RE: IML: figuring top speed

["dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John!...interesting point! I had been following the comments regarding the running of a members Imperial on the Autobahn (and, YES, I am jealous!) and your email makes me wonder how to go about figuring out just what the top speed, or the highest possible RPM's, would be for my '66 LeBaron?...stock 440 motor with 3.23 rear and stock 15inch wheels........there's probably a formula and I'd appreciate it if you could pass that on to me. 
Please feel free to email me directly (dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) so as not to bore the other IML'rs ....but, then again, just for 'chuckles' others may just want to calculate the top speed for their own Imperials "IF" they were to have an "Autobahn" nearby. I also wonder about the TIRES!!? what kind would have to be used on the car to safely travel at that speed?....not that here in southern California I could get remotely close to 200mph!!!
Thanks, John!...hope you have a Happy and Safe Holiday and New Years!!!!
Dan Melnik



---- "John L. Chesnutt" <chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

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Hi Remco Van Lent.

What rear axle ratio do you intend to use? Because with the factory ratio you will not be able to make the 200 MPH mark. Run out of RPM. 

John Chesnutt, Portland, Oregon

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of REMCO VAN LENT
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:09 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Disc Brake Option

Not only the brakes should be updated when going real fast.
Also the complete suspension and the rest of the drive train needs a lot of 
work.
I live close to the german autobahn and will surely floor it when the new 
engine is ready to go.
What's the use of building a 800 HP +++ supercharged 392 and not use the 
power?
I hope to be able to hit the 200 MPH mark, not on a weekday's rush hour but 
on a early sunday morning with a almost
empty autobahn for myself.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PAUL WENTINK" <randalpark@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Disc Brake Option


 There was a
post about needing better brakes to get the most out of the engine,
which makes me wonder if some folks think that by converting their
brakes they can drive faster or follow more closely. Those are bad
driving habits which have nothing to do with realizing the potential of
the engine. Public roads are a community of people who have to work
together to get along. If someone wants to find out how fast their car
will go, they need to make arrangements with a race track, not
experiment with fast driving and a different braking system on a public
road. The excessive burst of power available to Imperial Owner's is
there for safe passing on two lane highways and smoothly merging with
high speed freeway traffic.

Paul W.


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