tsx 200+ mph?
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tsx 200+ mph?
What would i need to break the 200 mark on my tsx without going to nitrous? I think even with a supercharger i won't be near that 200. I know the tsx wasn't meant for speed but I would like that option of knowing i can break 200 on my car.
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Assuming the TSX wouldn't come off the ground and assuming you can get the gearing correct, it would probably take somewhere around 600 horsepower to push you past the 200mph mark.
You might consider starting with the 3.5 liter V6, punch it out to a larger displacement, drop the compression ratio significantly, install two turbochargers and run the boost somewhere around 1.2-1.5 bar or so, and use air-to-water intercoolers (to save space). That would be a great foundation to build upon.
You might consider starting with the 3.5 liter V6, punch it out to a larger displacement, drop the compression ratio significantly, install two turbochargers and run the boost somewhere around 1.2-1.5 bar or so, and use air-to-water intercoolers (to save space). That would be a great foundation to build upon.
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Originally Posted by mrpeeng
What would i need to break the 200 mark on my tsx without going to nitrous? I think even with a supercharger i won't be near that 200. I know the tsx wasn't meant for speed but I would like that option of knowing i can break 200 on my car.
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
Drop it from 36,000 feet (probably need a C-130). I think terminal velocity should top around 260 MPH, assuming the car doesn't tumble in flight and stays nose down.
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Originally Posted by CJams
Werd!Thought terminal velocity was 220 though. Thats pretty much the only way.
Rate of acceleration UP TO terminal velocity would be 220 ft/sec/sec (thats ft/sec cubed).
Once there (I was guessing at the actual number of 260mph, but the TSX is pretty aerodynamic) it would hold fairly constant as long as no tumble, windows rolled up, no one sticking head out of sunroof, etc...
PLEASE NO ONE ACTUALLY TRY THIS!!!!!!!!
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reduce weight: get on jenny craig diet, empty the blinker fluids, gut the back seats, and kick the g/f to the curb.
what were you thinking??! you don't know what it takes...even honda's RC211 motogp bike with skinny valentino rossi couldn't hit 200mph!
Originally Posted by CCColtsicehockey
can I start n00b bashing already cause this might take award for atleast the dumbest thread of the year.
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Originally Posted by mrpeeng
lol i knew the title would get the attention of alot of ppl. There is a post on the parts / engine section of az where a guy got his tsx up to 170mph.
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
Drop it from 36,000 feet (probably need a C-130). I think terminal velocity should top around 260 MPH, assuming the car doesn't tumble in flight and stays nose down.
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Originally Posted by CCColtsicehockey
I still dont get what the point of creating this thread was. Are you still trying to be serious and did you really believe the guy that said he got his tsx to 170mph cause I am pretty sure that was probably 170kph.
The three main things that make such high speed (realm of 200mph) a real engineering challenge for even genuiene sports car... let alone for a entry-luxury sporty sedan such as the TSX:
- aerodynamic (I've read elsewhere - probably the book on McLaren F1 - the aero loads are exponential - or something to that effect - over certain high speed figure)
- power, LOTS of it
- gearing ratio
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Originally Posted by mrpeeng
lol i knew the title would get the attention of alot of ppl. There is a post on the parts / engine section of az where a guy got his tsx up to 170mph.
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Originally Posted by A Cake On
I got a better way to get our attention...post up a thread of some bikinis washing your TSX!
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
Rate of acceleration UP TO terminal velocity would be 220 ft/sec/sec (thats ft/sec cubed).
Once there (I was guessing at the actual number of 260mph, but the TSX is pretty aerodynamic) it would hold fairly constant as long as no tumble, windows rolled up, no one sticking head out of sunroof, etc...
PLEASE NO ONE ACTUALLY TRY THIS!!!!!!!!
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Once there (I was guessing at the actual number of 260mph, but the TSX is pretty aerodynamic) it would hold fairly constant as long as no tumble, windows rolled up, no one sticking head out of sunroof, etc...
PLEASE NO ONE ACTUALLY TRY THIS!!!!!!!!
(Legal desclaimer for dumb people Darwin hasn't gotten to yet)
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Originally Posted by TypeRS
earn as many credits as you can from finishing 1st place so you can soup up your TSX. you'll easily hit 200mph then.
oh i'm talking about GT4.
oh i'm talking about GT4.
This thread is worthless....
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Not to prolong this fantastic thread, but according to my calculator, you would need 364hp just to overcome wind drag at 200mph. That's not accouting for rolling resistance or driveline losses. Realistically, you would need somewhere in the area of 475 to 500hp at the crank to break 200mph in a TSX.
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