[Supras] Supras Digest, Vol 50, Issue 22

Sat Feb 23 17:58:18 CST 2008

well I know that a 22RE (SIMILAR to the 20R) can get up to 110 in a toyota 
pickup (minus wind drag)

-Sean

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From: "donkelly" <ocollaugh at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [Supras] Supras Digest, Vol 50, Issue 22

> I am unfamiliar with the 7M-GE engine so I Goggled to find it described as 
> a 200 HP 3kCC inline six.
>
> Given the output of this engine I do not doubt for a second that it is 
> capable of propelling a supra to horrific speeds.
>
> Three years ago I crossed Wyoming at night on I-80. In the wee hours of 
> the morning there were mostly trucks on the road and no troopers in sight. 
> Tooling along at 75 MPH I was passed by virtually every truck on the road.
>
> Finally a truck went around at a higher rate of speed. With lots of lights 
> on the back of the truck I decided to step it up and draft for awhile. The 
> truck was doing close to ninety and after a half hour or so it pulled off 
> near Cheyanne for fuel.
>
> At that point the road was clear of lights for two or three miles so I 
> decided to open it up a bit. At just past 4,000 RPMs my speedometer swept 
> past 100 MPH very quickly to 105 MPH at about 4,200 RPM.
>
> With 800 RPMs left to reach the redline at 5,000 RPMs I have no doubt that 
> 120 MPH was dooable. But my thoughts turned to a gut check that my high 
> speed radials were old and I had visions of blowing a tire and tumbling 
> for a half mile or so through the Wyoming desert. I did not want to do 
> that so I slowed down to 70 MPH and just let trucks own the road.
>
> So does anyone know for sure how fast an 20R engine can really go? It is 
> no where near 200 HP of course.
>
> donkelly
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>> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:38:52 -0500
>> From: "Keith DiSarno" <kdisarno at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Supras] Engine test
>> To: "Bill Wright" <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
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>> Insert IJ joke here: No way he hit 85...he must have been going down 
>> hill.
>>
>> Keith
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>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Bill Wright <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
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>> > Well, I guess I did a good job on the ol' 7M-GE engine rebuild. The kid
>> > just got a ticket for going 85 mph in a 60. Crap. Geez, ya'd think he 
>> > would
>> > have at least let the chrome rings seat, first. No overheat. No 
>> > flailing
>> > valves. No BHG. Just a $250 ticket plus surcharges. At least he's still
>> > alive...so far. But wait 'till he gets home.....
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>> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:52:46 -0500
>> From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000 at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Supras] Engine test
>> To: "Keith DiSarno" <kdisarno at gmail.com>, "Bill Wright"
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>> hey....
>> I hit 140 in my old 87 NA. not a speed you expect to hit on I-495 :-p
>>
>> -Sean
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>> From: "Keith DiSarno" <kdisarno at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:38 PM
>> To: "Bill Wright" <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
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>> Subject: Re: [Supras] Engine test
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>> > Insert IJ joke here: No way he hit 85...he must have been going down 
>> > hill.
>> >
>> > Keith
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Bill Wright <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well, I guess I did a good job on the ol' 7M-GE engine rebuild. The 
>> >> kid
>> >> just got a ticket for going 85 mph in a 60. Crap. Geez, ya'd think he
>> >> would
>> >> have at least let the chrome rings seat, first. No overheat. No 
>> >> flailing
>> >> valves. No BHG. Just a $250 ticket plus surcharges. At least he's 
>> >> still
>> >> alive...so far. But wait 'till he gets home.....
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