[Supras] Supras Digest, Vol 50, Issue 22

Sun Feb 24 01:27:58 CST 2008

Well - hypothetically, a 1977 Celica GT Liftback with a 20R engine in it,
driven by a hypothetically young and stupid driver, could hypothetically
drive up Interstate 25 from the exit for the North Gate of the Air Force
Academy to the Arapahoe Road exit on the south end of Denver (a distance
of 41.3 miles according to Google maps) in 22 minutes flat, for a
hypothetical _average_ speed of 112.6 MPH.  Or so.

I stress this is all hypothetical, because to actually do this would be
stupid and dangerous, not to mention highly illegal, and nobody *I* know
would do this with his two friends in the car, even if he WAS young and
stupid.

And CERTAINLY nobody *I* know would be dumb enough to do it a second time
30 days later and get stopped and get a very nice ass-chewing and a $163
ticket from the Colorado State Patrol.  Nope.  All hypothetical.

:D

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:48:45 +0000,
ocollaugh at comcast.net (donkelly) wrote:
> 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.
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> > 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
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> > -Sean
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> > From: "Keith DiSarno" <kdisarno at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:38 PM
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> > > Insert IJ joke here: No way he hit 85...he must have been going down hill.
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> > > Keith
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Bill Wright <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
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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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