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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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topspeed?

hi im picking you up a Chevy Camaro 5.0 v8 1990 on saturday.
and i can't seem to find any info on there top speed, as the guy told me it got 90mph on the clock, but it goes right passed that he says.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Re: topspeed?

so guys any info?
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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Re: topspeed?

REALLY NO INFO WOW
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=1990+Camaro+Top+Speed
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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wow there is need to be on it site if people just send you to google.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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Although the top speed is set to about 110-115 Mph, it's easy to disconnect the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) from the ECM. The top speed will then rise signifficantly. It should then be capable of doin' 160+ MPH. lol this can't be true
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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I hope you don't live near any other living beings. Somebody who is obsessed with top speed is a darwin award waiting to happen.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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are you on drugs. i was only asking what it was from stock. the 160mph comment was not from me it was from the the link above. i don't care about going fast i just wanted to know what it was. it seems when you say any thing about speed people like 58mark get all pissy.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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whatever "supernoob"

you've posted 6 times this evening wanting an answer to this question. Seems pretty obsessed to me
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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Let me guess you are 16?
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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probably 15
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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obsessed i think people use the word to much. if I'm 16 you 105?
dose speed upset you guys that much lol.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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it does when it's coming from a supernoob.

Speed+stupidity=death
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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ok mark. judgemental much. its supernoob to camaro as i never had one.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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so you can ask any thing. but nothing about speed. haha and you Grapheatea there with a 1985 IROC (TOTALED), and as were in to being judging people i think he was speeding and that's how it got TOTALED.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Please God give this sixteen year old a Geo Metro.

My Firebird's speedo tops at 140, that give you an idea? If both of my 5000+ pound plus Broncos can wrap the needle to 110 the Camaro is plenty fast. You'll crash the car before your seventeenth B-Day. Not dissing, just a simple fact.
(I'm eighteen by the way.)
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Especially in your small UK streets. It's not as fast as you think however. I almost cried troll.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Re: topspeed?

Originally Posted by supernoob
so you can ask any thing. but nothing about speed. haha and you Grapheatea there with a 1985 IROC (TOTALED), and as were in to being judging people i think he was speeding and that's how it got TOTALED.

speeding is one thing (and stupid enough) but top speed kills. you don't survive those accidents. If graphtea had been testing top speed, the only thread about him would be an RIP thread
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Re: topspeed?

well I'm 30, and i have a evo 4 345bhp, and i do lot's of track days here in the uk. at the billing aqua dome. So I'm sure the yank tank will be just fine in my hands lol.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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Re: topspeed?

maybe he was just lucky
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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i don't see why you could not just say it dose 115mph bud and leave it at that.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Re: topspeed?

Originally Posted by supernoob
maybe he was just lucky

he wasn't speeding.... and it wasn't his fault.


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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Re: topspeed?

Body of a thirty year old, mindset of a fifteen year old...
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Re: topspeed?

All i can say is it's a shame. looked like a nice car and by the look of things he is lucky to be around.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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Re: topspeed?

i tell you want andrew james. if i do speed i keep it to the track and it cost me £115 every time i go so shut up.
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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Re: topspeed?

o yea? wut u dew bout it foo?
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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you sound like a fool, yes you do lol. oh yea what you going to do about it foo. hahaha
are you sure your not mrT lol.
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A+ thread, would read again
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Re: topspeed?

yer its was fun.
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Re: topspeed?

Originally Posted by Grapheatea
A+ thread, would read again
I liked it for the total lack of any actual information or logical thought!

IIRC the speed limiter was based on what tires you got, IROC, ect. with the 245 tires was unlimited, the lower models were limited to 110. So there's your answer.

There are plenty of roads to drive fast in Europe, some legally.
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Re: topspeed?

will a mod please close this thread
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Ah TIG, but it just got started!
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will a mod please close this thread
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Re: topspeed?

Originally Posted by 58mark
it does when it's coming from a supernoob.

Speed+stupidity=death
yeah we don't care if he goes and offs himself playing Vin Diesel in his new American muscle car, but WHAT ABOUT THE CAR don't let another thirdgen go down like that
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Originally Posted by Impaqt
okay i am a broadcast & telecommunications student, and this embarrasses me but how the hell did you do that?

sorry bout the double post
Old Nov 2, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kmcn47
okay i am a broadcast & telecommunications student, and this embarrasses me but how the hell did you do that?

sorry bout the double post
let me google that for you website...
http://lmgtfy.com/
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cool, i'll have to insult my friends with that more often thanx
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Originally Posted by kmcn47
cool, i'll have to insult my friends with that more often thanx
Check this out, something was learned on this thread so not a total loss.
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Originally Posted by Andrew James
Check this out, something was learned on this thread so not a total loss.
YAYYYY i'm helping
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