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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 05:37 PM
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What is Top speed on TL-S

what is the TOP SPEED someone has hit on the TL-S
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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I've hit 130 in my TL-P
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 05:59 PM
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149 rev limited
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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IVE HIT 135 MPH IN MY STOCK TL-P
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 06:53 PM
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149, with a lazy puter a lil higher before it kicks in
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 07:20 PM
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I thought it was 150mph? I know it's just 1 mph but still. Guess I was wrong.
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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f**********ck I was only 9 MPH from the rev limiter. Sh!t man, I was going 220 km/h. I was trying to hit the limit, but had to get off the highway cause my exit came to fast :P

oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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its so hard for my car to get to 140 after i hit 130...i swear somethign swrong with my car...i need to track it and see if it runs decent numbers
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 06:54 AM
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Road & Track lists the top speed of a 2002 TL/S @ 150 mph. I've seen 130 and started getting nervous (cops, ya know................)
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 08:27 AM
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I've seen posts of 153MPH but that may have been with a tailwind or, for all we know, the crazy person might have been going downhill. Top speed published in magazines is a consensus 149/150mph though.
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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Top speed = 85 mph.

You shouldn't be driving any faster than that.
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 10:22 AM
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its so hard for my car to get to 140 after i hit 130...i swear somethign swrong with my car...i need to track it and see if it runs decent numbers
Damn, what OPEN road in NJ r u able to go that fast? :wow: State troopers don't play that in NJ!
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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128, I-95, SE GA!
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by vandy786
I've seen posts of 153MPH but that may have been with a tailwind or, for all we know, the crazy person might have been going downhill. Top speed published in magazines is a consensus 149/150mph though.
i was clocked an 156 by a friend who was a cop befor the limiter kicked on. since getting the new ECU with the trans it cuts my funn off at 150, but like i said before sometimes the computer is a little lazy.
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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Damn, what OPEN road in NJ r u able to go that fast? :wow: State troopers don't play that in NJ!
280 east by livingston and east orange. There is a nice stretch right when you come over the hill. I hit the rev limiter it was only 147...
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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I was by myself on one run with and without A/C. I got 138ish out of it. I tried it again several times with the windows open and closed, no A/C. Still 138. Whatever I did, still couldn't get over 139. I've read the theoretical is close to that and many things have to be done to get past it. Lowering and power increase are just a couple. There is a governer on our cars and I don't remember exactly what the number is. In any case, the top speed is not soo important. How you get there is!

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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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120, ocean parkway, non type s. Also had 4 people in the car, got a picture of it. Could have pushed it more but not with other poeple in the car, Just remember, Its not top speed, its style, Get rimmed up before u get rev'd up
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 11:54 PM
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Originally posted by tjohns
Damn, what OPEN road in NJ r u able to go that fast? State troopers don't play that in NJ!

Originally posted by Mr
280 east by livingston and east orange. There is a nice stretch right when you come over the hill. I hit the rev limiter it was only 147...
exactly where i did it....there seems to be a lack of police on 280...but 280 gets pretty curvy and potholes are a huge problem....
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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Originally posted by Mr
280 east by livingston and east orange. There is a nice stretch right when you come over the hill. I hit the rev limiter it was only 147...
Exactly.

That's where I hit 147 mph in my TL too.
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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looks like we all live in the same area
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 02:20 AM
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Ya our car is fast, and well built car with a solid engine like ours can get on up there - I hit over 120 in my 1990 Chevy Truck it wasnt all stock but still....you just dont want to get caught or your driving days are OVER!!!! so be carefull
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 07:42 AM
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145mph so far and the car was still pushing, long open road 4:45am. Had a Trans-Am convertible (V8) trying to keep up but at 125mph he started to slow down and it looked like at 127mph he hit a rev limiter because I just kept on going pass 130, 135 and I can tell he stayed that fast(127 or so). Now I don't know if he had a rev limiter but it looks like it. I do know that a WS6 (I think those are the numbers) will go 156 but I guess is different for the regular T-Am. Any ideas on this?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 08:00 AM
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When my cousin wanted to see what my car could do, I took it all the way up to 140 mph before I pansied out. It got to that speed pretty quick and I'm sure I could have gone 10mph more. However, I'm not trying it again. If I know my car can do it, why bother going over the occasional 90mph?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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To njtls:
"its so hard for my car to get to 140 after i hit 130...i swear somethign swrong with my car...i need to track it and see if it runs decent numbers"

I had the same problem. My car was only 3 weeks old at the time. Being in OH now, I don't have a stretch of road long enough and free of cops like I did when I tried the first time. Same as you, it pulled all the way up to 130 and every mph after that made me think of getting out and pushing it (with a friend of course!). I figure those that have seen 150 have different air than I had. I'll try again after I install the CT Icebox and lower the car with my Tein SS's. The reduction in frontal area of the car alone should get me past 140. Now I have to survey the area for a good stretch of road free of cops.

Chris
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