0 Mustang with nitrous back then...now he has a Z06 (or two), and shoots video from inside the car...at different tracks. His name is Rick Bailey.

Here's the link: Rick Baileys Z06 site

Warning: You need a high speed connection to view this site, as the video files are very large.

Bruce

[GMH454]

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This is just some info--Motion built this MarkIII Vette for this fella in'68---It had a 3.55 rear--est. top speed in street trim 160mph --maybe a tad more------------

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Unless it ran an overdrive tnis may be more an example of Joel's abilty to promote his product rather than make fast cars.

15" wheels on a Vette with 3.36 gears at 6500rpm is around 150mph. With 3.55s doing 160mph its gonna be turning a lot of revs for a lot of time, not just a momentary blip thru the gears.

And Pantera thanks for the reality check, 200mph was something a Greenwood wide body running a mag cross ram used to do. Not a street bodied car with a 4 or 3 barrell carb.

[JoeC]

not sure of the mph but an owner of a 68 Motion Camaro told he was on the highway testing his Camaro back in the day and the glass stinger hood split in half and blew off over the roof of the car. He thought he forgot to put the hood pins on but when he stopped and checked the pins were still in place but the hood was gone.

[Motion Camaro]

<font color="blue">I had the glass hood blow off my car on the Hutchison River Pkwy.
Never used a 4 hoodpin setup again, always 8 after that.
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[JoeG]

Well like I said this was just some info --Motion didn't offer overdrive in '68 .--The way the engine was set-up ,it was making HP past 6500rpms---They were using 15" rims, but I don't know how tall the rear tires were(L-70 INDY)---Anyway this fella just wanted to go 160mph , not do laps around Walmart.-----------------

[JoeC]

Some of the Motion cars went to Saudi Arabia. I bet they had some good high speed runs with cheep gas and plenty of open road. As long as they didn't run into one of those "fuelie head" horses.

[phaseIII482]

I dont know about 200 mph but I do believe the ad of Joels 160 mph corvette. GMH454 that corvette did have a Hone overdrive, I have the article showing the installation, so I dont no about this being more of an example of Joels ability to promote his product rather than make fast cars. Also, my Motion vette pulls hard to 7500 rpm's, your example is to 6500 rpm. I think that besides the horsepower Motion cars have, the driver must have big balls too!
Respectfully Mike

[Motion Camaro]

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I dont know about 200 mph but I do believe the ad of Joels 160 mph corvette. I think that the driver must have big balls too!

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<font color="blue">I had mentioned 200 MPH in my friends PhaseIII 'Vette before.
I know it pinned the 160MPH while it was still pulling.
This was on the Jersey TPK @ like 2am coming back from racing.
Yes, we had Big Balls &amp; NO Brains @ 17 yrs old.
Luckily, still around to talk about it.
I also had a '68 Charger R/T 440 which was lowered with larger tires (in '77),
&amp; that car would pin the speedo while still pulling also.
Loved the Jersey Tpk. </font>