[Supras] Supras Digest, Vol 50, Issue 22

Sun Feb 24 10:24:29 CST 2008

at least he didn't hypothetically fishtail into a 180 on the interstate at 
those speeds. >.>

-Sean

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From: "James Noyes" <suprastuff at retrogeeks.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:27 AM
To: <supras at supras.com>
Subject: Re: [Supras] Supras Digest, Vol 50, Issue 22

> 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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>> > Message: 1
>> > 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>
>> > Cc: supras at supras.com
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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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>> > 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"
>> > <bwright1818 at comcast.net>
>> > Cc: supras at supras.com
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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>
>> > Cc: <supras at supras.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Supras] Engine test
>> >
>> > > 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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